WorldBench
WorldBench uses scripting to step through a series of tasks in common Windows applications. It then produces an overall score. WorldBench also spits out individual results for its component application tests, allowing us to compare performance in each. We'll look at the overall score, and then we'll show individual application results alongside the results from some of our own application tests.

Only three points separates the fastest Core i7 board from the slowest in WorldBench. The MSI and Gigabyte boards are only one point apart, wedged between offerings from Asus and Intel.

Gaming

Don't read too much into these results. Although Crysis, Quake Wars, and Episode Two spread the field a little, we're running a relatively low display resolution and only modest in-game detail settings. With the resolution and eye candy cranked up to levels gamers use in the real world, all the boards offer roughly equivalent performance.