3DMark 06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. The software uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0 graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to measure next generation gaming performance today.

The Gigabyte EP45-DS3R scored averagely in the CPU test and the overall score cannot be considered as bad.

The Crysis CPU benchmark gave exactly the same score for all three tested motherboards. The Gigabyte P45 gave just one frame more than the rest competitors.

With Unreal Tournament 3 demo, the Gigabyte EP45-DS3R had the highest performance with 32.14 FPS.