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ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
Date: Mon, May 16, 2011 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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The Legit Reviews Test System

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with all the latest updates installed. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. The Corsair Vengeance memory modules were run in Dual-channel mode at 1600MHz with 9-9-9-24-2t timings. The XFX Radeon HD 6950 graphics cards were run with 11.5 CATALYST suite drivers. The Intel Core i5 2500K processor was running at the default clock of 3.3GHz with turbo enabled. The ASUS P8Z68-V Pro was running the latest 8801 BIOS.

Intel X58 Test Rig

 Processor  Intel Core i7 950
 Live Pricing
 Motherboard  Intel DX58S02
 
 Memory  6gb Corsair Dominator CMP6GX3M3A1600C8  Live Pricing
 Hard Drive  Kingston SSDNow 96GB SSD  Live Pricing
 Video Card  XFX Radeon HD 6950  Live Pricing
 CPU cooler  Corsair A70  Live Pricing
 Chassis  None - Open Bench  
 Power Supply  Corsair TX750   Live Pricing

Intel P67 Test Rig

 Processor  Intel Core i5 2500K  Live Pricing
 Motherboard  See Above  
 Memory  8gb Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9  Live Pricing
 Hard Drive  Kingston SSDNow 96GB SSD  Live Pricing
 Video Card  XFX Radeon HD 6950  Live Pricing
 CPU cooler  Corsair A70  Live Pricing
 Chassis  None - Open Bench  
 Power Supply  Corsair TX750   Live Pricing

Intel DX58S02 X58 Motherboard Test Bench

Intel DX58S02 X58 Motherboard System Settings

Next Page - SiSoft Sandra 2011c Memory Bandwidth


Review Index
Page 1 - First Look at the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Z68 Motherboard
Page 2 - A Closer look at the Intel Z68 Chipset
Page 3 - ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Motherboard Layout
Page 4 - ASUS P8Z68-V Pro System UEFI BIOS
Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra 2011c Memory Bandwidth
Page 7 - AMD CrossFireX Performance Scaling
Page 8 - Futuremark 3DMark 11 Synthetic Benchmark
Page 9 - Rightmark Audio Analyzer
Page 10 - Network Throughput Testing
Page 11 - SATA III 6Gbps Performance Testing
Page 12 - SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance Testing
Page 13 - System Power Consumption
Page 14 - Overclocking the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Motherboard
Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion