ASUS P8P67 Review
by Brendan van Varik on September 8, 2011 10:45 AM EST- Posted in
- Asus
- Motherboards
- P67
Test Setup
Processor |
Intel Core i5 2500K ES 4 cores, 4 threads, 6MB L3 |
Motherboards | ASUS P8P67 |
Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme with one 120MM fan |
Power Supply |
Silverstone 1000W Silver (Power Testing) OCZ ZX Series 1250w 80 PLUS Gold |
Memory | Patriot Viper Extreme DDR3-2000MHz 9-11-9-27 2x4GB - 1.65v |
Memory Settings | DDR3-1333MHz - 9-9-9-24 1T at 1.65v |
Video Cards | Sapphire HD 5850 1GB |
Video Drivers | Catalyst 10.12 |
Hard Drive | Crucial C300 |
Optical Drive | Samsung SH-S223Q |
Case | Dimastech Bench Table |
Operating System | Windows 7 64-bit |
SATA Testing | Crucial C300 |
USB 2/3 Testing | Patriot 64GB SuperSonic USB 3.0 |
Note - we will be moving to more recent drivers soon. We still use the 10.12 at the minute to keep parity between motherboard reviews, but this will be updated in the near future.
Comparison to Previous Results:
Power consumption was tested on the system as a whole with a wall meter connected to the power supply, while in a dual GPU configuration. This method allows us to compare the power management of the UEFI and the board to supply components with power under load, and includes typical PSU losses due to efficiency. These are the real world values that consumers may expect from a typical system (minus the monitor) using this motherboard.
CPU Temperatures
With most users running boards on purely default BIOS settings, we are running at default settings for the CPU temperature tests. This is, in our outward view, an indication of how well (or how adventurous) the vendor has their BIOS configured on automatic settings. With a certain number of vendors not making CPU voltage, turbo voltage or LLC options configurable to the end user, which would directly effect power consumption and CPU temperatures at various usage levels, we find the test appropriate for the majority of cases. This does confict somewhat with some vendors' methology of providing a list of 'suggested' settings for reviewers to use. But unless those settings being implemented automatically for the end user, all these settings do for us it attempt to skew the results, and thus provide an unbalanced 'out of the box' result list to the readers who will rely on those default settings to make a judgement.
The temperatures which I recorded are higher than motherboards from other manufacturers in a similar price bracket.
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LoneWolf15 - Friday, September 9, 2011 - link
I'm not trying to be sarcastic --I'm just wondering why it seems like the P67 chipset is being reviewed (in some cases, even hyped) by tech sites and a lot of users I see in hardware forums now that the Z68 chipset is out.For almost every price tier of P67 chipset, I can find a Z68 chipset board within $10-20. The ASUS P8Z68-V is only $15 more than the $150 price of the P8P67 here, and it has more features. There are also lower-priced variants (the V-LX and V-LE) and the higher end V-Pro to round it out.
I'm just confused as to why the P67 chipset is relevant now that the Z68 chipset is available.
faizoff - Friday, September 9, 2011 - link
I agree with others that reviewing a P67 board at this time is moot. I'd rather read reviews on the Z68 series and see what I'm missing out on. :-)But sometimes it's nice to look back on boards and see how they've fared months after release.