ASUS P8Z68-V PRO Review: Our First Z68 Motherboard

Name: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO Review: Our First Z68 Motherboard
Item: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO Review: Our First Z68 Motherboard
Author: Dr. Ian Cutress

by Ian Cutress on May 11, 2011 3:13 AM EST

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Test Setup
Processor	Intel i5-2500K ES—3.3 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo) 4 Cores, 4 Threads, 6MB L3
Motherboards	ASUS P8Z68-V PRO ($210)
Cooling	Corsair H50-1 Water Cooler
Power Supply	Silverstone 1000W 80 PLUS Silver
Memory	Patriot Viper Extreme DDR3-2000 9-10-9-27 2x4GB Kit, 1.65V Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24 2x4GB Kit, 1.50V G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3-2133 9-11-9-28 4x4GB Kit, 1.65V
Memory Settings	DDR3-1333 9-9-9-24 1T 2x4GB
Video Cards	XFX HD 5850 1GB Sapphire HD 5850 1GB
Video Drivers	Catalyst 10.12
Hard Drive	Micron RealSSD C300 256GB
Optical Drive	LG GH22NS50
Case	Open Test Bed—CoolerMaster Lab V1.0
Operating System	Windows 7 64-bit
SATA Testing	Micron RealSSD C300 256GB
USB 2/3 Testing	Patriot 64GB SuperSonic USB 3.0

Power Consumption

Power Consumption—Idle

Power Consumption—Video

Power Consumption—OCCT

Power Consumption—Metro 2033

CPU Temperatures

CPU Temperature—Idle

CPU Temperature—Video

CPU Temperature—OCCT

The ASUS P8Z68-V PRO doesn't do too badly in the temperature tests, but it is towards the bad end on our power consumption tests.

ASUS P8Z68-V PRO: UEFI and Overclocking System Benchmarks

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cybersans - Saturday, June 4, 2011 - link
thats the idea of z68, to give you onboard graphic ports because sandy bridge processor has on-die GPU and asus give you that. not like gigabyte, using z68 because of "ssd caching", but not provide on-board vga ports. so how the user can take advantage of on-die GPU inside sandy bridge chips?!?!?!
mikekieran - Friday, May 20, 2011 - link
Will the HDMI on the Z68 enable me to run my TV on the integrated graphics, while plugging 2 monitors onto the discrete GPU ? I want to run three monitors without going to ATI and without having to go SLI.

Sorry if this is a stupid question.
henhaohenhao - Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - link

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emilmuliadi - Friday, October 14, 2011 - link
hi dear, my my new computer to replace my old motherboard p8z68 pro-v ... with i7 processor, I work one transfer film ... I need a connection to the fire wire (camera input), is there a facility that ... if I need information where to connect the fire wire cable ... I beg ya info .. thank you
ggathagan - Sunday, October 16, 2011 - link
The p8z68 pro-v has a firewire header on the motherboard, but does not come with the bracket you need.

You need to buy a bracket like this:
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=605&a...