Test Setup
Processor Intel i5-2500K ES – 3.3 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo)
4 Cores, 4 Threads, 6MB L3
Motherboards ASUS P8P67 Pro
Gigabyte P67A-UD4
Cooling Corsair H50-1 Water Cooler
Power Supply Enermax Modu87+ 600W 80PLUS
Memory Patriot Viper Xtreme DDR3-2000 9-10-9-27 2x4GB Kit, 1.65V
Patriot Viper Xtreme DDR3-2133 9-11-9-27 2x2GB Kit, 1.65V
Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24 2x4GB Kit, 1.50V
Memory Settings Patriot Viper Xtreme DDR3-1333 9-9-9-24 2x2GB
Video Cards XFX HD 5850 1GB
Video Drivers Catalyst 10.12
Hard Drive Intel X25-M 80GB SSD Gen2
Optical Drives LG GH22NS50
Case Open Test Bed – CoolerMaster Lab V1.0
Operating System Windows 7 64-bit
USB 2/3 Testing Patriot 64GB SuperSonic USB 3.0
 

Power Consumption and CPU Temperature

Power consumption was tested on the default system as a whole with a wall meter connected to the power supply, using a dual GPU configuration. This method allows us to compare the power management of the UEFI/BIOS 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 these motherboards.

System Power Draw

 

CPU Temperature

Neither system does too badly in power consumption readings, but the Gigabyte is behind on temperature deltas. This could easily be attributed to the mounting - while every attempt is made to repeat the mounting technique, there is always a range of statistical variation, so the 2-4ºC difference is nothing obvious to be concerned about.

Gigabyte P67A-UD4: BIOS, Overclocking System Benchmarks
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