May 17 2011 review by vr-zone

The major factor in considering to buy this mainboard is its overclocking capabilities. With a motherboard capable of a 5GHz - 24/7 usage, many people without a doubt will buy it. Not forgetting GMA HD3000 graphics module within the processor die which is a much improvement from its predecessors.

Compared To:

ASUS P8P67 Deluxe

Game Benchmarks Tested:

Far Cry 2, Lost Planet 2, Mafia II, Resident Evil V, Street Fighter IV.

Overclocking:

An Intel Core i5 2500K was OCed @ 5.056GHz.

Test Setup:

• CPU : Intel Core i5 2500K
• CPU Cooler : DeepCool GamerStorm
• HDD : Hitachi DeskStar 7K1000.C 250GB
• Mainboard : ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
• Memory : 4GB G.Skill RipJawX DDR3 F3-12800CL7D-4GBXM
• Operating System : Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
• Power Supply : Corsair HX620
• SSD : OCZ Vertex 2 120GB
• Video Card : ASUS Radeon HD 6950

May 12 2011 review by anandtech

The ultimate combination of P67 and H67 was inevitable, it's a bit strange Intel wouldn't include connectors on every chipset for those graphics. The problem with the H67 was that you were not able to overclock the CPU, with the coming of the Z67 chipset that problem has been 'solved'.

Compared To:

ECS P67H2-A3, ASRock P67 Extreme6, MSI P67A-GD65.

Benchmarks Tested:

LAN Speed Test, USB Speed, DPC Latency, 3D Movement Algorithm Test, WinRAR x64 3.93, FastStone Image Viewer 4.2, Sorenson Squeeze 6.0, Dirt 2, Metro 2033, Power draw, Temperatures.

Overclocking:

An Intel Core i5-2500K was OCed @ 4764 MHz.

Test Setup:

• CPU : Intel Core i5-2500K
• CPU Cooler : Corsair H50-1 Water Cooler
• Graphics Card : XFX Radeon HD 5850 1GB
• Mainboard : ASUS P8Z68-V PRO
• Memory : Patriot Viper Extreme 4GB DDR3-2000MHz
• Operating System : Windows 7 x64
• Optical Drive : LG GH22NS50
• PSU : Silverstone 1000W 80 PLUS Silver
• SSD : Micron RealSSD C300 256GB

May 11 2011 preview by ocaholic

ASUS provided this mobo with a 16+2 phase current supply whereas the processor can rely on 16 phases and the memory gets its own two phases. Furthermore ASUS implemented a digital power design which should emit less electromagnetic radiation than the analogue model. ASUS claims that the system stability can be enhanced even further, especially during overclocking.

Northbridge, Southbridge as well as the current converters are being held at low temperatures via a passive heatpipe cooling solution. The aluminium blocks around the CPU socket are quite big. In fact they are that big that installing big CPU heatsinks might not be possible in some cases depending on the coolers clamping mechanism.

The placement of the third PCI-Express slot isn't perfect. It is the last slot and when three slots are being used the third one will cover the connectors at the bottom edge of the board. It would have been better if that was the second last onboard expansion slot.