CPU Performance Results

We spent a couple of days with the ASUS P8P67 PRO before beginning our performance testing, running various configurations and CPUs, and checking hardware compatibility. We verified our power consumption numbers using various different power supplies, and played many hours of games with some members of the TPU community to get an overall feel for the board, and to verify stability. Once completed, we tore down the system, mounted our Noctua cooler, and put the board through the paces. On to the results!

SuperPi

SuperPI serves as our memory-focused benchmark, being highly single-threaded. We weren't really sure what to expect from the ASUS P8P67 PRO, but the numbers given did show the P8P67 PRO the fastest board we've tested so far, proving to be a near three seconds faster than any other.

wPrime

wPrime is much more CPU-focused, but memory plays its role as well. In this test, the numbers were much closer, however, even so, the ASUS P8P67 PRO came out on top overall.

WinRAR

A new addition to our motherboard benchmarking suite is the built-in benchmark that is part of the WinRAR software suite. In this test, the ASUS P8P67 PRO put up good numbers, but failed to best the board from Gigabyte we tested earlier. We must say though, it did end up on the upper end, and put up very respectable results.

AIDA64

We employed AIDA64's memory bench to highlight memory bandwidth. We isolate the write performance metric as it serves as a good indicator of overall memory performance, while highlighting the real performance improvement that the P67 platform offers. The ASUS P8P67 PRO really surprised us here, but possibly the other performance numbers do hint that the result shown here are the cause for the P8P67 PRO coming out on top more often than not.

HandBrake Encoding

Handbrake is used for encoding testing, and provided results much similar to the previous benchmarks, with the ASUS P8P67 PRO matching our previously best result. Because Handbrake uses the CPU, memory, and harddrives fairly extensively, the ASUS P8P67 PRO matching the numbers from the Gigabyte board was something we fully expected.

CineBench Encoding

In Cinebench, the ASUS P8P67 PRO put up a good fight, but it seems to have taken a few punches this round. Both the GPU and CPU numbers are slightly lower than the Gigabyte board, but even so, the results are pretty good, and the P8P67 PRO holds its own.