To test this board, we are able to run all of our tests at stock speeds using a pre-defined setup of hardware. We will also be overclocking the processor to 4.6GHz to see how the board compares against the stock speed.
Also in terms of overclocking, we will be looking to see how far we can push the processor.
Test system:
- Asus P8Z68-V LX
- Intel Core i7 2700k
- Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz 8GB
- Gigabyte GTX 580 SOC
- Corsair H80
- Corsair HX1050
- Kingston V+100 128GB SSD
- Lian Li T60
- 3 x AOC E2795VH
We would like to thank AOC, Asus, Corsair, Kingston and Lian Li for supplying us with our test system components.
Comparison used:
- Overclocked to 4.6GHz
Many different software applications are also used to gain the broadest spectrum of results, which allows for the fairest testing possible.
Software used:
- 3DMark 11
- AIDA64
- ATTO
- Cinebench R11.5
- CPU-Z
- Heaven
- PCMark 7
- Metro 2033
- Super PI
I've read in a few places that overclocking isn't as easy as you make it sound, due to not being able to manually set voltages, only being able to use +/- offsets. What was your experience with this? I plan on getting a 2500k with potentially this board, but if it is going to cause some issues I might spend the extra $50 for the non-LX version.
I am running this just now and there is no problem overclocking at all. I am no overclocker so the one hit button and it does it all is great, for the enthusiast you can also delve deeper in to the voltages etc. To be honest it's a great board well worth a look and for the price it's great value for money. I am running 2500K and it sits at 4.5Ghz with only air cooling and that was the one hit button affair. Can you ask for more right now, nah i doubt it. Good luck