June 2 2011 review by benchmarkreviews

Like a lot of ASUS offerings recently, the Crosshair V Formula motherboard is full of features that provide all kinds of functionality. The ROG chips on this motherboard provide the TurboV functionality of the TPU and ROG brings other features like ROG Connect, TweakIT, and GameFirst. ROG Connect is specifically useful for extreme overclocking, as it allows you to connect another computer to OC while running your programs to see the performance increase in real-time. This mobo also offers support for 3-way CrossFireX and 4-way SLI with an Xpander. Even the audio on the Crosshair V Formula motherboard has gamers in mind with the excellent SupremeXF X-Fi 2. In terms of functionality, the Crosshair V Formula motherboard is super.

Test Setup:

• CPU : 3.7GHz AMD Phenom II X4-980
• Mainboard : ASUS CrOS : hair V Formula (990FX/SB950)
• Memory : 4GB Patriot Gamer Series DDR3
• PSU : Corsair CMPSU-850TX 850W 80-Plus Certified
• SSD : Filemate Solid GO 60GG
• Video Card : MSI Radeon HD 6870 Twin Frozr III

Benchmarks Tested:

AIDA64 Extreme Edition v1.1, CINEBENCH R11.5, Futuremark PCMark Vantage, Handbrake video transcoding, PassMark PerformanceTest, SiSoftware Sandra, Street Fighter IV benchmark, x264Bench HD 3.0,