USB 3.0 Boost implements the USB-attached SCSI Protocol on USB 3.0 ports (both Intel and ASMedia) to allow greater read-write speeds, especially under high queue depths (if that happens to be your usage scenario). The AI Suite software is bolstered by a revised version of Fan Xpert, which can test each fan individually for RPM and allows greater fan configuration. This is obviously on top of the large assortment of features ASUS already provides. Therefore, in our multithreaded benchmark suite, ASUS has a 200 MHz advantage per core over other products that do not enable this feature by default. Using MultiCore Enhancement, you get 39x on all cores no matter what the load.
For comparison with the 3770K, the CPU should be at 39x during single and dual core mode, 38x when using three cores, and 37x under full load. In the real world, this means that by default ASUS will overclock your processor to its maximum turbo mode no matter what the CPU load. In terms of features, by default ASUS has a setting to give a ‘MultiCore Enhancement’. By just looking at the board, it seems that ASUS is keen to innovate and offer a complete package. Both the ASUS P8P67 Pro and ASUS P8Z68-V Pro have been top class sellers in their respective chipsets meaning that ASUS has to deliver. ASUS has a lot to live up to with its Ivy Bridge Pro board.