Power ConsumptionWe measure CPU power consumption since one of our first tasks is to truly verify system stability. If anything, the ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO looks much more sophisticated and refined, but looks aren't everything. For more information on Intel's Performance Tuning Protection Plan, check their site found HERE.Īll together, the system makes for an impressive package that certainly appeals to me and probably many others given the success ASUS has had with the ROG line-up in the past.
I personally feel that a coupon for Intel's Performance Tuning Protection Plan should be included in the box to protect against CPU failures if boards do this without giving the end user a way to turn it off, or don't explicitly state doing so. A boosted Turbo profile becomes available when XMP is enabled, or at other times via a switch in the BIOS, but it can also simply be disabled via that same option in the BIOS. ASUS has told me that they don't condone such custom profiles without informing the user but do understand that some users want this function to be available, so they do offer such Turbo profiles. Some boards have custom Turbo profiles that boost performance at "stock" settings, giving the appearance of having more performance than they really should. There's not a lot for me to say here because everything worked exactly as expected, but I noticed that the ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO runs with a boosted Turbo profile. Of interest, I did have to override the memory speed in the Maximus VI bios to 1866, as after a bios upgrade the memory speed defaults to 1333 for some reason.Initial boot-up with the ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO was quick and simple, and installing device drivers off the CD was quick and painless. I used the compatibility checker on Crucial's website and they indicate the memory is compatible with the Maximus Hero VI motherboard: The memory modules I am using are Crucial Ballistix 2*8GB modules at DDRe-1866 mode. So perhaps the issue I had was a one-time event. It's been a week so far and I have not had any more recovering from Sleep mode issues.
I got Hyper-V to work by enabling the Hyper-V support on my Hero VI motherboard, which was disabled by default in the bios. I'm using Enterprise since it has Hyper-V support for a VM, and I run a VM with Windows 7 to run my VPN connection, as my company's VPN software is not compatible with Windows 8, yet.
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