Gaming, power consumption and overclocking
We feel confident in stating that a well-engineered X58 board from one company is very much like another's when comparing performance. The differentiation will rest with how you view the layout, features, and price.
Overclocking
How about overclocking? Using our in-house procedure of reducing the multiplier to 12x, DRAM frequency to 800MHz, and adding 10 per cent to various voltage lines - we managed to hit a solid 218MHz BCLK; beating the ASUS board by a few MHz.