Features -
In the current market motherboard (and indeed almost all components) performance is very close. The days of a large performance advantage between boards using the same chipset are long gone. That is unless someone makes a HUGE mistake (like runs traces completely wrong). Now, the thing that differentiates different products is the features. These are things like power management, extra slots, better audio CODECs etc. It is these items that R&D teams work so hard to drop into what are really identical pieces of hardware at their most basic level.

The Sabertooth P67 is not feature rich in the traditional way. It has more than its share of features, but these are all based on the endurance built into the board. So let’s look at what Asus has built into it and how they apply.

Excellent -
Thermal Armor Combined with Thermal Radar
TUF Components (Mil-Spec)
DIGI+ VRM
Server Grade Components
Five Year Warranty

These features all center around the endurance that Asus has built into the Sabertooth. However they are excellent in terms of design philosophy and product longevity  

In the middle (sort of good) -
EFI BIOS
AI Suite II
Multiple 4-pin Fan headers
Additional Board Level Cooling Mount
CrossfireX/ SLI

These are nice extras but are not items that are going to push things over the edge for a buying decision.

Floor Mats -
Q-Connectors
Q-DIMM (the one armed RAM slots)
Q-Shield (The padded I/O cover)

This last list included most of the features that are non-product specific. Some of these are even popping up on other manufacturers products under different names. Again they are nice, but are not deal makers or breakers. We will cover some of these features more in their proper places but for now you can see the listing of what we see as real and what is filler or brand wide.