Power Consumption
Power Consumption
In an IDLE state, a PC (motherboard (X299) / processor / memory / SSD) consumes roughly 95 Watts. This number depends and will vary per motherboard (added ICs / controllers / wifi / Bluetooth) and PSU (efficiency). Keep in mind that we measure the ENTIRE PC, not just the processor's power consumption. Your average PC can differ from our numbers if you add optical drives, HDDs, soundcards etc.
I figured the above to be a nice example, Threadripper with 16 cores compared to Core i7 7900X with ten cores
As always I want to make it very clear that power consumption measurements will differ per PC and setup. Your attached components use power but your motherboard can also have additional ICs installed like an audio controller, 3rd party chips, network controllers, extra SATA controllers, extra USB controllers, and so on. These parts all consume power, so these results are a subjective indication. Next to that, we stress all CPU cores 100% and thus show peak power consumption. Unless you transcode video with the right software your average power consumption will be much lower.
Overall stress/load temperatures are reasonable with temps at the 75~80 C marker. We used a fairly dated but good Corsair H110 here for cooling.
