Asus Maximus V Gene (Z77) Motherboard Sandy Bridge Review

To test power consumption, we monitor the overall power of the system through a plug-in electricity usage monitor at an idle and load state. This allows us to show the fluctuation between how much power draw the system takes at idle and at load. By monitoring the overall usage of the whole system, it gives an easy comparison if you wish to do the same yourself as opposed to buying very expensive individual testing equipment.

Normally when we overclock a board we expect to see a significant rise in power consumption, however there was a very surprising result here when the board pulled only a few watts more when overclocked.