ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme Review
Peter Donnell / 1 year ago
Power Consumption
Power consumption is measured at idle, during a Cinebench R23 run and during a gaming benchmark run of Cyberpunk 2077, which is a very CPU-intensive game. By getting 3 performance metrics, it allows us to see a better picture of the average user and what they are typically going to see in terms of power draw for just the processor itself.
The power consumption is pretty average at load, which is in line with the somewhat average performance. That is to say, the average performance of a lot of extremely fast motherboards and not average as in between slow and fast. At idle, however, it is a bit thirsty, drinking 122.4 watts, yikes!
