Gigabyte Z790 Aero G Motherboard Review

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.

Weirdly, power consumption at load is a little on the high side, if only by a small margin, but at least by enough to move it higher up the chart. What’s weird is this would usually be reflected in higher temperatures, but that wasn’t the case.