Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H (Z87) Motherboard Review

Power Consumption

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.

Power consumption, the board lines up where we expected it to with its limited power phase delivery. Of course when overclocked, due to the extra voltages needed, we find the load power being pushed to 321 Watts, though idle power still remains fairly low at 112 Watts.