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ASRock B860 Challenger WIFI White Motherboard Review – Budget-Friendly, & Intel 200S Plus Ready!

Hassan Mujtaba

CPU Power Consumption Tests

Intel's Arrow Lake "K" SKUs come with a default TDP of 125W and a PL2 rating of 250W for the Ultra 9 285K and 159W for the 245K. The chips can be set to performance or extreme mode using the BIOS software from each respective motherboard vendor.

Power Consumption - Stress Test (Full System)
Load (Extreme)
Idle (Extreme)
0
90
180
270
360
450
540
0
90
180
270
360
450
540
ASRock Z890 Aqua OC
425
116
ASRock B860 Lightning WIFI
370
108
ASRock B860 Steel Legend WIFI
366
106
ASRock B860 LiveMixer WIFI
364
105
ASRock B860 Challenger WIFI White
350
100
ASRock B860I Lightning WIFI
348
101
MSI MAG B860 Tomahawk WIFI
311
96
MSI MAG B860M Mortar WIFI
300
84
Power Consumption - Gaming Test
Load (Extreme Mode)
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
ASRock Z890 Aqua OC
115
ASRock B860 Lightning WIFI
111
ASRock B860 Steel Legend WIFI
111
ASRock B860 LiveMixer WIFI
111
ASRock B860I Lightning WIFI
104
ASRock B860 Challenger WIFI White
104
MSI MAG B860 Tomahawk WIFI
92
MSI MAG B860M Mortar WIFI
79

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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

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