Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7
5th October, 2017Type
MotherboardPrice
$249.99 USGigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 Motherboard - Power Consumption Tests
The Coffee Lake architecture is meant to improve overall system power consumption and add to the efficiency. In the case of the 8th Gen CPUs, we are looking at refined 14nm++ process which allows Intel to gain improved clock speeds and increase the number of cores with in the same power envelope.
With the frequency bump, the new chips do end up with higher power consumption both in idle and load states. The Intel Core i7-8700K when overclocked, breaches the 400W barrier although surprisingly, it's not as intensive when compared with Core-X or Kaby Lake processors. Following are the results of the processor when overclocked on the different motherboards.
Do note that the Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 motherboard was running the chip at 5.2 GHz when overclocked:
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The Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 is a great contender for the best Intel 8th Gen motherboard in the $250 US bracket. It features an amazing build and design quality with almost all the features that a gamer would want when building his new Coffee Lake PC.
- One of the Best $250 US Z370 Motherboards
- Support For Intel 8th Generation Coffee Lake Family
- Up To 6 Core Processor Support
- Excellent Overclocking Support on Unlocked Intel CPUs
- Excellent Design Scheme With Solid Heatsink Solution
- Excellent Build Quality with High Quality VRM and PCB
- VRMs cooled by heatpipe and fan cooling
- Tons of Connectivity Options
- Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN (Intel I219-V and Killer E2500)
- 4133 MHz+ DDR4 Memory Support
- 10 Phase Power Delivery System
- Sound BlasterX 720 (ALC1120/ESS Sabre 9018 DAC)
- Upgradable AMPs for Better Audio Support
- Triple M.2 Slots (Optane Support)
- M.2 Heatsink Comes With The Board
- Full RGB LED Lightning With Multiple Points (Including PCIe and DRAM)
- Lots of Software Support
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- No Wireless Connectivity
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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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