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Intel Z790 Motherboard MEGA Review Ft. MSI MEG ACE, ASRock Taichi Carrara, ASRock Steel Legend & Gigabyte AERO G

Hassan Mujtaba

CPU Power Consumption Tests

The Intel Raptor Lake CPUs feature the brand new hybrid architecture approach composed of Raptor Cove and Gracemont cores. The chip also relies on a brand new 10nm Enhanced SuperFin process node which delivers up to 6.0 GHz clock speeds on the flagship Core i9-13900KS.

The faster clocks along with the addition of more cores should lead to more power consumption but Intel is also touting increased efficiency per watt thanks to the overall performance increases we get this generation.

Related Story ASRock Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Taichi Brand With New Intel & AMD Motherboards, High-End Displays, Dual-Pump “Aqua” AIO, & Latest GPUs
Power Consumption (Stock) Stress Test
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Idle
0
70
140
210
280
350
420
0
70
140
210
280
350
420
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara
394
62
MSI MEG Z790 ACE
390
62
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO
399
60
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WIFI
388
59
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G
393
60
Power Consumption (Stock) Gaming Test
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0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara
124
MSI MEG Z790 ACE
122
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO
120
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WIFI
121
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G
121
Power Consumption 5.7 GHz Overclocked
Load
Idle
0
90
180
270
360
450
540
0
90
180
270
360
450
540
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara
460
83
MSI MEG Z790 ACE
454
81
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO
450
80
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WIFI
451
80
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G
442
82

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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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