How much power does your PC use?

Jetster · Jan 16, 2014

This thread is a great reference for how much power systems use. It should be a sticky thread.

AsRock · Jan 16, 2014

Mussels said:
his second card powers down completely, he hasnt disabled ULPS.

his mobo accounts for most of the low wattage, its just a low powered board. he's my brother so i've looked into it before.

http://www.hardwareluxx.com/index.p...s/21959-test-asrock-z77-extreme4.html?start=5

I just replaced my 6 year old PC & Power 750w (80+ when it was new ) for the SeaSonic 750KM3 ( X-750 ) ( which is Gold rated ) and dropped 10w on idle.

Mathragh · Jan 17, 2014

Jetster said:
It appear Intel is much more efficient

To be fair, my CPU overclock is quite crazy, and this CPU is probably the worst one ever made when it comes to powerdraw. I know of no other (consumer) CPU that has the potential for so much power use when overclocked. Aquinus shows high end Intel CPU's can also still gobble up loads of watts btw as hes fairly close to me(albeit with higher idle power). I wonder how much those 6core i7s will pull max overclocked.

broken pixel · Jan 17, 2014

10 cents Kw/hr @ 1250 watts is $3.00 a day. That is mostly GPUs computing.

Mussels · Jan 17, 2014

broken pixel said:
10 cents Kw/hr @ 1250 watts is $3.00 a day. That is mostly GPUs computing.

we're at 30c per kw/h here

Nordic · Jan 17, 2014

.0877 kw/h. I see why your so power conscious mussels at that price.

Nokiron · Jan 18, 2014

An update to my post.

My 3970X is now overclocked to 4.1Ghz on all cores with only 1.175V. Same voltage as before, just higher frequency.
Too bad offset wont work with such a high voltage drop at load, so the idle consumption went up about ~7W

Nokiron | Corsair AX1200i | i7 3970X@4.1Ghz 1.175V - Asus GTX 780 1202/7208 | 121W idle | 226W | P13597 398W | 34.16 points per watt

Total gained, 1 point per watt.
http://valid.canardpc.com/y8cx5i

TRWOV · Jan 21, 2014

Add my result
TRWOV | Seasonic S12D 80+ Silver | i7 3770K @ 3.9GHz + 7970 OC Boost bios #1 | 105w | 169w | P9423 306W | 30.79 | www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7853488

TRWOV · Jan 21, 2014

Since it can't run 3d11 these results won't go into the table:

Silverstone SFX 450w 80+ Bronze
QX6800 @ 3Ghz
HD 4670 AGP 825/1100
Asrock Conroe865PE
4GB DDR400
Ageia Physx PPU
Audigy 2 ZS

Idle: 132w
wprime 1024: 213w
3dmark06 demo: 227w

tried running 3d06 and Vantage but I got a higher reading with the 06 demo :ohwell:

ChristTheGreat said:
The first test was the one that gave me the highest reading. I did the whole test All the rest of the benchmark was under 360w

Same for me, I'd think the combined test would give the highest reading.

Nokiron · Jan 23, 2014

need to test with an R9 290(X).

Arctucas · Jan 26, 2014

Mussels · Jan 27, 2014

Arctucas said:
Arctucas | Corsair AX1200 | i7 950 @ 4273MHz + SLi 560Ti @ 875/2050 | 268W idle | 365W | P9015 615W | 14.66 points per watt | Meh...

Of course, with a D5 Vario, 4xSSD, 7x140mm and 1x120mm fans, MOSFET cooling fan, RAM cooler, soundcard, TV card my result may not be perfect.

we have a booby prize winnnnnneerrrrr!

Arctucas · Jan 27, 2014

Mussels said:
we have a booby prize winnnnnneerrrrr!

Heh...

And yet, with the extraneous hardware, I am not on the bottom of the 3DMark points per watt list, slightly edging out your second entry.

When may I expect to receive my glorious reward?

Nordic · Jan 27, 2014

He would give it to you but its NSFW so he can't post it here...

Aquinus · Jan 28, 2014

Mussels said:
we have a booby prize winnnnnneerrrrr!

If I knew there was a prize involved, I would have OC'ed my GPUs as well and my CPU more.

FX-GMC · Jan 28, 2014

Mussels said:
its a multi threaded CPU benchmark. for now its just 'how much power does your CPU use' as opposed to 3dmarks 'cpu and gpu' result. i'll end up adding something like watts over time (300 seconds + 200W = 60,000 joules of energy used) to determine who has the most power efficient CPU, but i'll have to double check my math on that one after work before i add it in.

Too bad you didn't go IntelBurnTest. My proc uses 365w in it compared to 249w for wPrime.

Mussels · Jan 28, 2014

FX-GMC said:
FX-GMC | Seasonic G-650 | FX-8320 @ 4.6GHz + GTX760 | 97w idle | 249w | P8757 405W | 21.62 points per watt |

Too bad you didn't go IntelBurnTest. My proc uses 365w in it compared to 249w for wPrime.

i'm happy to add more tests to the table, we can even come up with a V2 if we re-do it all with new tests. i'd like a CPU test that gives us a points score, so we get points per watt there as well.

FX-GMC · Jan 28, 2014

Mussels said:
i'm happy to add more tests to the table, we can even come up with a V2 if we re-do it all with new tests. i'd like a CPU test that gives us a points score, so we get points per watt there as well.

Cinebench R15 Maybe? My points per watt is 2.42 to give an idea, although that'll be close to the bottom of the scale.

EDIT: When do I get to be in the chart? :ohwell:

webguy09 · Jan 29, 2014

My 750W PSU is surprisingly efficient, actually. For normal usage. I think it was the Corsair 750 something. It's been awhile, I'll have to look it up. Enthusiast series, I remember. Also I try to turn it off at night now to save power.

HammerON · Feb 14, 2014

Bump for a good thread :toast:

Let's see some more power usage!!!

FX-GMC · Feb 14, 2014

Jetster · Feb 14, 2014

I know, I love this thread

FX-GMC · Feb 14, 2014

Jetster said:
I know, I love this thread

I gave up on this thread when my score was never added. Then I realized I never explicitly said "add my result"(DOH...my fault). If my old results get added I'll do a retest with my new gfx card.

Jetster · Feb 14, 2014

He'll get to it . Probably on vacation. This thread is a good reference.

Mussels · Feb 15, 2014

FX-GMC said:
I gave up on this thread when my score was never added. Then I realized I never explicitly said "add my result"(DOH...my fault). If my old results get added I'll do a retest with my new gfx card.

repost it in the correct format. I aint going hunting back through for edited posts.

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System Name	X99
Processor	5930K @ 4.7GHz @ 1.323v
Motherboard	Rampage V Edition 10
Cooling	EK
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Mouse	Mamba 2012
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System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
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Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
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Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

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