Intel Core i7-6700K And Z170 Chipset Review: Skylake For Enthusiasts
Power Consumption Testing
Throughout all of our benchmarking and testing, we also monitored how much power our test systems consumed using a power meter. Our goal was to give you all an idea as to how much power each configuration used while idling and while under a heavy workload. Please keep in mind that we were testing total system power consumption at the outlet here, not just the power being drawn by the processors alone.
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The Intel Core i7-6700K was relatively power efficient. At idle, the platform used significantly less power than the Haswell-based Core i7-4790K. Under load, however, the Core i7-6700K used slightly more power than its predecessor. We haven't had the chance to experiment with many Z170-based motherboards, however, so we're unclear whether the delta we see here is strictly because of the CPU, which no longer has FIVR, or the platform as a whole.
We should also note that we monitored power consumption while overclocked to 4.6GHz as well, and saw only a marginal increase in power consumption. While overclocked, the platform's power peaked at only 152W.
