Z77 Mobo Roundup II: EVGA, ASRock, Gigabyte, Zotac
Total System Power Consumption
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Our goal was to give you an idea as to how much power each configuration used while idling at the Windows desktop and while under a heavy CPU workload. Keep in mind, this is total system power consumption being measured at the outlet and not the the individual power consumption of the motherboards alone.
One thing you can count on with a little mainboard like the Zotac Z77-ITX WiFi is that it's just not going to drink as much power as a bigger board, and indeed, it pulled just 73W at idle and 145W under load, as opposed to the three larger boards that had similar power requirements. This is the only test we've seen in this roundup where one contender really stands out.
