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We measured the power consumption with the system resting at the Windows 7 desktop, representing idle values.
The power consumption of our entire test system is measured at the wall while loading only the CPU using Prime95's Small FFTs setting. The rest of the system's components were operating in their idle states, hence the increased power consumption values (in comparison to the idle figures) are largely related to the load on the CPU and motherboard power delivery components.
The power consumption figures show good efficiency for Asus' Maximus VI Extreme when compared to those for MSI's and ASRock's equally feature-heavy Z87 XPower and Z87 Extreme9/ac. Load power usage in both clock speed scenarios is around 10-15 Watts less than MSI's Z87 XPower. The numbers are also slightly lower than those obtained from the ASRock Z87 Extreme9/ac.
The reasons behind the lower power consumption for Asus' Maximus VI Extreme motherboard could be related to the efficiency of the board's Extreme Engine Digi+ III power delivery components, as claimed by Asus. The M6E's built-in 4-way optimisation – a technology that is also found on many of Asus' other Z87 motherboards – could be reducing power consumption by shutting off unused components such as add-on SATA or USB 3.0 controllers.
Thats a hell of a board, but its way out of my price range and I dont need a lot of the extras – still I like to see all the engineering that goes into these high end boards from ASUS, gigabyte and MSI
Hey don’t knock the ROG boards, I have had one for years, they use high grade capacitors. its not ASUS fault that Haswell wont overclock for sh!t.
Well finally, a review of this board from the perspective of a person who would want a high end board rather than the viewpoint of a reviewer who thinks ‘everyone should just buy a £150 board cause this one is too expensive’.
If I want a GTX titan and not a GTX770 or a GTX780 ill have one thanks very much. I dont give a rats ass about value for money because im loaded. Same with this board, already have it and its much better than a mid range board. Why? because I need all the SATA ports, know the capacitors will last 3 years min at my 4.8ghz 4770k OC and it will handle my 3 way SLI setup without crapping out in a few months.
Great review there luke, glad you didnt spend 1 hour droning on about a £20 saving on one of MSI or Gigabytes mid range boards because ‘I dont need this product as haswell won’t oc much anyway’. As if this is the only reason to get a high end board.
Give me the facts, and ill make my own mind up – so thanks.
If given a chance to have that kind of motherboard I know Its beyond the expectations of the owner. I know its good and very awesome.