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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.
With its host of add-on controllers, it comes as no surprise that power consumption is not the strongest trait for Asus's Z87-Deluxe/Quad. Idle power consumption numbers indicate the levels of power being used by the add-on SATA, Thunderbolt 2, WiFi, and Ethernet controllers.
Despite the high idle power consumption numbers, Asus's board manages to deliver respectable load power consumption values which are unlikely to have a negative impact on one's electricity bill, in comparison to many competing Z87 motherboards.
They make great motherboards, but I never liked this gold colour scheme, its difficult to match up with other components in a windowed case. I prefer their traditional red ROG schemes.
I was going to buy this board as I have a few lightning drives which I also use on my macbook pro. its not a bad price considering the feature set.
how much is that delux motherboard asus z87 review
Please send me a me a quotation for an Asus Z87 -Deluxe/quad Mother board ,processor and other components for itas stated on page 8,also the cost of shipping.
Andy Hawkins
In your Excellent review, you typed, “…A pair of Gigabit Ethernet ports is provided by a combination of Intel’s I217V chipset, as well as the RTL8111G from Realtek. Asus should make it easier for users to understand which Ethernet connection is fed by each controller..” I found a Great answer!
I just received my ASUS Z87-Deluxe/Quad motherboard, and it has an “Intel” sticker that covers the top of the ethernet output port (the one closest to the BIOS feedback button), that states in three lines ” Intel Ethernet, Great Capability, GBit LAN”. Then by default, the Ethernet port next to the Analog port is the Realtek port !