How much power does your system draw

NoobCannon · 23 Aug 2015 at 18:42

Always see threads asking "what power supply for ......" so being interested myself thought id buy a power usage meter myself today and have a test! maybe others can add their results and system info?

my system is as follows

3770k @ 4.7ghz
980ti SLI @ 1512/2002
2 SSD and one mech drive
d5 pump and 6 x 120mm fans
seasonic x series gold 1050watt psu

276 watt draw at idle
812 watt draw gaming [highest ive seen so far dirt 3 @ 4k]

glad I bought that 1kwatt psu before upgrading!

Rroff · 23 Aug 2015 at 18:47

4820K @ 4.4GHz, OC'd GTX780, 2x SSD, 1x HDD, 4x fans - ~70-80watt idle, ~85watt currently for light desktop use - peak is just under 450watt in uncapped framerate gaming, with my usual 120 or 125fps caps just under 400watt gaming.

I do use a limited sub-set of power saving features to keep the low use power draw down.

currob · 23 Aug 2015 at 18:48

System 1 and 2 in my sig run off a 1400VA UPS and that reports loads of 159w to 821w over last 48hrs for both systems combined

TonyTurbo78 · 23 Aug 2015 at 19:00

Z77 motherboard
3770K @ 4.4GHz
MSI 390 Crossfire
2 Samsung Evo SSD's
2 1TB HDD's
Corsair H105 with 4 120mm fans Push/Pull + 4 more system fans
OCZ 850w Gold PSU

Most I've seen it pull at my socket under massive load is 770w

C64 · 23 Aug 2015 at 19:08

NoobCannon said:
Always see threads asking "what power supply for ......" so being interested myself thought id buy a power usage meter myself today and have a test! maybe others can add their results and system info?

my system is as follows

3770k @ 4.7ghz
980ti SLI @ 1512/2002
2 SSD and one mech drive
d5 pump and 6 x 120mm fans
seasonic x series gold 1050watt psu

276 watt draw at idle
812 watt draw gaming [highest ive seen so far dirt 3 @ 4k]

glad I bought that 1kwatt psu before upgrading!

can you compare it to hw monitor powers sensor ? see how accurate it is ?

andybird123 · 23 Aug 2015 at 19:15

Remember the power meter tells you what its drawing at the wall, the PSU rating is on the output side so gives you about an extra 10-20% to play with depending on the efficiency curve

If its drawing just over 800 at the wall then its probably around 700-730 at the PSU side

NoobCannon · 23 Aug 2015 at 19:19

C64 said:
can you compare it to hw monitor powers sensor ? see how accurate it is ?

I downloaded hwmon for you but cant see a total figure anywhere?

arc@css · 23 Aug 2015 at 19:25

No idea, really.

Simon Belmont · 23 Aug 2015 at 19:32

arc@css said:
No idea, really.

Me neither.

Ben @ EVGA · 23 Aug 2015 at 19:50

NoobCannon said:
Always see threads asking "what power supply for ......" so being interested myself thought id buy a power usage meter myself today and have a test! maybe others can add their results and system info?

my system is as follows

3770k @ 4.7ghz
980ti SLI @ 1512/2002
2 SSD and one mech drive
d5 pump and 6 x 120mm fans
seasonic x series gold 1050watt psu

276 watt draw at idle
812 watt draw gaming [highest ive seen so far dirt 3 @ 4k]

glad I bought that 1kwatt psu before upgrading!

Interested to see what our Power Meter would throw out for your spec set up, to see how accurate we might be. It showed 1000W Gold minimum so guess this was about spot on:

http://eu.evga.com/power-meter/

Thanks
Ben

Nelly · 23 Aug 2015 at 20:13

Some results from 2008 - 2010 here, just for comparison >> http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17957765

Nelly | Posted: 28th August 2009 said:
Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition clocked at 3.2GHz (1.325v Stock Volts)
BFG GeForce GTX 295 1792MB (Stock Clock)
OCZ 2x2GB PC3-1333C7 PlatinumWD VelociRaptor 300GB
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Champion Series
3 x YATE LOON 120mm Case Fan - D12SL-12
Ambit Broadband Modem

Click to expand...

40°C idle = 171W

53°C load = 270W (Using LinX)

48°C load = 298W (Playing Test Drive Unlimited)

49°C load = 365W to 375W (Using Street Fighter IV Benchmark)

50°C load = 360W to 375W (Using Crysis Benchmark)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition clocked at 3.8GHz (1.450v Volts)
BFG GeForce GTX 295 1792MB (Stock Clock)
OCZ 2x2GB PC3-1333C7 PlatinumWD VelociRaptor 300GB
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Champion Series
3 x YATE LOON 120mm Case Fan - D12SL-12
Ambit Broadband Modem

Click to expand...

45°C idle = 205W

65°C load = 360W (Using LinX)

58°C load = 350W (Playing Test Drive Unlimited)

56°C load = 397W to 407W (Using Street Fighter IV Benchmark)

57°C load = 339W to 412W (Using Crysis Benchmark)

Nelly | Posted: 28th August 2009 said:

Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition clocked at 3.2GHz (1.325v Stock Volts)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 2048MB(Stock Clock)
OCZ 2x2GB PC3-1333C7 PlatinumWD VelociRaptor 300GB
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Champion Series
3 x YATE LOON 120mm Case Fan - D12SL-12
Ambit Broadband Modem

Click to expand...

40°C idle = 192W

53°C load = 280W (Using LinX)

48°C load = 275-285W (Playing Test Drive Unlimited)

49°C load = 304W to 311W (Using Street Fighter IV Benchmark)

50°C load = 306W to 315W (Using Crysis Benchmark)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition clocked at 3.8GHz (1.450v Volts)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 2048MB (Stock Clock)
OCZ 2x2GB PC3-1333C7 PlatinumWD VelociRaptor 300GB
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Champion Series
3 x YATE LOON 120mm Case Fan - D12SL-12
Ambit Broadband Modem

Click to expand...

45°C idle = 230W

65°C load = 265W (Using LinX)

58°C load = 335W to 340W(Playing Test Drive Unlimited)

56°C load = 347W to 357W (Using Street Fighter IV Benchmark)

57°C load = 350W to 360W (Using Crysis Benchmark)

Conclusion

(-) Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 2048MB uses 20W more at idle than BFG GeForce GTX 295 1792MB

(+) Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 2048MB uses 50W LESS on full load than BFG GeForce GTX 295 1792MB

Click to expand...

Meaker · 24 Aug 2015 at 05:02

Idle - 45W

Heavy load game - 450W

These are the wall figures with the laptop docked to the titan-x with the titan-x active and not shut off in optimus mode (displays connected).

RanxZy · 24 Aug 2015 at 07:06

Idle 90w, gaming load fps uncapped 450w. Gaming load with fps cap (the way I play) 280w.

shamus21 · 24 Aug 2015 at 07:20

To much

780 w at full load gaming :rolleyes:

Mei · 24 Aug 2015 at 07:31

i think we should never check
just like u should never weigh urself!

shamus21 · 24 Aug 2015 at 07:41

Mei said:
i think we should never check
just like u should never weigh urself!

How very true Mel

james.miller · 24 Aug 2015 at 07:52

smidge over 300watts. stock i5 3470, gtx970 @ 1450/3960.

Kaapstad · 24 Aug 2015 at 08:03

2000watts.

UTmaniac · 24 Aug 2015 at 08:35

I can't remember the last time enough power draw was used to make the fan kick in on the Corsair RM850W PSU!

snips86x · 24 Aug 2015 at 08:38

Ben @ EVGA said:
Interested to see what our Power Meter would throw out for your spec set up, to see how accurate we might be. It showed 1000W Gold minimum so guess this was about spot on:

http://eu.evga.com/power-meter/

Thanks
Ben

Good choice with the discount code too