ASUS STRIX X99 Gaming Broadwell-E Motherboard Review
John Williamson / 8 years ago
Power Consumption
Power Consumption
The 6950X at stock values is a fairly power-hungry processor due to the 140-watt TDP and works alongside a GTX 980Ti to consume just under 420-watts under load. This isn’t really a huge amount given the 10-cores and extraordinary performance. When overclocking, anything beyond 1.3v exponentially increases the power draw and this is reflected in the data below.
