Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master AM5 Motherboard Review

Operating Costs

With the cost of living increasing across the world, especially when it comes to the cost of electricity, it’s worth looking at the cost of running a processor and how it compares to similar products on the market. By taking the average cost per kWh, we can calculate a rough running cost at idle, during a simulated workload test (Cinebench R23), to give us worst-case scenario costs, as well as gaming costs during a run of Cinebench R23.

US Dollars (USD)

British Pound (GBP)

What this means for running costs of the total system, is that in both the US and the UK, the lower power consumption results in a slightly cheaper cost to run, only being beaten by another AORUS board, and a lower-end and less feature packed ASUS board.