Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard Review

Operating Costs

With the cost of living increases 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.

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The frugal power usage results in lower temperatures, and also in lower bills, with the Elite Ax, having one of the most affordable idle states of all Z790 motherboards, but also one of the lower scores at load too, costing just 12.46p per hour! That’s going to add up if you’re running the system hard regularly.