TEMPERATURE & POWER CONSUMPTION
We check to see how motherboard makers tune their default BIOS settings and see how it impacts temperatures and power consumption. The system is left to idle for 30 minutes before readings are taken and load data is taken 30 minutes while Prime95 blend test is running. Power readings are taken for the entire system from the socket.
Now do note that you can’t really compare directly the values on these graphs so do take them for reference only and not as comparison. Values will vary depending on the processor used.
Though we didn’t include the results, we did another testing on a Silencio 550 case with very poor airflow with only an H80 doing exhaust duties and an 800RPM fan on the front doing intake. The board did get very hot particularly the heatsinks with Prime95 Small FFT test going at it non-stop for 12 hours. Still, the board managed to hold on without so much as a stutter.