Power Consumtion (just got a new toy, a Kill-a-Watt)

[plonk420]

...and here's my findings:

new table (WIP): (w = World Community Grid)

CPU	GPU	Prime95	idle+Fur	P95+Fur	R@H / WCG	dimms	hdds	fans	setup notes	other notes
Ryzen 2400G	Vega 11 IGP				89w	2	ssd	2	b450-a pro	0.05v undervolt, full atx, 2933 RAM, 30 watt idle, 106 watt WCG+Einstein
Threadripper 1950X	HD4350				233w	4	ssd	2	designare ex	230 watts with WCG at 50%. idles at 67 watts.
Ryzen 1700X	GT 730 DDR5				136w	2	ssd	2	b450m mortar µ	145 watts with WCG + Einstein@Home
Ryzen 1700X	GT 730 DDR5				138w	2	ssd	1	ab350m-dh3s µ	idles at 45 watts. 147 watts with WCG + Einstein@Home
Ryzen 2400G	Vega 11 IGP				103w	1	ssd	1	ab350m-dh3s µ	idles at 32 watts. 125 watts with WCG + MilkyWay@Home
i7-4790	GTX1060 3GB	160	192	270	153w	2	1	2	lenovo c226 µ	1 HDD 1 SSD. idles at 65 watts (-35 watts on prime95 and WCG numbers for wattage without a dGPU)
i7-860	HD7790	143	153- 230	250- 330	128w	2	ssd	1	h55m-e21 µ	1 SSD. idles at 52 watts. wattage on tests with furmark started around the lower value but kept rising as heat kept rising. i stopped at 95C when there were visual artifacts
G3258	HD7790				79w	2	1	1	b85m-ds3h µ	52 watt idle
i7-920	HD5870	215	176	280*	195**	3	2	3	ex58-ud3r	*possibly bad testing method
i7-920	GTX560	207		370	185	2	2	2	ex58-ud3r	**extrapolated from the GTX560 test
i7-860	HD5870	180	330	410	160	2	1	2	h55m-e21 µ
x3 705e	HD3850	122			111	2	1	2	msi gf8200 µ
x2 4200	HD3850	119			115	2	1	2	msi gf8200 µ
x2 4200	9400GT	120			113	2	1	2	msi gf8200 µ
x4 9550	igp	196			174	2	2	2	zotac gf8200 µ
x4 9550	9400GT	220			198	2	2	2	zotac gf8200 µ
x4 9550	igp				124*	1	cf	1	m2a-vm µ, cf-to-ide card	*3 r@h, 1 wcg due to low ram
x4 9550	igp				135*	1	cf	1	m2a-vm, cf-to-ide, diff psu	*3 r@h, 1 wcg due to low ram
x4 630					116	1	cf	1	m4a-785 µ, cf-to-ide
E-350	igp	44	45	51	41	2	1	2	e35m1-m pro µ, pci sound	idle 35 watts
E-350	igp					1	1	2	e35m1-m pro µ	idle 29 watts!!!

R@H = rosetta@home
µ = microATX motherboard

old, original post:

• i7-920 (1.25-1.3v), ex58-ud3r, 3x1 DDR3, hd5870, 2 hdds, 3 fans, HT on, pc power & cooling 750 watt

"default voltage": 122 watts idle, 215 p95, 176 idle+gpu load, 280 load+gpu load
bonus: 1.125v*: 121 watts idle, 187 p95, 180 idle+gpu load, 272 load+gpu load

1.125v, 9400GT, 113 watts idle, 181 p95 (bonus: 168 watts on rosetta@home)
1.125v, 8600GT, 115 watts idle, 183 p95 (bonus: 164 watts on rosetta@home)
default, 8600GT, 116 watts idle, 211 p95 (bonus: 184 watts on rosetta@home)
default, GTX560, 112 watts idle, 207 p95, 370 load+gpu (bonus: 185 watts on rosetta@home)

*the lowest i could go with prime95. 1.10v was stable with worldcommunitygrid but not prime. also i couldn't test "energy saver" mode due to some setting i'd set in bios and didn't feel like hunting down. who idles an i7 in powersaver, anyways?

• i7-860, p55m-ud2 (micro atx), 2x1gb ddr3, 2 hdds 2 fans, HT, high performance, pc power & cooling 750 watt

1.025v, 5870, 107 watts idle, 167 watts p95, (bonus: 149 watts on enigma@home*; 101 watts in power saver)

*for consistency, i'll have to add/replace rosetta@home later when i get more ram

• i7-860, h55m-e21 (micro atx), 2x8gb ddr3, 1 hdds 2 fans, HT, default server 2008 r2 power, pc power & cooling 760 watt

default, 5870, 88 watts idle, 180 p95, 330 idle+gpu, 410 p95+gpu (bonus: 160 watts on rosetta, 164 wcg)

• msi gf8200, 2x2gb ddr2, 1 hdd, 1 fan, pc power & cooling 420 watt

x3 705e, hd3850, 90 watts idle, 122 p95 (bonus: 111 watts on rosetta@home, 76 watts on energy saver)
x2 4200+, hd3850, 76 watts idle, 119 p95, (bonus: 115 watts on rosetta@home, no energy saver)
x2 4200+, 9400GT, 74 watts idle, 120 p95, (bonus: 113 watts on rosetta@home, no energy saver)

• x4 9550, zotac gf8200, 2x1gb ddr2, onboard, 2 hdd, 2 fan, antec basiq 550plus

default, onboard, 97 watts idle, 196 p95 (bonus: 174 on rosetta@home, 90 watts on energy saver)
default, 9400GT, 118 watts idle, 220 p95 (bonus: 198 on rosetta@home, 113 watts on energy saver)

the CPU stresser was prime95; the idle cpu+gpu load was distributed.net -bench, the CPU+GPU stresser was prime95+furmark

i used furmark only for CPU+GPU stresser as it seemed to max out a core. are there any GPU-only stressers? maybe a demoscene demo?

anyone else have a kill-a-watt?

anywho, more to come...

edit: more here:

• x4 9550, m2a-vm, 1x1gb ddr2-800, onboard, 1 cf-to-ide running 8gb cf drive, 1x80mm fan, antec basiq 550plus, nic, as onboard is being flaky...also running linux

default, onboard, 78 watts idle, ?? p95 (bonus: 124 on rosetta@home* (sorta))

• x4 9550, m2a-vm, 1x1gb ddr2-800, onboard, 1 cf-to-ide running 8gb cf drive, 1x80mm fan, nic, thermaltake TR2-430

default, onboard, 86 watts idle, ?? p95 (bonus: 135 on rosetta@home* (sorta))

*i could only get 3 instances of r@h in memory. the other i used a WCG unit, but the power usage didn't change

• x4 630, m4a785-m, 1x1gb ddr2-800, onboard, 1 cf-to-ide running 8gb cf drive, 1x120mm fan, pc power and cooling 420 watt

default, onboard, 52 watts idle, ?? p95 (bonus: 116 on wcg)

• E-350, ASUS E35M1-M PRO, 2x1gb ddr3-1333 (mushkin 1.5v), onboard, seagate 80gb 2.5" 5400 rpm sata drive, 2x120mm fan, pc power and cooling 370 watt, razer barracuda ac-1

default, onboard, 35 watts idle, 44 watts, p95, 45 watts furmark, 51 watts p95+furmark (bonus: 41 watts on wcg)

• E-350, ASUS E35M1-M PRO, 1x2gb ddr3-1333 (mushkin 1.5v), onboard, seagate 80gb 2.5" 5400 rpm sata drive, 2x120mm fan, pc power and cooling 370 watt

default, onboard, 29 watts idle ... 31 watts idle with a DIAMOND Xtreme Sound 7.1 USB sound card



note: my kill-a-watt sits at 3 watts, even with nothing hooked up to it

[BlackAdder]

I saw one at Costco... will buy one once I'm back to work...280 watts isn't much at the outlet, just over 2 amps, nowhere near say a a/c window unit.

[Jason1478963]

I have one of those and sometimes use it to check the power factor of power supplies and appliances. It can be very handy and it can be found for around 17 dollars at times.

[plonk420]

added 2 new video cards, 9550

[plonk420]

added i7-860

[Jason1478963]

Looks like some good numbers. I recently purchased another one as the other one is monitoring my main pharm circuit so I know when I have to stop turning things on. I've been wanting to check my PS3 when its crunching. It sure seems like it uses more then a PC when its crunching. I may also try and get some numbers running ubuntu on a flash drive vs a hard drive see what the difference would be.

[plonk420]

edit:

you use yours 24/7? :O i was a bit uncertain as to the heartiness of them, so i disconnected them asap after getting stable readings...

as for ps3, i think there's numbers out there, SOMEWHERE... i think there's like a 90nm, 65nm and 45nm (slim)...

ah, here's some numbers:
http://www.hardcoreware.net/ps3-powe...g-foldinghome/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlaySta...Configurations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlaySta...er_consumption

[Jason1478963]

The first meter i purchased at an energy fair about 4 years ago is still working fine for me. I used it to monitor a 11,600 btu air conditioner a year ago. It is somewhat lighter display then the new one but that could have been like that since I purchased it. I also have a watts up pro that i use to monitor the pharm too. It was getting warm so i split the load in half and put the killawatt on half and the wattsup pro on the other half of the receptacle. It is nice to know what the crunchers are using.

[plonk420]

added another configuration, one relevant to S. Starbuck's configuration ;)

[AMDave]

Thanks for keeping these up to date plonk.
Since I don't have one of those monitoring units, this is a very helpful guide.
It seems my boxen are probably using only 2 thirds of what my estimate was...so I added in a couple of case fans
Temps are down about 2 degrees and with the Southern summer starting to kick in thats a relief.