It's interesting to note the power consumption across all motherboards. Although they both motherboards are using the X58 chipset, energy results can fluctuate between manufacturers due to the features and specifications that are integrated. First of all, for the idle tests the system is cold booted into Windows and no additional applications are executed - the watts are noted on the external energy monitor we use and then the system is loaded with Prime95 26.4 - watts are again monitored for a period of 30minutes of the test and the highest rated wattage result is then noted down. Below are the results of this energy test.
