Legit Processor Reviews

Intel Core i7-3770K 'Ivy Bridge' Overclocked Benchmark & Temperature Performance

Manufacturer: Intel
Product: Intel Core i7 3770K Processor
Date: Thu, May 17, 2012 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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Intel 'Ivy Bridge' Overclocking Power Consumption

Intel 'Ivy Bridge' Overclocking Power Consumption

Since power consumption is a big deal these days, we ran some simple power consumption tests on our test beds. The systems ran with identical power supplies, Solid-Sate Drives, Memory kits and motherboards from the same company. To measure idle usage, we ran the system at idle for one hour on the desktop with no screen saver and took the measurement. For load measurements, we fired up the AIDA64 system stability test.

Intel 'Ivy Bridge' Overclocking Power Consumption

The overclocked performance of the Intel Core i7 3770k has clearly been better than at default speeds. Though when overclocked the Intel Core i7 3770k power consumption increases substantially. At idle the default settings draw only 81 Watts at idle, overclocked to 4.7GHz the idle power consumption increases to 118 Watts which is a 45.7% jump. Once we loaded up the Intel Core i7 3770k with the AIDA64 System Stability test the system power consumption jumped from 142 Watts up to 221 Watts! That's an increase of 55.6%. If you're overclocking you will lose efficiency, but gain overall system performance.

Next Page - Final Thoughts and Conclusion


Review Index
Page 1 - Ivy Bridge Overclocked and Tested Again
Page 2 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 3 - Intel Core i7 3770k 'Ivy Bridge' Overclocking
Page 4 - Intel Core i7 3770k 'Ivy Bridge' Overclocking Settings
Page 5 - x264 HD Encoding
Page 6 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 7 - 3DMark 11
Page 8 - Intel 'Ivy Bridge' Overclocking Temperatures
Page 9 - Intel 'Ivy Bridge' Overclocking Power Consumption
Page 10 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion