I’ve had my PC plugged into a UPS for awhile now but just started playing with the settings on it and noticed that I can see a live readout of the wattage being pulled from the wall. While my PC is completely idle I am pulling 270 watts from the wall and it barely even doubles under gaming load to 490-510 watts. It was jumping all around at idle, anywhere from 70-300 watts, but then after google research, I did a BIOS update. Now the idle wattage is stable, but at the aforementioned 270 watts.
Specs are as follows:
ASUS Maximus VII Hero Z97
Intel 4790k (stock clocks 4.0/4.4 turbo)
G.Skill Trident-X 2400MHz (XMP profile)
Powercolor R9 390 (1140/1500, OC does not affect wattage draw)
Soundblaster ZxR
EVGA Supernova P2 1200W
XSPC Photon D5
8 fans in the system (7 of which are LED)
Any ideas? I assume this isnt normal. I was also reading that a faulty PSU could be the culprit, but I dont have another one to test with (well, I do but i’d have to borrow it from several zip codes away). Also let me know what info I can provide to paint a better picture, thanks all.
Could the OC be preventing the gpu and cpu from powering down?
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Is any of the hardware being used? I’d grab some software and see if any hardware is being used.
If it gives you the power reading from the wall, would that include all of the circuitry and battery charger power draw of the UPS on top of the PC power draw? Is there a monitor, modem, router, speakers, or other accessories plugged in to the UPS? Do you have access to a Kill-A-Watt meter to test the power draw of just the PC, UPS, and other components individually?
Also, as mentioned above, are there any programs at start up that aren’t installed by a fresh OS that could be utilizing hardware and not allowing the system to idle? Is the system set to performance and not allowing things down lower their power state? Can I ask any more questions? OOOHHH, I got this one! Yes! Yes I can!
Pretty sure its not, I updated GPU drivers right after the BIOS update and haven’t been OC’d since.
Just one monitor, thats the only other device plugged into the UPS. Nothing out of the ordinary programs when I look through task manager.
I highly doubt that there is anything wrong hardware wise.
The UPS itselft also draws a certain amount of power from the wall.
Also the powerdraw read out might be questionable.
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