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Intel Core i3-14100F on the ASUS ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi

On the ASUS ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi, the Intel Core i3-14100F runs at 4 % of the board's 1530 W sustained power capacity, which puts the VRM at an estimated 41 °C and leaves clocks untouched.

There is a full write-up for this pairing once it reaches the publication queue. Until then, everything the engine knows about it is on this page.

41°C at the VRMNONE
No throttling expected
Estimated VRM temperature
41 °C
Stress ratio
0.04
Capacity score
98/100
Clock loss
0 %

Estimated VRM temperature

Intel Core i3-14100F on ASUS ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi: estimated 41 °C sustained, 43 °C at peak boost. Risk band: NONE.

Sustained
Sustained 41 °C
Peak boost
Peak boost 43 °C

Power delivery

58 W of 1530 W · 16 × 90 A teamed
Each bar is one Vcore power stage, filled to the share of its capacity this processor asks for. The dashed line is the 85 % mark where our model starts predicting clock loss.

There is real headroom here. The ASUS ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi is rated for roughly 1530 W of continuous core power and the Intel Core i3-14100F draws 58 W once a ten-minute render settles, so the power stages spend their time well inside their comfortable range. An estimated 41 °C is the kind of VRM temperature that never appears in a log, and the board will not be the reason a benchmark run finishes slower than it started.

Counting only the stages that feed the core rail — 16 of them at 90 A, teamed in pairs off a shared controller channel — and derating for large finned blocks with real thermal mass, the ASUS ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi holds roughly 1530 W indefinitely. The Intel Core i3-14100F asks for 58 W of that, and at boost it can reach 110 W.

Buy it on the rest of the specification rather than on power delivery, because at 4 % of capacity the VRM has stopped being the interesting variable. Count the M.2 slots you need, check the rear ports against what you actually plug in, and let the ASUS ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi's 16 stages get on with it.

Note: One M.2 slot borrows lanes from the graphics slot

The Gen 5 M.2 slot borrows four graphics lanes, leaving the primary slot at x8 when it is used.