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Intel Core i7-12700KF on the ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi II

On the ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi II, the Intel Core i7-12700KF runs at 9 % of the board's 2104 W sustained power capacity, which puts the VRM at an estimated 44 °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.

44°C at the VRMNONE
No throttling expected
Estimated VRM temperature
44 °C
Stress ratio
0.09
Capacity score
95/100
Clock loss
0 %

Estimated VRM temperature

Intel Core i7-12700KF on ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi II: estimated 44 °C sustained, 44 °C at peak boost. Risk band: NONE.

Sustained
Sustained 44 °C
Peak boost
Peak boost 44 °C

Power delivery

185 W of 2104 W · 18 × 110 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.

This pairing is not close to any limit. 185 W against 2104 W of capacity leaves the ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi II running its stages at 9 % load, and our model puts the VRM at 44 °C in a closed case. Nothing about the Intel Core i7-12700KF pushes this board into the region where clocks start dropping.

The ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi II carries 18 Vcore power stages rated 110 A each, teamed in pairs off a shared controller channel, with large finned blocks with real thermal mass. That works out to about 2104 W of sustained core power once the design and the cooling are accounted for, which is the number the Intel Core i7-12700KF's 185 W is measured against.

Buy it on the rest of the specification rather than on power delivery, because at 9 % 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-E Gaming WiFi II's 18 stages get on with it.

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

Installing a drive in the CPU-fed Gen 5 M.2 slot drops the primary graphics slot from x16 to x8.