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Intel Core i9-12900KS on the ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi II
Pairing the Intel Core i9-12900KS with the ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi II puts 240 W through a 2104 W power stage array — 11 % of what the board holds — for an estimated VRM temperature of 45 °C and no measurable clock loss.
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- Estimated VRM temperature
- 45 °C
- Stress ratio
- 0.11
- Capacity score
- 93/100
- Clock loss
- 0 %
Estimated VRM temperature
Intel Core i9-12900KS on ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi II: estimated 45 °C sustained, 45 °C at peak boost. Risk band: NONE.
- Sustained
- Sustained 45 °C
- Peak boost
- Peak boost 45 °C
Power delivery
There is real headroom here. The ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi II is rated for roughly 2104 W of continuous core power and the Intel Core i9-12900KS draws 240 W once a ten-minute render settles, so the power stages spend their time well inside their comfortable range. An estimated 45 °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 — 18 of them at 110 A, teamed in pairs off a shared controller channel — and derating for large finned blocks with real thermal mass, the ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi II holds roughly 2104 W indefinitely. The Intel Core i9-12900KS asks for 240 W of that, and at boost it can reach 241 W.
Buy it on the rest of the specification rather than on power delivery, because at 11 % 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.