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Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF on the ASUS ROG Strix Z890-F Gaming WiFi

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF holds its clocks on the ASUS ROG Strix Z890-F Gaming WiFi: the board's 16 Vcore stages carry about 1870 W and the processor asks for 230 W in a sustained all-core load, which is 12 % of capacity and an estimated 46 °C at the VRM.

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.

46°C at the VRMNONE
No throttling expected
Estimated VRM temperature
46 °C
Stress ratio
0.12
Capacity score
93/100
Clock loss
0 %

Estimated VRM temperature

Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF on ASUS ROG Strix Z890-F Gaming WiFi: estimated 46 °C sustained, 46 °C at peak boost. Risk band: NONE.

Sustained
Sustained 46 °C
Peak boost
Peak boost 46 °C

Power delivery

230 W of 1870 W · 16 × 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. 230 W against 1870 W of capacity leaves the ASUS ROG Strix Z890-F Gaming WiFi running its stages at 12 % load, and our model puts the VRM at 46 °C in a closed case. Nothing about the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF pushes this board into the region where clocks start dropping.

The ASUS ROG Strix Z890-F Gaming WiFi carries 16 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 1870 W of sustained core power once the design and the cooling are accounted for, which is the number the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF's 230 W is measured against.

Buy it on the rest of the specification rather than on power delivery, because at 12 % 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 Z890-F Gaming WiFi's 16 stages get on with it.