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Intel Core Ultra 9 285K on the ASUS ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WiFi

The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K holds its clocks on the ASUS ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WiFi: the board's 18 Vcore stages carry about 2104 W and the processor asks for 245 W in a sustained all-core load, which is 12 % of capacity and an estimated 46 °C at the VRM.

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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 9 285K on ASUS ROG Strix Z890-E 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

245 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.

There is real headroom here. The ASUS ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WiFi is rated for roughly 2104 W of continuous core power and the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K draws 245 W once a ten-minute render settles, so the power stages spend their time well inside their comfortable range. An estimated 46 °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 Z890-E Gaming WiFi holds roughly 2104 W indefinitely. The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K asks for 245 W of that, and at boost it can reach 250 W.

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-E Gaming WiFi's 18 stages get on with it.