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ASUS · Z790 · Micro-ATX

ASUS Prime Z790M-Plus

  • LGA1700
  • DDR5-7200
  • PCIe 5.0
  • Tier B
  • No Wi-Fi
  • 2.5 GbE

The ASUS Prime Z790M-Plus holds about 372 W of sustained core power across 10 Vcore stages, which is the figure every processor on this page is measured against.

By Farrukh Sufyan Sarwar · Last verified 19 September 2026 · Model v1.0 · Build 2026-09-20

Sustained capacity
372 W
Derated for design and cooling
Vcore stages
10 × 50 A
Phase design
Teamed phases
VRM cooling
Light heatsink
Memory slots
4 × DDR5
Up to 128 GB
Validated speed
7200 MT/s
M.2 slots
3
Graphics slot
PCIe 5.0 x16
BIOS Flashback
No

Power delivery

The ASUS Prime Z790M-Plus carries 10 Vcore power stages rated 50 A each in a teamed arrangement, under light heatsinks. Derating for the design and the cooling, our model puts it at roughly 372 W of sustained core power, which is enough for everything up to the Intel Core i9-12900KS at 240 W. That figure is published here rather than a marketing total because the phases that feed the SoC and the integrated graphics carry none of the CPU's core load.

What it throttles

Every LGA1700 processor in this database runs on the ASUS Prime Z790M-Plus without throttling. Its power delivery is not the constraint on this platform, so pick your processor on price and core count and move on.

Lane layout

CPUPCIe 5.0Graphics slotx16M.2 from CPUx4Chipset2 more M.23 M.2 slots total

Every LGA1700 processor on this board

No throttle44Moderate10Severe0
Every LGA1700 processor ranked by how well the ASUS Prime Z790M-Plus feeds it
ProcessorVerdictVRM °CScoreClock loss
Intel Pentium Gold G74002 cores · 46 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle46930 %
Intel Celeron G69002 cores · 46 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle46930 %
Intel Processor 3002 cores · 46 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle46930 %
Intel Core i5-12400F6 cores · 65 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i5-14400F10 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i5-13400F10 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i5-124006 cores · 65 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i3-12100F4 cores · 58 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle48900 %
Intel Core i5-1440010 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i5-1340010 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i3-14100F4 cores · 58 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle48900 %
Intel Core i3-13100F4 cores · 58 W sustained · Raptor LakeNo throttle48900 %
Intel Core i3-121004 cores · 60 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle48900 %
Intel Core i5-1450014 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i7-1470020 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i5-1350014 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i7-1270012 cores · 65 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i7-1370016 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i5-125006 cores · 65 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i7-14700F20 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i7-12700F12 cores · 65 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i7-13700F16 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i3-141004 cores · 60 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle48900 %
Intel Core i5-1460014 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i3-131004 cores · 60 W sustained · Raptor LakeNo throttle48900 %
Intel Core i5-126006 cores · 65 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i9-1490024 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i9-1390024 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i3-123004 cores · 60 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle48900 %
Intel Core i5-1360014 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i9-1290016 cores · 65 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i9-14900F24 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i9-13900F24 cores · 65 W sustained · Raptor LakeNo throttle49900 %
Intel Core i5-12600K10 cores · 145 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle63770 %
Intel Core i5-12600KF10 cores · 145 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle63770 %
Intel Core i5-14600K14 cores · 180 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle69710 %
Intel Core i5-13600K14 cores · 180 W sustained · Raptor LakeNo throttle69710 %
Intel Core i5-14600KF14 cores · 180 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshNo throttle69710 %
Intel Core i5-13600KF14 cores · 180 W sustained · Raptor LakeNo throttle69710 %
Intel Core i7-12700K12 cores · 185 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle71700 %
Intel Core i7-12700KF12 cores · 185 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle71700 %
Intel Core i9-12900K16 cores · 235 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle79620 %
Intel Core i9-12900KF16 cores · 235 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle79620 %
Intel Core i9-12900KS16 cores · 240 W sustained · Alder LakeNo throttle80610 %
Intel Core i7-14700K20 cores · 245 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshModerate81601 %
Intel Core i9-14900K24 cores · 250 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshModerate82601 %
Intel Core i7-13700K16 cores · 245 W sustained · Raptor LakeModerate81601 %
Intel Core i9-13900K24 cores · 250 W sustained · Raptor LakeModerate82601 %
Intel Core i7-14700KF20 cores · 245 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshModerate81601 %
Intel Core i9-14900KF24 cores · 250 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshModerate82601 %
Intel Core i7-13700KF16 cores · 245 W sustained · Raptor LakeModerate81601 %
Intel Core i9-13900KF24 cores · 250 W sustained · Raptor LakeModerate82601 %
Intel Core i9-14900KS24 cores · 253 W sustained · Raptor Lake RefreshModerate82592 %
Intel Core i9-13900KS24 cores · 253 W sustained · Raptor LakeModerate82592 %

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