#SKYLAKE IRIS PRO DRIVER#
This was measured from the wall, and are values using the Realtek Network driver (which shaved off a watt), in an otherwise clean Windows 10 install. Power Consumption and Quick Undervolting Tests: Kingston’s still in my good books, and this was a cost-effective set. I’ve had a bad luck with many brands of RAM. RAM – 32GB Kingston DDR4 2400Mhz (2x16GB) This was the last piece of the puzzle that got me from 11 watts to 10 watts idle. I know 1 watt doesn’t seem like much, but it’s technically a ~10% savings since we’re in the 10 watt range. Important: Installing the Realtek network driver on this motherboard reduces idle power consumption by 1 watt (compared to standard Windows 10 Realtek driver). Also considered a Z170 board which would have allowed me to run the RAM at over 2166Mhz (the “H” versions of the Skylake chipsets cap it at 2166Mhz), but I wasn’t willing to shell out the large price increase for that alone. I would have preferred a step up to one of their wifi versions, but local stock wasn’t available. Always decent BIOS settings, very few issues. Not a lot to say here, except that Gigabyte’s been reliable for me long-term (all my Gigabyte motherboards from up to a decade ago are still working). They’re also one company that (so far) has managed to maintain a strong focus on remaining cutting-edge.Īlternatives here were a different SSD brand or possibly a lower-power laptop hard drive.
Think of it as a 1100Mhz iGPU that will magically touch 1150Mhz in those rare moments when the stars are all aligned. Update: It does hit 1150Mhz, but very infrequently and only under specific loads. Not enough data on my end yet to determine whether I’m just seeing a bug or if something else is going on. The i3-63 20 has an edge at the list price with a bump to 3.9Ghz, but local price threw it out the window.Ī final piece to note: a few testing tools I ran showed the iGPU only hitting 1100Mhz in Windows, despite Intel (and others) listing it as 1150Mhz. Considerably less than the aforementioned i5-6600 and i7-6700(x) models.51watt TDP (looking at higher-specced processors, only the i7-6700T beats this with 35watts but at the expense of frequency).3.8Ghz dual core (only the i5-6600 and i7-6700 match or exceed this at the 2-core turbo level).Best iGPU/frequency/TDP/price ratio of the Skylake processors (based on what’s important to me).Still waiting on AMD Zen and Intel Kaby Lake at the time of this writing.
#SKYLAKE IRIS PRO PRO#
Broadwell with Iris Pro was a consideration but lacked some DirectX12 and HEVC/VP8/VP9 improvements.
Just in case someone’s aiming to do it and isn’t sure where to begin, I figured I’d list some details about the machine I just put together so that you’ve got something to start with (or a basis for comparison). Surface pro 4 wifi card 352832] usbcore: registered new interface driver mwifiex_usb Replacement for Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Battery DYNR01 5087mAh.Putting together a computer that has extremely low idle power consumption AND can handle some casual gaming is pretty tough.