I was finally running some idle power tests and figured, why not, I’ll give it a try to see how the power draw is with some modules. Basically on my 12th gen system, there’s basically no difference (within MoE).
Here’s powerstat results with 2 x USB-A + 2 x USB-C modules:
Summary:
System: 2.66 Watts on average with standard deviation 0.06
C-State Resident Count Latency
C10 99.970% 15236 230
C8 0.002% 80 200
C6 0.001% 69 170
C1E 0.022% 740 2
POLL 0.000% 3 0
C0 0.006%
Histogram (of 30 power measurements)
Range (Watts) Count
2.596 - 2.618 14 ########################################
2.619 - 2.641 2 #####
2.642 - 2.663 4 ###########
2.664 - 2.686 1 ##
2.687 - 2.709 4 ###########
2.710 - 2.731 1 ##
2.732 - 2.754 1 ##
2.755 - 2.777 0
2.778 - 2.799 2 #####
2.800 - 2.822 1 ##
With the 2 x USB-A modules removed
Summary:
System: 2.61 Watts on average with standard deviation 0.04
C-State Resident Count Latency
C10 99.954% 14675 230
C8 0.001% 33 200
C6 0.001% 47 170
C1E 0.011% 418 2
POLL 0.000% 2 0
C0 0.033%
Histogram (of 30 power measurements)
Range (Watts) Count
2.579 - 2.598 18 ########################################
2.599 - 2.618 4 ########
2.619 - 2.637 1 ##
2.638 - 2.657 3 ######
2.658 - 2.677 2 ####
2.678 - 2.697 0
2.698 - 2.717 1 ##
2.718 - 2.737 0
2.738 - 2.756 0
2.757 - 2.776 1 ##
And with no modules plugged in:
Summary:
System: 2.66 Watts on average with standard deviation 0.06
C-State Resident Count Latency
C10 99.770% 14228 230
C8 0.001% 49 200
C6 0.001% 49 170
C1E 0.045% 990 2
POLL 0.000% 2 0
C0 0.183%
Histogram (of 30 power measurements)
Range (Watts) Count
2.592 - 2.617 5 ##################
2.618 - 2.643 11 ########################################
2.644 - 2.669 7 #########################
2.670 - 2.694 0
2.695 - 2.720 3 ##########
2.721 - 2.746 1 ###
2.747 - 2.772 0
2.773 - 2.798 1 ###
2.799 - 2.824 0
2.825 - 2.849 2 #######