Instruction Manual

Specifications 21
cPCI-3970
Power Consumption
This section provides information on the power consumption of
cPCI-3970 Series when using the Intel® Core™ i7 processors with
2x 4GB DDR3-1066 SO-CDIMM memory and onboard 64GB SATA
flash disk. The cPCI-3970 is powered by 5V and 3.3V. Power con-
sumption at 100% CPU usage was measured using the Intel Ther-
mal Analysis Tool (TAT).
Intel® Core™i7-2715QE
OS/Mode Current 5V Current 3.3V Total Power
DOS/Idle mode 5.81 A 0.69 A 31.3W
Windows XP/Idle mode 4.94 A 0.69 A 27.0 W
Windows® XP, CPU 100% Usage 13.1 A 0.68 A 67.5 W
Intel® Core™i7-2655LE
OS/Mode Current 5V Current 3.3V Total Power
DOS/Idle mode 3.97 A 0.73 A 21.4 W
Windows XP/Idle mode 3.56 A 0.71 A 20.1 W
Windows® XP, CPU 100% Usage 6.97 A 0.71 A 37.2 W
Intel® Core™i7-2610UE
OS/Mode Current 5V Current 3.3V Total Power
DOS/Idle mode 2.89 A 0.73 A 16.8 W
Windows XP/Idle mode 2.54 A 0.73 A 15.1 W
Windows® XP, CPU 100% Usage 5.01 A 0.73 A 27.4 W
Intel® Core™i5-2515LE
OS/Mode Current 5V Current 3.3V Total Power
DOS/Idle mode 4.52 A 0.71 A 24.9 W
Windows XP/Idle mode 4.47 A 0.71 A 24.7 W
Windows® XP, CPU 100% Usage 8.72 A 0.71 A 45.9 W