We measure power demand at the socket with a calibrated meter.
The system consumes around 45 watts when idling in Windows 8. When tasked with Cinebench, the CPU increases the system load to 125 watts. When playing Tomb Raider the load rises to 281 watts. The power brick does get very warm after several hours, but all seems well within expected parameters.
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