Power consumption very high

Youyeetoo X1 SBC(X64)
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Hi. Monica told me to report this here.

So the X1 can consume much more than the PSU is rated for.

Idle nothing connected                                             9.3W
Idle with NVMe + mouse/keyboard                                    11.4W
Idle no NVMe 7" display + mouse/keyboard                           15.3W (display consumes about 4W)
Maxed out with NVMe + mouse/keyboard                               38.9W 
Maxed out USB3 to SATA SSD + Display + USB keyboard/mouse          46W !!! More than PSU is rated for

So using the 7" display + USB3 SATA SSD + mouse/keyboard and all cores maxed out it goes to 46W.
Measured between the plug and PSU.
Not even using an NVMe here.
So I would expect it to be more with NVMe. And then adding a SATA device over SATA ribbon would bring it above 50W.

I do think there is some loss from the PSU.
I don’t have anything to measure at the input of the board(barrel jack).
The boost clocks have a huge impact on power consumption.

Here a short video where I show this behaviour.

Should we use a 12V 5A PSU instead if using a lot of IO?

Greetings,
NicoD

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The data we tested is much lower than the data you tested，

may i ask Does it include the power consumption of the HDMI monitor？

the max output of our power adapter is 36W(12V3A),Why it can show the 45W on your tester？in the video i saw the power adapter is plug in your white tester,
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This is the data we tested of the X1 power consume

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Test conditions：

  • windows 10 pro on eMMC
  • mouse/keyboard
  • HDMI out to monitor
  • RTL8822CE module

No other peripherals,

The power supply is connected to a high-precision regulated power supply, and the values can be read directly

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I am not powering the 13" display with it. That’s in another PSU.
Do know there is loss in converting 240V to 12V.
But it should not be this much.

I am powering : USB keyboard + mouse dongle. Wifi adapter. 7 " Display. USB3 to SATA SSD.

I am also maxing out all cores(at 2.6Ghz). That is something you don’t seem to be doing in your tests.

I use Blender to do this.
Blender is able to use 100% of all cores at the same time. So it’s a good stress test.

I could also have added NVMe and even a SATA disk over the SATA ribbon and then it would be even higher.

The difference between idle (11.4W) and maxed out (38.9W). This with NVMe + mouse/keyboard dongle only.
I added the USB3 SATA SSD + 7" display and got 46W.

I should see to buy a clamp voltage meter so I can measure the input on the 12V line.