Power consumption
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 4:27 am
File under: Mildly Interesting
I replaced the UPS on my BI PC with an APC Backups 1000, and it comes with a watt meter showing the load. Here are the typical loads I see running with and without BI. This is an 8-camera system with 3 recording continuously.
So on my PC, running just BI as a service with no GUI displayed consumes about ~15 watts or so.
Running/showing the GUI takes another 8 to 15 watts, with a rough average of around 10 watts.
Now of course this is a super simplistic measurement and there are a dozen other factors that could be (are) fiddling with the numbers a bit, but all in all they seem consistent over quite a few reboots and reloads.
Also, running with and without the frame maximized seemed like it might lower the power consumption by about a watt, but it could be my imagination. It just seems like it runs a tad higher with the frames showing.
I replaced the UPS on my BI PC with an APC Backups 1000, and it comes with a watt meter showing the load. Here are the typical loads I see running with and without BI. This is an 8-camera system with 3 recording continuously.
- PC running idle without BI loaded at all: 65 watts, steady as a rock.
- PC running with BI loaded as a service, no GUI: 76 ~ 77 watts, occasionally jumping to 80.
- PC running with BI loaded as a service and the GUI displayed: ~84 to 91 watts, with occasional dips or jumps.
So on my PC, running just BI as a service with no GUI displayed consumes about ~15 watts or so.
Running/showing the GUI takes another 8 to 15 watts, with a rough average of around 10 watts.
Now of course this is a super simplistic measurement and there are a dozen other factors that could be (are) fiddling with the numbers a bit, but all in all they seem consistent over quite a few reboots and reloads.
Also, running with and without the frame maximized seemed like it might lower the power consumption by about a watt, but it could be my imagination. It just seems like it runs a tad higher with the frames showing.