Power Consumption

Let us now check on just how much power the AS7004T needs in sleep, idle, and during heavy throughput.

We use a GW Instek GPM-8212 power analyzer for all of our power consumption measurements.

Sleep, Idle and Load

Power consumption was generally on the high side because of the i3 CPU; it definitely consumes more power than the Atom or Celeron processors most competing products in the category utilize. However, this NAS is still significantly less power hungry than a desktop PC.

Power Consumption in Standby Mode

Vampire power or phantom load is the amount of power a device consumes when it is switched off but still plugged into the power grid. According to the ErP Lot 6 2013 directive, this value should be below 0.5 W.



With the ErP option enabled, the NAS consumed more than 0.5 W in standby, so it isn't compatible with the newer ErP Lot 6 2013 directive that asks for less than 0.5 W to be consumed so long as ErP is enabled.

Power Consumption Comparison Graphs