We may earn a commission when you buy through our links. Rankings are formula-based and never paid for. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Disclosure

Desktop PCs with lower official short-idle power

ENERGY STAR certified desktop PCs with the lower official Short Idle power figures on the Computers V9.0 record. Picks are drawn from the official-spec ranking in this category; commissions never change the order.

Affiliate disclosure: We earn a commission if you buy through links on this page, at no extra cost to you. It never affects our rankings, which come from the published scoring formula. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Learn more.

  1. 1

    Lenovo Chromebox Micro

    Score is within our desktop pcs ranking
    8.0/10

    Official ENERGY STAR record lists short-idle power of 2.3 W.

    What we like

    • Official ENERGY STAR record lists a TEC of 9.3 kWh.
    • Official ENERGY STAR record lists sleep-mode power of 0.4 W.

    Watch out for

    • Official TEC is a certified laboratory annual-energy figure for this configuration, not a utility bill we measured.
  2. 2

    ASUS CF40

    Score is within our desktop pcs ranking
    8.1/10

    Official ENERGY STAR record lists short-idle power of 2.3 W.

    What we like

    • Official ENERGY STAR record lists a TEC of 9.5 kWh.
    • Official ENERGY STAR record lists sleep-mode power of 0.5 W.

    Watch out for

    • Official TEC is a certified laboratory annual-energy figure for this configuration, not a utility bill we measured.
  3. 3

    Aopen BC3135

    Score is within our desktop pcs ranking
    8.8/10

    Official ENERGY STAR record lists short-idle power of 2.7 W.

    What we like

    • Official ENERGY STAR record lists a TEC of 11.5 kWh.
    • Official ENERGY STAR record lists sleep-mode power of 0.9 W.
    • Official ENERGY STAR record lists 64 GB of system memory for this certified configuration.

    Watch out for

    • Official TEC is a certified laboratory annual-energy figure for this configuration, not a utility bill we measured.
  4. 4

    Apple Mac mini (M4)

    Score is within our desktop pcs ranking
    8.1/10

    Official ENERGY STAR record lists short-idle power of 2.8 W.

    What we like

    • Official ENERGY STAR record lists a TEC of 12 kWh.
    • Official ENERGY STAR record lists sleep-mode power of 0.6 W.

    Watch out for

    • Official ratings are for the certified configuration shown; other official configurations of this model can list different TEC, memory or processor figures.

Keep comparing