Time to look at how each board performs out of the box, using the default power profiles with XMP loaded. Right away, you will notice a glaring issue with the models marked as 'Limited' with the orange bars. These boards, namely Asus and Gigabyte boards, though there is an Asrock model here as well, all limit the power of the
Core i9-14900K for extended workloads.
Most of these boards have no limit for what Intel calls PL1, a temporary power state. After a certain period, around a minute typically, PL2 kicks in, which is a reduced power state. The Asus and Asrock boards revert to a 253-watt power limit, while the Gigabyte boards limit to 280 watts. MSI, on the other hand, has no power limit for PL1 or PL2, and Asrock has decided to do this with their Nova board, but not the Riptide.