# Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424 of 15 March 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage products pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013 (Text with EEA relevance), Annex V: Indicative benchmarks referred to in Article 6

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The following indicative benchmarks are identified for the purposes of this Regulation.
They refer to the best available technology by 7 April 2019.
The indicative benchmarks for the best available technology on the market for servers and online data storage products are as follows.
Table 8
Benchmark for idle state power, server efficiency and operating condition
Product type
Idle power, W
Active state efficiency
Operating condition class
Tower server, 1 socket
21,3
17
A3
Rack server, 1 socket
18
17,7
A4
Rack server, 2 socket, low performance
49,9
18
A4
Rack server, 2 socket, high performance
67
26,1
A4
Rack server, 4 socket
65,1
34,8
A4
Blade server, 2 socket
75
47,3
A3
Blade server, 4 socket
63,3
21,9
A3
Resilient server, 2 socket
222
9,6
A3
Data storage products
Not applicable
Not applicable
A3
Table 9
Benchmark for PSU efficiency at 10 %, 20 %, 50 % and 100 % load level and power factor at 20 % or 50 % load level
PSU nameplate power
10 %
20 %
50 %
100 %
< 750W
91,17 %
93,76 %
94,72 %
Power factor > 0,95
94,14 %
≥ 750W
95,02 %
95,99 %
Power factor > 0,95
96,09 %
94,69 %

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/424/annex/V (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-424/annex-V
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