Mickey: Very high platform power consumption in IDLE (200W+) on 9800 X3D

Hi everyone,
A few weeks ago, I finally switched from an i5 9600K (Z390) to a Ryzen 9800 X3D (X870E) and noticed VERY high power consumption of the entire platform in IDLE mode.
In the BIOS or after booting into the Windows 11 desktop, the platform draws 180-200W+! This is shockingly high compared to my previous computer (70-90W).

In a 9800 X3D processor test on techpowerup.com, the entire platform drew 78-81W. That's more than half of my current consumption!
The processor itself uses 1-3%...

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