post has a link to a video of power consumption of i226v nic being driven to limit.
Unit is currently stuffed with a 480GB Corsair MP510, and 2x8G-2400 Corsair, waiting on a single 16G-3200 to replace the 2 SODIMMS. I did notice with the latest BIOS a slight drop in idle consumption, but under load it tops out much higher, currently working on getting a fan into the unit.
I assume both meters are wrong, but by way of comparison, this meter on a idle mamba (WRT1900AC), both radios disabled, sits at ~12.7w.