Page 11 - Thermal Measurements
The ASUS ProArt B660-Creator D4 has two beefy heatsinks over the 12+1 50A power stage design along with a passive heatsink over the B660 chipset. The B660 chipset is rated at 6W TDP, which does not require active cooling.
For this test, I put the system under full load using Prime95 and used an Etekcity Lasergrip 800 infrared thermometer to measure the surface temperature of key areas of the motherboard after 30 minutes. The surface temperature of both VRM heatsinks came in under 50c, while the chipset heatsink measured only 32.2c, as shown in our above photo. I have not experienced any stability problems caused by heat while using this motherboard. I further scanned the surface of entire motherboard using the infrared thermometer and there were no areas of concern on the ProArt B660-Creator D4.
The Intel B660 chipset does not support CPU overclocking. Therefore, CPU overclocking was not tested on the ASUS ProArt B660-Creator D4.
Page Index
1. Introduction, Packaging, Specifications
2. Bundle and Chipset
3. Physical Look - Hardware, Board Layout
4. BIOS and Test System
5. Benchmark: AIDA64
6. Benchmark: Cinebench R23
7. Benchmark: PassMark PerformanceTest 10
8. Benchmark: PCMark 10
9. Benchmark: 3DMark
10. Onboard Sound Frequency Analysis
11. Thermal Measurements
12. Conclusion
