Page 3 - Test Results
Our test configuration is as follows:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X @ 3.6GHz
Motherboard: ASUS Prime X470-Pro
RAM: Patriot Viper RGB DDR4-3600 2x16GB
Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 1070Ti Titanium
Chassis: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN500 NVMe SSD 500GB, OCZ ARC 100 240GB, Patriot P200 512GB
Power: FSP Hydro PTM Pro 1200W
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Compared hardware:
- Cooler Master MasterAir MA610P ARGB
- be quiet! Pure Loop 240mm
- Cooler Master MasterAir MA624 Stealth
- Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black
- Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 chromax.black
- Noctua NH-U9S chromax.black
- Noctua NH-U12A
- Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black
- Noctua NH-U12S redux
All tests were run in our custom-built computer to best reflect real life performance. The computer remained in the same location in the same room throughout all tests. The room temperature in our testing lab was around 22c. Stock thermal paste respective to all coolers were used to rate its performance; all pastes were given a proper amount of time for them to fully settle. The fans on all heatsinks were directly connected to the motherboard's 4-pin connector. The test computer was turned on and idling for at least one hour for the idling tests. High CPU load results were obtained using the Prime95 in-place large FFTs test with a maximum number of worker threads for the tested CPU for a minimum of ten minutes or until the temperature was deemed stable. Temperature results were measured with HWiNFO, which reports the CPU's integrated digital thermal sensor for maximum accuracy. Each temperature result was calculated by taking the maximum value of the cores inside the CPU.
After letting my computer sit idle for a while, I shook my mouse to wake the computer to check the temperature. From the first graph, you can see the MasterAir MA610P ARGB was idling at a low temperature of 34c. This is notably cooler than other 120mm-based air coolers and even slightly cooler than the Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black and the be quiet! AIO. This is pretty impressive, but also not too surprising. However, idle results do not give a full representation of what CPU coolers can do, so we started up the Prime95 tests to see the important results.
After turning on Prime95 and allowing sufficient time to load the processor on all cores and threads, you can see how each of the coolers performed with the peak temperatures. Once again, the Cooler Master MasterAir MA610P ARGB performed well with a load temperature of 63c. This was the same as the AIO cooler we have here, while being two degrees warmer than the excellent NH-D15 chromax.black. Compared to the smaller 120mm based air coolers like the NH-U12A, this is one to two degrees cooler, which is still an improvement. We were able to observe the same boost frequencies throughout the test across our tower coolers with 3.8GHz across all cores. Overall, these results show the MasterAir MA610P ARGB performs exactly as you might expect, which is a positive mark.
However, if we look at the sound analysis section of the Cooler Master MasterAir MA610P ARGB, on a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is silence and 10 is the definition of loud, I would rate the MA610P ARGB at 3.5/10 during idle and around 5.5/10 under full load for the dual 120mm fan configuration. I have found SickleFlow fans to be a bit louder under full load, and the 120mm fans spin fast to keep the temperatures low. On a day-to-day use, the whole solution is generally acceptable, but when the processor is at full load, the fans are quite audible. Otherwise, I will say that the lights on the MasterAir MA610P ARGB are visually quite loud with a nice blaring set of lights on the fans and on the plastic shroud at the top. Although I am still not a fan of how tall this cooler is, the lights underneath this plastic shroud do look quite nice with several sections of translucent plastic to let the light bleed through.
Page Index
1. Introduction, Packaging, Specifications
2. Physical Look - Hardware; Installation
3. Test Results
4. Conclusion
