Page 3 - Test Results
Our test configuration is as follows:
CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K
Motherboard: ASUS ProArt Z690-Creator WiFi
RAM: Lexar ARES RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB
Graphics: EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti XC3 ULTRA GAMING
Chassis: Thermaltake Core P3 TG Pro Snow
Storage: XPG Atom 30 1TB
Power: FSP Hydro PTM Pro 1200W
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Compared hardware:
- Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L Core ARGB White
- be quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX 240mm
- be quiet! Pure Rock 2 FX
- Noctua NH-D12L
- Noctua NH-U12A chromax.black
- Noctua NH-U9S chromax.black
- Thermaltake TOUGHLIQUID Ultra 360
All tests were run on 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 thermal pastes were given a proper amount of time for them to fully settle. The fans on all heatsinks were connected to the motherboard's CPU 4-pin fan header. The test computer was turned on and left 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 10 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 screen and check the temperature. From the first graph, you can see the Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L Core ARGB White idled at a temperature of 23c. This is once again tied with the coolest idle temperature readings across all the tested coolers, matching several other ones in our test arsenal. While it is great to see the single degree over ambient measurement, idle numbers do not give a full representation of what CPU coolers can do, so we started up the Prime95 tests to see the more pertinent results.
With more than enough time to load the processor, you can see how all the coolers performed with the peak temperatures recorded. From here, you can see the strong result of the Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L Core ARGB White with a full load temperature of 71c. This was the second best result we had seen from all the coolers, which is impressive. This was one degree warmer than the TOUGHLIQUID Ultra 360 and two degrees cooler than the be quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX. This was also lower in temperature than our Noctua NH-U12A and NH-D12L. This AIO liquid cooler was clearly more than capable of ensuring enough headroom so that the CPU can maintain the same maximum frequencies as other coolers.
As for the sound analysis section, on a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is silence and 10 is very loud, I would rate the Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L Core ARGB White at around 5.0/10 under full load. The two Cooler Master fans and water pump were quite audible under full load. On a day-to-day use, the cooling solution is quiet enough, but under full load, it is quite audible. If you have any sustained loads, the whirring of the fans will become annoying after a while. Otherwise, I appreciate the addressable RGB lighting on the fan and the pump header, which provides nice colors to my system. I ended up setting these to just a plain white light, but it still added to the ambience. Also, since it is controlled by a standard header, all the effects can be controlled by your motherboard software.
Page Index
1. Introduction, Packaging, Specifications
2. Physical Look - Hardware; Installation
3. Test Results
4. Conclusion
