Page 2 - Physical Look - Hardware
Our test configuration is as follows:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Motherboard: ASUS ProArt X870E-Creator WiFi
RAM: Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5-6400 2x16GB
Graphics: EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti XC3 ULTRA GAMING
Chassis: TRYX FLOVA F50
Storage: Lexar Professional NM800 PRO 2TB, Kingston NV3 2TB
Power: be quiet! Straight Power 12 1200W
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro (25H2)
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 23c. Each cooler was used with its stock thermal paste 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 built-in benchmarks with 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 checked the temperature of the processor. From the first graph, you can see the FSP MP7 Black idled at a temperature of 44c. This was basically the same as the other cooler, the be quiet! Dark Rock Elite, which is good. 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 more pertinent metrics.
With more than enough time to load the processor, you can see how all the coolers performed with the peak temperatures recorded. The FSP MP7 Black reached . This is the only 420mm radiator in our comparison list, but compared to other 360mm AIO liquid coolers, this result was one degree warmer than the coolest options like the SilverStone IceMyst 360, DeepCool Mystique 360, and Cooler Master MasterLiquid Core II 360. Even so, this is within the margin of error. It also performed notably better than the 240mm options and all the air coolers, which is a bit more expected. There was no thermal throttling noticed during our tests, as all the cores were able to reach their boost frequencies.
Page Index
1. Introduction, Packaging, Specifications
2. Physical Look - Hardware
3. Installation and Test Results
4. Conclusion
