Mild OC Testing
For our Mild OC testing, we have configured our CPU to run 4300MHz on all cores, set the voltage to 1.15V, and configured memory to XMP mode. This yields an approximate power at the wall of 450w under load (a 350w differential from idle, which pulls about 100w). This results in the CPU running at 4.3GHz on all cores during the looping rounds of Cinebench R20. You can read more about this in our introduction article here.
Max Fans – 100% Pump Speed
Running our AIOs at full tilt on fans and pumps lead to the Enermax Aquafusion 240 being the best performing 240mm cooler at 73 degrees Celsius. The rest of our 240mm coolers, including the Corsair iCUE H100i Elite Capellix, came in at 76 degrees Celsius. The max fan speed on the LIQTECH II 360/AQUAFUSION 240 was 2250 RPM, the PF360-ARGB/PF240-ARGB was 2,000 RPM, and the H115i was 1,800 RPM. The max fan speed on our CORSAIR iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX was a blistering 2,400 RPM.
1500 RPM Fans – 100% Pump Speed
Bringing the fans down to 1,500 RPM brought the Corsair H115i Platinum back to the front of the pack at 74 degrees Celsius. This was also a full 4 degrees Celsius cooler than the Enermax AQUAFUSION 240 which was our best performing 240mm cooler. The CORSAIR iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX continued to bring up the rear at 84 degrees Celsius.
1000 RPM Fans – 100% Pump Speed
With the fans set to 1,000 RPM, the Corsair H115i Platinum posted a temperature of 84 degrees Celsius. That still puts it ahead of the Enermax AQUAFUSION 240, which was the best performing 240mm AIO, at 90 degrees Celsius. The CORSAIR iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX posted a temperature of 96 degrees Celsius however, once more, the coolant reached its critical temperature level and this would end the testing for this cooler.
600 RPM Fans – 50% and 100% Pump Speed
At the 600 RPM fan speed at both 50% and 100% pump speeds, all of the units let the temperature get out of control and thermal throttling kicked in as the CPU temperature reached above 98 degrees Celsius.
Let’s move on now to look at some Max Overclocking results with our coolers.