Methodology
An AMD Ryzen 9 3950X has to be cooled in various levels of power consumption, joined by 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport (2x8GB) DDR4 memory on an MSI B550 Tomahawk (BIOS 7C91vAB). The Asus ROG Strix GTX 1060 6GB runs in zero-fan mode for the CPU stress tests only and a Fractal Design Ion Gold 750W serves as the power source. The whole thing is housed in the Thermaltake Core P3 as an open benchtable.
The test system runs on Windows 10 Pro 22H2 (build 19045.2251). All data sets are recorded with HWInfo64 v7.34-4930 – 5000ms logging, the specified temperature results from the sensor CPU Die (Average). Since I don’t have air conditioning, the values in the graphs are the delta between room temperature and CPU temperature. This allows all cooling to be compared fairly, even if the ambient temperature is different. The thermal paste included with the cooler or pre-applied is used in each case.
I determine the sound level with a Voltcraft SL-200 meter at a distance of 40cm, which operates in 125ms cycles in Lo mode. The room was measured at 33.2 dB(A), an external sample table helps to break it down.
Benchmarks
In the first test run, a loudness of 40 dB(A) was set at 40cm from the center of the pump and fans on the radiator; in my setup, that’s 41% PWM on the radiator fans and 100% PWM on the pump:
And after that, this compact water cooler is allowed to show what it can achieve in terms of cooling performance at maximum speed, regardless of the noise level. A maximum of 53.4 dB(A) was achieved at 100% PWM and 40cm distance.
A full comparison to other coolers can be understood here:
Roundup und erneute Messung aller getesteten CPU Luft- und AiO-Wasserkühler
Summary and conclusion
In terms of cooling performance, the notebook can take one of the first places at the time of this test, but it cheats itself out of it due to quite loud fans. However, the raw performance is at least there. In the volume-normalized comparison, it is at least enough for the good midfield. If you then consider the fact that all the water coolers are extremely close to each other, the S90 can deliver a good result here.
As for the looks of Sharkoon’s S80 and S80, I can only repeat myself here. For my part, I find the “diamond” on the pump block very chic and also the Infinity Mirror comes into its own. Since the somewhat lower price of the optically simpler S70 was quite tempting, I would have liked to see a corresponding version with a 360mm radiator. However, this size is reserved for the two “Premium” variants.
The test sample was provided by Sharkoon without obligation. There was and is no influence on the tests and results. There was also no compensation for expenses and no obligation to publish.
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