AMD CPU temperatures
Processor at 65W :
We start with our 65W profile, a fairly low power consumption, especially when you consider today’s monsters. This power consumption is intended to simulate small processors with few cores or low power consumption.
Unfortunately, due to a technical problem with our AMD test platform, we were unable to take temperature readings for the Dark Rock Pro 5. However, the results are available in the Intel section.
As it happens, the Dark Rock Elite proves to be a formidable competitor to the Assassin IV, which it easily overtakes on this 65W consumption profile. As you can see, it performs just as well at full speed and only slightly less well at low revs. What’s more, these results put it ahead of the NH-U12A chromax.black.
Processor at 100W :
Here, our CPU will run at 3.30 GHz constantly and on all its cores. We apply a VCore of 1.132 to obtain a power consumption of around 100 watts. To simplify reading the graph, we’ve rounded off some values to the nearest integer.
With a power consumption of 100W, the Dark Rock Elite still performs well, even widening the gap with the NH-U12A chromax.black. However, the Assassin IV is slightly ahead of it at full power. Nevertheless, the performance of the German heatsink is solid!
Processor at 150W :
Finally, we end with our 150W profile. Here, heat dissipation is higher, so let’s see how our coolings fare!
At 150W, the Dark Rock Elite is up there with the Assassin IV, as you can see. In fact, it’s comfortable enough to be really at home in front of the Cooler Master MA824 Stealth.
Summary:
While we were unfortunately unable to test the Dark Rock Pro 5 on this platform, the Elite is very promising. As we’ve seen, it does very well, rivalling the Assassin IV and outclassing the other dual-tower models in our selection! What about the temperature/noise ratio?
