Performance
The test setup is an above average gaming PC. I’ve decided to test new coolers using the i7-9700K CPU as it’s one of the most popular gaming processors in the last months. Since the required voltage at 5GHz is actually not much different from default motherboard settings then you can see the comparison at 5GHz and 1.35V. It’s also easier to compare by our readers when CPU settings are set manually and not automatically adjusted by the motherboard.
Let’s begin the comparison.
So it won’t be so easy, in the comparison are used mostly AIO coolers which are getting more popular recently. Not all users like to have any type of water cooling and not all have enough space to install an AIO cooler.
I’m really surprised how well is performing Arctic Freezer 34 eSports. Before I started this review, I had thought it’s just another small tower cooler but it actually performs great considering its size. Performance in all tests is better than that of the Corsair H80v2 AIO cooler which is also using two 120mm fans. Even if we compare it to a larger AIO then it doesn’t look bad.
During typical work, we can count on quiet work. Even if CPU goes up to ~75°C then for a short period of time and we barely hear the difference. It was the second thing which surprised me. The Bionix fans are nearly silent during lower load so what our PC does for most of the time. During a high CPU load, these fans are still quiet.
Bionix series fans supposed to spin between 200 and 2100 RPM. Since all coolers were running at automatically adjusted speed then in our tests, the maximum speed of the Bionix fans was never achieved. The i7-9700K CPU was still much below its maximum temperature.
During mixed load tests, fans were spinning between 500 and 1200 RPM. Most competitive fans generate more noise at this speed so it’s one more strong point of this cooler.
