Performance
Test setup and Testing Methodology
The system used for testing is listed in the table below. Ambient temperatures were kept at 24 degrees Celsius +/- 1 degree. The thermal paste used was Noctua’s NT-H2 (for testing consistency). The fan speed was set to Full. The idle temperatures were recorded after 10 minutes of idle and max temperatures were recorded after a 5 minute torture test using Adia 64 CPU System Stability Test and recording the Cores values and taking the average.
When new processors arrive benchmark tables always have to start over. So this limited sample size shows up in the chart.
| CPU | Intel Core i9-11900K (Comet Lake) |
| Cooling | TOUGHLIQUID Ultra 240 All-In-One Liquid Cooler |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z590 Vision G |
| Ram | Thermaltake Toughram RGB Turquoise 16GB DDR4-3600 CL18 |
| HDD | Samsung 960 EVO 250GB PCIE M.2 SSD |
| PSU | Antec Signature Series 1000W |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Now we get to the good stuff the results. As you can see in the graph below we have the Idle temps for the Toughliquid Ultra 240. This chip hovers at a cool 33 degrees Celsius. Almost ambient temps!
Alright LOAD temps! The ones that really matter. The Toughliquid Ultra 240 faired pretty well coming in at 87 degrees Celsius. Only time will tell where this cooler will rank in future tests but I am pretty confidant it will compete with the best of them.
Noise can be a important factor for some. If we have a open case design and the fans might be exposed, we don not want record setting noise coming from our cooler. This not the case with the Toughliquid Ultra 240. As you can see in the graph above the fans at full speed hit 27 dBs with a dual fans. Just to note, the actually hearable noise from the fans are not distracting at all.
Now lets move on to the Conclusion and Verdict!
