Cooler Master Hyper D92 CPU Cooler Review
Test System and Benchmark Results of the Cooler Master Hyper D92
Ambient temperature monitored at case intake and temperature Delta was used. All case and heat sink fans were benchmarked with fan control settings disabled and running at 100% unless otherwise specified. Intel integrated video is utilized to eliminate additional ambient heat source from discrete graphics cards. Temperatures are averaged (last minute) from individual core temperature results monitored by AIDA64 after 15 minutes. FPU load average is used to simulate worst case scenario load levels similar to Intel Burn Test or OCCT, results marked “0″ means thermal limit was reached and the CPU was throttled and thus the results were discarded. Stock settings have all power saving features enabled in the motherboard with Vcore set static to 1.1V and set to “Balanced” in the OS. Overclocked settings have Vcore voltage manually set to 1.2V at 4.2GHz and 4.4GHz with EIST disabled. All tests were taken at least three times to get the final result.
| Processor | Intel Core i7-4770K (Retail) |
| Motherboard | ASUS Maximus VI Gene Z87 Motherboard |
| Memory | Patriot Viper 3 “Black Mamba” Low-Profile 2x8GB DDR3 Memory |
| Drive | OCZ Agility 4 256GB SSD |
| Video Card | Intel Integrated Graphics |
| Thermal Compound | Noctua NT-H1 |
| Case | Cooler Master HAF XB (open air test-bench mode, all fans removed) |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX850W |
| Operating System | Windows 7 x64 Pro |
| Comparison Heatsinks | CM Hyper D92 |
Raijintek THEMIS Evo | Be Quiet Shadow Rock Slim | Gamer Storm Lucifer | Silverstone AR01 | Noctua NH-U12S | GELID GX-7 Rev.2 SLIM |
| Fan Size (mm) | 2×92 | 1×120 | 1×135 | 1×140 | 1×120 | 1×120 | 1×120 (slim) |
| Max fan RPM | 2700 | 1800 | 2000 | 1400 | 2200 | 1500 | 1800 |
| PWM | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Fan Bearing Type | Rifle | Sleeve | Rifle | Hydro | Sleeve | SSO2 | Hydro Dynamic Bearing |
| SLIM | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES |
| Direct-Heatpipe | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Heatpipe Thickness (mm) | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Heatpipe Count | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Price (in USD) | 45 | 40 | 50 | 45 | 35 | 65 | 65 |
Benchmarks:
Results marked “0″ means thermal limit was reached and the CPU was throttled
Fan Sound Profile:
Not exactly the most silent fan in our comparison group but then again, it was never advertised as such. When in PWM mode, the fan noise is manageable and is actually silent at idle and low level loads. It is not nearly as loud as the Silverstone AR01, AR02 or the Raijintek Themis EVO but is definitely louder than the rest when running at its maximum 2800 RPM. The fan moves a lot of air but is thankfully devoid of any chopping noises at full-load.
Performance Summary:
Despite the smaller 92mm fan size, the CM Hyper D92 holds its own against some 120mm and 135mm heavy weights. It fared better than the 92mm Silverstone AR02 at 4.4GHz which is to be expected considering the AR02 has one less heatpipe and one less fan but at stock, the CM Hyper D92 outperformed the GELID GX-7 and be Quiet Shadow Rock Slim. Idle temperatures are high for the Hyper D92, as the heat is bottlenecked along the bottom area if there is no airflow in the case.
