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Testing Methodology and Benchmarks
| Processor: | Intel Core i7-4770K (Retail) |
| Motherboard: | MSI Z97 Gaming 7 |
| Heatsink: | Noctua NH-U14S |
| Drive: | OCZ Agility 4 256GB |
| Video Card: | Gigabyte GTX 770 Windforce OC |
| Thermal Compound: | Noctua NT-H1 (small center cross method application) |
| Case: | NZXT H440 (all fans replaced) |
- 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 for the CPU test.GPU test was conducted separately at a different time from the CPU load test to isolate results.
- Noise test was conducted in a synthetic setting so that it is the only fan running with the fan blowing into a case intake and the SPL-8810 sound meter was placed 15 CM away at the side.
- Temperatures are averaged (last minute) from individual core temperature results monitored by AIDA64 after 15 minutes.
- Overclocked settings have Vcore voltage manually set to 1.2V at 4.4GHz with EIST disabled.
- The pair of fans were mounted as intake and run plugged in to a constant +12V voltage source.
- All tests were taken at least three times to get the final result.
| Comparison Fans | |||
| Name | max RPM | Price per piece in USD | Bearing |
| Noctua NF-F12 x2 | 1500 | $24.99 | SSO2 |
| Scythe Gentle Typhoon AP-15 x2 | 1850 | $25-30 | FDB |
| Cooler Master JetFlo 120 x2 | 2000 | $19.99 | POM |
| Corsair SP120 Performance x2 | 2350 | $19.99 | Hydro |
| Noctua NF-A14 PWM and non-PWM | 2000 | $26.90 | SSO2 |
| Noctua NF-P12 PWM and non-PWM | 2000 | $29.90 | SSO2 |
