Stock Temperatures
Stock performance is pretty decent, keeping our i9-12900K at a reasonable 80c under full load, more than enough to prevent any performance throttling issues.
Overclocked Temperatures
With our fixed clock speeds and reduced voltages, performance goes up, but as you can see, the Pure Loop 2 just slays the heat now, making it one of the best-performing coolers on our chart at just 67c.
Stock Acoustics
Acoustics are a little higher than expected, but not uncommon, as the fans are quiet, but there are three of them. It’s actually a much less noticeable fan noise than most though, a lot less harsh to the ears.
Overclocked Acoustics
The stock fan curve is a bit aggressive though and with the fans able to spin up to 2100 RPM, performance is amazing, but honestly, capping them at around 1500 RPM barely impacts the temperatures (70c load), but it’ll drop the acoustics to 44 dBa, which seems like a good trade-off to me.
Cinebench R23
At stock, it delivered 25501 points, which is OK, but clearly room for improvement.
However, again with the fixed clock speeds and optimised voltages, it’s clear this cooler has a lot to offer when used properly, as the score shot up to 27450. Again, when I dropped the fan RPM this score remained high.
