CPU Temp Testing With Noctua Heatsink
Intel Core i7 5960 Haswell-E heatsink testing on Ubuntu Linux. Tests by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com.


ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.17.1-304.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1 20140930, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Noctua i4 CPU Cooler: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.17.1-304.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1 20140930, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . 5540  |========================
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. 11113 |================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . MIN: 46.0  AVG: 53.6  MAX: 64.0 
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. MIN: 35.0  AVG: 46.9  MAX: 56.0 


x264 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . 263.60 |===========================================
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. 289.10 |===============================================


x264 2014-08-30
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . MIN: 46.0  AVG: 50.6  MAX: 58.0 
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. MIN: 40.0  AVG: 44.5  MAX: 53.0 


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . 53.34 |================================================
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. 44.79 |========================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . MIN: 45.0  AVG: 59.0  MAX: 68.0 
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. MIN: 40.0  AVG: 52.0  MAX: 59.0 


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . 14.65 |================================================
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. 14.26 |===============================================


C-Ray 1.1
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . MIN: 51.0  AVG: 59.4  MAX: 68.0 
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. MIN: 43.0  AVG: 52.6  MAX: 58.0 


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . 45 |===================================================
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. 45 |===================================================


Smallpt 1.0
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . MIN: 57  AVG: 70  MAX: 77 
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. MIN: 44  AVG: 58  MAX: 62 


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . 12.86 |================================================
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. 12.78 |================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . MIN: 49.0  AVG: 53.0  MAX: 64.0 
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. MIN: 41.0  AVG: 44.8  MAX: 52.0 


CPU Temperature Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Celsius
ARCTIC Alpine 20 Plus . MIN: 40.0  AVG: 57.0  MAX: 77.0 
Noctua i4 CPU Cooler .. MIN: 26.0  AVG: 49.2  MAX: 62.0