TRYX Stage 360 ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler Review
Thermal Testing – Cinebench R24
OC3D CPU Cooler Stress Test
We want to push CPU coolers to their limit, and that requires a workload that will place maximum load on our i5-14600K CPU. Why didn’t we choose an i7 or an i9? The simple answer is that we want to test various CPU Cooler options. If we put the hottest CPU we could in our system, only the best of the best CPU coolers would even pass our testing procedures. Since not everyone uses such a power-hungry CPU, we decided to tone the wattage and thermal loads down by using an i5-14600K. Even so, this CPU consumes a lot of power and generates a lot of heat under all-core workloads. Note that our CPU is operated with a fixed voltage to deliver higher levels of thermal consistency between CPU coolers.
For testing, we have used Cinebench R24. This is an all-core workload that places heavy strain on all available CPU cores. This load pushes CPU thermals higher than any other and does so consistently. We use Cinebench R24 for 30 minutes to see how hot our CPU gets over that time. If CPU temperatures rise to 100 degrees Celsius or over, that CPU cooler has failed our testing. This is part of the reason why there are more coolers on our higher fan RPM cooler charts. Some coolers will pass our thermal testing at higher fan RPMs but fail at lower fan RPMs.
1,000 RPM fan test
At 1,000 RPM, the TRYX Stage 360 delivers admirable results, with thermals comparable to those of the NZXT Kraken Elite 360 V2 and the ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360. Overall, this result is only a handful of degrees behind the best coolers we have ever tested. So not a bad result overall.
1,500 RPM fan test
Cranking this cooler’s fans up to 1,500 RPM reduces average CPU core temperature by 3.1 degrees. This cooler remains a strong competitor to the NZXT Kraken ELITE V2 360, with only half a degree difference between them.
Max RPM fan test
This cooler’s fans max out at 1850 RPM, placing this cooler at a disadvantage compared with CPU coolers with faster fans. Compared to 1,500 RPM, 1,850 RPM drops average CPU core temperatures by 2.15 degrees. At maximum fan speeds, this cooler is within five degrees of the best CPU coolers we have ever tested. A solid result.
