
As most readers are no doubt aware, open-air systems typically represent the least airflow restriction. Most importantly the system was effectively an open-air test bench-a Fractal Design Meshify S2 on its side with no side, front, or top panels and the radiator elevated above the system using a plastic bin. Now, once again the system this was run on was a 5950X on a Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master with 64GB of RAM and an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420mm. The highest temperature I saw before the system shutdown was 103.6C as measured by Ryzen Master. Right away it triggered the CPU’s Over-Temperature Protection (OTP) almost instantly. For me, this is a much better representation of a real-world workload, as it is a very similar workload to the astrophysical simulations I work on. Real-World Testing and OTPĪfter applying the P2 tune and the initial P1 profile from the first photo in this article, I decided to run a LinX 10GB run.


So from this initial testing, CTR sounds great! More performance at similar voltages and similar power usage… At least in theory it would be. Quick PBO auto-OC using Curve Optimizer couldn’t match our initial CTR run.
