Kingwin RVT-9225: Budget priced cooling results in budget performance

Overclocking

Some users buy aftermarket coolers to quiet down their system, but many are seeking performance gains in the area of overclocking. In the days of shoddy Intel HSFs, a quality aftermarket cooler could equal double-digit percentage gains. As we've mentioned previously, Intel's current incarnation is quite good, but gains can still be significant. Let's see how the RVT-9225 stacks up. Again, the same processor and settings are used for all cooling tests for consistency.

The Kingwin RVT-9225 just barely scrapes a lead over the Intel unit with a maximum stable speed of 3.78GHz. This is disappointing, particularly as the noise level is so much higher than the competing units.

Performance Scaling

Performance scaling is shown below - keep in mind that lower is better in this case. As mentioned the maximum overclocks top out at 3.78GHz, but we file this under "3.83GHz" (rounding up).

Again, we see what seems to be a theme: the RVT-9225 tracks the Intel unit almost exactly. It only ekes out a slight win at 3.33GHz.

Load conditions are a good indicator of cooling performance, and as we've said in the past, a flatter line here is better versus a steep slope (indicating that the cooler cannot effectively handle the load it's being presented with).

There's no real news here. We see almost a mirror image of the Intel retail HSF, with a slight win at 3.33GHz only.