Question AIO CoolerMaster Liquid 360L - poor results

[eddified]

I have the Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core, paired with the i7-13700K (pcpartpicker).

I am comparing my cooling results to that of Tom's Hardware's reviewer's cooling results with this same cooler (but different color, the review model was black, mine is white).

The author Albert talks about running two tests, one with power limits being enforced and another with no power limits enforced. Since I don't know how to enforce power limits, I just ran the Cinebench R23 test in multi, and in single.

• Multi: CPU was hovering around 73 degrees, CPU Package was hovering around 84 degrees. - Vs the article's "no power limits enforced" max of 66 degrees. This looks like pretty bad results for my machine, compared with Tom'sHardware.
• Single: CPU was hovering around 40 degrees, CPU Package was hovering around 50 degrees.

(Temps obtained by HWInfo. My ambient temp is about the same as that of the review.)

Questions:

1. The author Albert talks about running two tests, one with power limits being enforced and another with no power limits enforced. How does on enforce power limits on the CPU while running a Cinebench test?
2. Can anyone tell whether the Cinebench test Albert ran was the Multi or Single core? Assuming Multi.
3. How does Albert determine or calculate "watts cooled"?
4. Does anyone know whether the "no power limits" result temp is from "CPU", or "CPU Package"? Assuming CPU, but the other tests (the ones with power limit enforced) refer to "CPU package", so the inconsistency has me wondering.
5. How can I know what speed the AIO pump is working at, and whether it's operating normally? I can't find any software to download from CoolerMaster.
6. How much does the thermal paste affect the results -- I believe too much paste was placed on the CPU (too thick)--how much can this affect temps?
7. What do you, the tomshardware community, think I should do about this large temp discrepancy?
8. The author mentions some motherboards bending. How I would even know if my mobo is bending?

 

[kanewolf]

I have the Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core, paired with the i7-13700K (pcpartpicker).

I am comparing my cooling results to that of Tom's Hardware's reviewer's cooling results with this same cooler (but different color, the review model was black, mine is white).

The author Albert talks about running two tests, one with power limits being enforced and another with no power limits enforced. Since I don't know how to enforce power limits, I just ran the Cinebench R23 test in multi, and in single.

• Multi: CPU was hovering around 73 degrees, CPU Package was hovering around 84 degrees. - Vs the article's "no power limits enforced" max of 66 degrees. This looks like pretty bad results for my machine, compared with Tom'sHardware.
• Single: CPU was hovering around 40 degrees, CPU Package was hovering around 50 degrees.

(Temps obtained by HWInfo. My ambient temp is about the same as that of the review.)

Questions:

1. The author Albert talks about running two tests, one with power limits being enforced and another with no power limits enforced. How does on enforce power limits on the CPU while running a Cinebench test?
2. Can anyone tell whether the Cinebench test Albert ran was the Multi or Single core? Assuming Multi.
3. How does Albert determine or calculate "watts cooled"?
4. Does anyone know whether the "no power limits" result temp is from "CPU", or "CPU Package"? Assuming CPU, but the other tests (the ones with power limit enforced) refer to "CPU package", so the inconsistency has me wondering.
5. How can I know what speed the AIO pump is working at, and whether it's operating normally? I can't find any software to download from CoolerMaster.
6. How much does the thermal paste affect the results -- I believe too much paste was placed on the CPU (too thick)--how much can this affect temps?
7. What do you, the tomshardware community, think I should do about this large temp discrepancy?
8. The author mentions some motherboards bending. How I would even know if my mobo is bending?

Unless you replicate the test conditions completely, you can't compare results.
What was the reviewers ambient temp? How was the reviewer's install done compared to yours? How is your case airflow compared to the reviewer? Etc...

 

[eddified]

Unless you replicate the test conditions completely, you can't compare results.
What was the reviewers ambient temp? How was the reviewer's install done compared to yours? How is your case airflow compared to the reviewer? Etc...

Ok, but are my results within acceptable range?? I don’t know, but the huge difference raises red flags.

To answer one of your questions: My wordy indicates that ambient temperature was very similar to the reviewers’.

 

[eddified]

Should I be concerned about my temperatures? This is my first water cooled setup, so I really don't know what to expect.

 

[CountMike]

Should I be concerned about my temperatures? This is my first water cooled setup, so I really don't know what to expect.

Those temps are perfectly safe.
Some questions. How and where is radiator and it's fans are mounted and pump and fans connected ? Ideally radiator should be in front, hoses at bottom and fans configured as intake pushing thru radiator. Pump hoses at bottom of the pump. Pump and fans daisy chained to CPU_FAN header directly. Pump doesn't report rpm nor it's adjustable, runs full speed. If it wasn't running, temps would be much worse.