How to test Thermalright PA120 V3 performance in F1 25?
I tried to simulate the worst-case scenario: neon track effects cranked to the max. The PA120 V3's thermal headroom was fine, but I hit a throughput bottleneck that made particle effects hitch visibly. I ran a stress test to quantify the bandwidth utilization and watched the clock stability shift from a wide 2467 - 2597MHz to a tighter 2514 - 2574MHz. My first set of benchmarks was off by about 7.3%, which was frustrating. I had to tweak the timings and optimize the voltage curve before the baseline finally smoothed out. Frame generation intervals tightened from 6.8 - 10.9ms to a much cleaner 4.4 - 5.7ms. The cooler's power draw stays around 11.9 - 14.3W, and there's a constant, low-level wind noise from the fans. By cross-referencing the rendering benchmarks, the bottleneck is now clearly quantified. The first few runs had some heat spikes, but after a second calibration, the results are solid and the report is exported.
