High cooling efficiency is the foundation, but with the BioniX P14 A-RGB fans, Arctic has also made efforts on other fronts. In addition to the clever daisy-chaining method (with the aim of reducing cabling to a minimum), this includes, for example, illumination as intense as possible. The light is guided not only through the entire impeller, but also through the surface of the frame, from the side. There are light guides in these areas as well.
Results: Frequency response of sound w/o obstacles
Measurements are conducted using TrueRTA, which captures audio data across 240 frequency bands within the 20–20,000 Hz range. To facilitate comparisons between articles, we extract and present the dominant frequency from each of three spectral bands: low (20–200 Hz), mid (201–2000 Hz), and high (2001–20,000 Hz) in standardized bar graphs.
However, for an even more detailed analysis of the sound expression, it is important to perceive the overall shape of the graph and the intensity of all frequencies/tones. If any aspects of the graphs or data tables are unclear, detailed interpretation guidelines are provided in this article.
Most fan-related acoustic activity occurs within the 70–7000 Hz range. Frequencies above 7000 Hz typically represent electromagnetic interference from the test environment, while the lowest bands below 70 Hz may also include such noise, albeit mixed with aerodynamic sound. Although we could exclude these frequency extremes, they are retained to detect and visualize potential anomalies.
| Fan | Dominant sound freq. and noise level, no obstacle@33 dBA | ||||||
| Low range | Mid range | High range | |||||
| Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | ||
| Arctic BioniX P14 A-RGB | 100,8 | -83,8 | 403,2 | -78,1 | 19330,5 | -91,6 | |
| Endorfy Stratus 140 White ARGB | 116,5 | -70,4 | 380,5 | -82,9 | 18245,6 | -91,2 | |
| Phanteks T30-140 | 49,0 | -76,8 | 380,5 | -84,3 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Thermalright TL-B14 | 23,1 | -77,1 | 380,5 | -83,1 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Arctic P14 Pro PST | 25,6 | -80,3 | 369,7 | -83,0 | 19330,5 | -90,9 | |
| Arctic P14 Pro A-RGB | 100,8 | -82,7 | 369,7 | -80,1 | 18780,2 | -90,9 | |
| Fractal Design Momentum 14 (Black) | 123,4 | -77,5 | 403,2 | -83,0 | 19897,0 | -91,2 | |
| Fractal Design Momentum 14 RGB (White) | 134,5 | -75,6 | 403,2 | -82,2 | 18245,6 | -91,6 | |
| DeepCool FT14 | 92,4 | -73,8 | 380,5 | -83,5 | 19897,0 | -90,7 | |
| Noctua NF-A14x25 G2 PWM | 20,6 | -74,0 | 380,5 | -81,7 | 19330,5 | -90,9 | |
| BeQuiet! Pure Wings 3 (BL113) | 50,4 | -79,4 | 380,5 | -81,1 | 19330,5 | -90,7 | |
| Arctic P14 Max rev. 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Arctic P14 PWM PST CO rev. 3 | 71,3 | -70,4 | 380,5 | -83,6 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Arctic P14 PWM PST rev. 4 | 75,5 | -69,5 | 369,7 | -80,2 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| BeQuiet! Silent Wings 4 (BL117) | 103,7 | -74,7 | 391,7 | -83,7 | 19330,5 | -90,7 | |
| Endorfy Stratus 140 PWM | 103,7 | -71,5 | 391,7 | -83,2 | 19897,0 | -90,9 | |
| Thermaltake Toughfan 14 Pro | 20,3 | -77,0 | 380,5 | -82,3 | 18780,2 | -90,9 | |
| Fractal Design Venturi HP-14 PWM | 47,6 | -78,1 | 380,5 | -82,7 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Notua NF-A14 PWM | 77,7 | -70,8 | 254,0 | -74,9 | 19897,0 | -90,9 | |
| BeQuiet! Pure Wings 3 (BL108) | 95,1 | -78,7 | 391,7 | -79,6 | 19330,5 | -91,0 | |
| Fractal Design Silent R3 140 mm | 97,9 | -76,2 | 380,5 | -85,6 | 19897,0 | -90,6 | |
| Endorfy Fluctus 140 PWM | 20,6 | -75,1 | 391,7 | -83,3 | 19330,5 | -90,9 | |
| Endorfy Fluctus 140 PWM ARGB | 20,6 | -74,7 | 403,2 | -81,6 | 18780,2 | -90,9 | |
| BeQuiet! Silent Wings Pro 4 (BL099) | 109,9 | -74,9 | 391,7 | -80,0 | 18780,2 | -90,9 | |
| Fractal Design Prisma AL-14 PWM | 41,8 | -80,3 | 1208,2 | -77,5 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Gigabyte Aorus 140 ARGB | 92,4 | -77,3 | 380,5 | -80,3 | 19330,5 | -91,0 | |
| BeQuiet! Light Wings (BL075) | 138,5 | -73,3 | 391,7 | -80,5 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Fractal Design Aspect 14 RGB PWM | 50,4 | -68,1 | 391,7 | -78,5 | 18780,2 | -90,8 |
| Fan | Dominant sound freq. and noise level, no obstacle@39 dBA | ||||||
| Low range | Mid range | High range | |||||
| Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | ||
| Arctic BioniX P14 A-RGB | 130,7 | -71,5 | 369,7 | -72,2 | 19330,5 | -91,6 | |
| Endorfy Stratus 140 White ARGB | 146,7 | -63,8 | 403,2 | -75,4 | 19330,5 | -91,4 | |
| Phanteks T30-140 | 50,4 | -74,8 | 391,7 | -74,4 | 18780,2 | -91,6 | |
| Thermalright TL-B14 | 155,4 | -67,8 | 380,5 | -75,9 | 19330,5 | -91,5 | |
| Arctic P14 Pro PST | 130,7 | -67,8 | 369,7 | -74,4 | 19330,5 | -91,0 | |
| Arctic P14 Pro A-RGB | 130,7 | -65,6 | 369,7 | -73,1 | 19330,5 | -91,0 | |
| Fractal Design Momentum 14 (Black) | 138,5 | -75,7 | 391,7 | -76,1 | 18780,2 | -91,1 | |
| Fractal Design Momentum 14 RGB (White) | 151,0 | -71,5 | 380,5 | -77,8 | 17726,2 | -91,5 | |
| DeepCool FT14 | 123,4 | -66,1 | 380,5 | -74,0 | 18780,2 | -90,9 | |
| Noctua NF-A14x25 G2 PWM | 23,1 | -67,0 | 380,5 | -73,0 | 19897,0 | -90,9 | |
| BeQuiet! Pure Wings 3 (BL113) | 50,4 | -77,3 | 380,5 | -74,2 | 19330,5 | -90,6 | |
| Arctic P14 Max rev. 1 | 103,7 | -68,3 | 380,5 | -75,8 | 19897,0 | -90,9 | |
| Arctic P14 PWM PST CO rev. 3 | 92,4 | -65,0 | 380,5 | -74,0 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Arctic P14 PWM PST rev. 4 | 97,9 | -65,8 | 349,0 | -68,5 | 19897,0 | -90,9 | |
| BeQuiet! Silent Wings 4 (BL117) | 142,5 | -66,5 | 391,7 | -74,9 | 19330,5 | -90,7 | |
| Endorfy Stratus 140 PWM | 151,0 | -64,2 | 403,2 | -75,2 | 19897,0 | -91,0 | |
| Thermaltake Toughfan 14 Pro | 146,7 | -69,0 | 380,5 | -75,4 | 19897,0 | -90,8 | |
| Fractal Design Venturi HP-14 PWM | 109,9 | -74,2 | 380,5 | -72,3 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Noctua NF-A14 PWM | 103,7 | -64,3 | 391,7 | -72,9 | 19330,5 | -90,9 | |
| BeQuiet! Pure Wings 3 (BL108) | 123,4 | -74,5 | 380,5 | -73,8 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Fractal Design Silent R3 140 mm | 130,7 | -67,8 | 380,5 | -75,4 | 2031,9 | -87,0 | |
| Endorfy Fluctus 140 PWM | 151,0 | -66,2 | 380,5 | -75,9 | 19330,5 | -91,0 | |
| Endorfy Fluctus 140 PWM ARGB | 138,5 | -72,6 | 391,7 | -72,7 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| BeQuiet! Silent Wings Pro 4 (BL099) | 138,5 | -69,5 | 380,5 | -75,1 | 2416,3 | -86,2 | |
| Fractal Design Prisma AL-14 PWM | 109,9 | -75,3 | 391,7 | -73,9 | 5583,4 | -90,0 | |
| Gigabyte Aorus 140 ARGB | 116,5 | -71,7 | 391,7 | -73,0 | 3225,4 | -90,9 | |
| BeQuiet! Light Wings (BL075) | 184,9 | -69,8 | 391,7 | -73,5 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Fractal Design Aspect 14 RGB PWM | 92,4 | -76,0 | 391,7 | -70,8 | 17726,2 | -91,0 |
| Fan | Dominant sound freq. and noise level, no obstacle@45 dBA | ||||||
| Low range | Mid range | High range | |||||
| Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | ||
| Arctic BioniX P14 A-RGB | |||||||
| Endorfy Stratus 140 White ARGB | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Phanteks T30-140 | 134,5 | -68,0 | 380,5 | -68,9 | 2487,1 | -89,8 | |
| Thermalright TL-B14 | 184,9 | -66,2 | 369,7 | -67,5 | 18780,2 | -91,4 | |
| Arctic P14 Pro PST | 160,0 | -65,5 | 380,5 | -68,2 | 2487,1 | -89,5 | |
| Arctic P14 Pro A-RGB | 160,0 | -66,2 | 380,5 | -70,2 | 19330,5 | -91,4 | |
| Fractal Design Momentum 14 (Black) | 174,5 | -73,4 | 403,2 | -69,7 | 2873,5 | -88,3 | |
| Fractal Design Momentum 14 RGB (White) | 190,3 | -74,1 | 391,7 | -70,8 | 2873,5 | -89,5 | |
| DeepCool FT14 | 20,6 | -61,2 | 391,7 | -67,0 | 18245,6 | -91,0 | |
| Noctua NF-A14x25 G2 PWM | 20,6 | -60,6 | 380,5 | -70,3 | 19897,0 | -91,0 | |
| BeQuiet! Pure Wings 3 (BL113) | 213,6 | -72,3 | 391,7 | -69,4 | 2487,1 | -87,6 | |
| Arctic P14 Max rev. 1 | 123,4 | -60,1 | 391,7 | -70,4 | 2487,1 | -90,5 | |
| Arctic P14 PWM PST CO rev. 3 | 119,9 | -59,8 | 380,5 | -67,6 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Arctic P14 PWM PST rev. 4 | 116,5 | -59,3 | 380,5 | -69,1 | 18780,2 | -90,8 | |
| BeQuiet! Silent Wings 4 (BL117) | 174,5 | -63,0 | 403,2 | -71,2 | 19330,5 | -90,7 | |
| Endorfy Stratus 140 PWM | 179,6 | -59,9 | 391,7 | -69,1 | 2560,0 | -87,8 | |
| Thermaltake Toughfan 14 Pro | 184,9 | -64,9 | 391,7 | -70,1 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Fractal Design Venturi HP-14 PWM | 130,7 | -66,9 | 380,5 | -68,0 | 7240,8 | -90,8 | |
| Noctua NF-A14 PWM | 130,7 | -59,7 | 391,7 | -65,9 | 19897,0 | -91,0 | |
| BeQuiet! Pure Wings 3 (BL108) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Fractal Design Silent R3 140 mm | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Endorfy Fluctus 140 PWM | 20,6 | -60,9 | 195,8 | -64,3 | 2487,1 | -85,5 | |
| Endorfy Fluctus 140 PWM ARGB | 20,6 | -62,0 | 391,7 | -68,9 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| BeQuiet! Silent Wings Pro 4 (BL099) | 179,6 | -65,5 | 380,5 | -69,3 | 2487,1 | -83,2 | |
| Fractal Design Prisma AL-14 PWM | 138,5 | -68,1 | 391,7 | -65,6 | 5583,4 | -87,2 | |
| Gigabyte Aorus 140 ARGB | 151,0 | -68,4 | 391,7 | -66,5 | 2280,7 | -89,8 | |
| BeQuiet! Light Wings (BL075) | 130,7 | -78,8 | 232,9 | -62,1 | 19330,5 | -90,9 | |
| Fractal Design Aspect 14 RGB PWM | 134,5 | -70,9 | 391,7 | -65,8 | 17726,2 | -91,1 |
Why is a value sometimes missing for a fan? There can be several reasons. Most commonly, it’s because the fan couldn’t be regulated to the target noise level. Some fans have higher minimum RPM (or they spin slowly but have an excessively noisy motor), or they are simply slower models that can’t reach higher decibel thresholds. Results are also omitted from graphs if the impeller scrapes against the mesh of a nylon filter. In such cases, we classify the combination as incompatible. And of course, a zero in the graphs naturally appears in situations where we record an actual 0.00. This often occurs at extremely low speeds when obstacles are present or during vibration measurements.
And next time, shall we do the Seasonic MaxFlow fan? 🙂
Me again. Still none of tables do show up. Instead only error messages show. I did check using three devices and two different browsers. Only your newest Arctic BioniX test is affected.
Could you please give me some examples of pages where the charts aren’t displaying correctly? I’ll take a look afterwards and we’ll incorporate the fix—I’ll fix them. Thanks! 🙂
Hey, it might be an issue on my end but several pages of this test don’t load correctly on two devices of mine. Apart from that, thanks a lot for the test. It did perform exceptionally well in the hwbusters-test, too.
Personally, I would like to see a test of the “Noiseblocker NB-eLoop X B14-P ARGB”, since I own several of them. However, testing them probably wouldn’t be interessting to you, since they are really old and I know only of one vendor still selling them
https://www.caseking.de/search?q=eloop+B14&search-button=&lang=de_DE
They used to cost 25 or even 30€ per fan, if I remember correctly. I think, the noiseblocker fans were one of the first to use an outer ring on the impeller.
Thanks for the contribution. Yeah, there were a few charts that weren’t displaying correctly, or weren’t showing up at all. If you spot anything like that, please let me know. Everything should be there completely now, but…
The NB-eLoop X B14-P ARGB is definitely worth testing, of course, but our capacity… Anyway, one Noiseblocker fan will definitely appear in our tests down the line, as it has been planned for quite some time and we already have the samples. 🙂
The issue regarding the results pages not loading is still ongoing – even without VPN and no ad blocker.
The div-container usually containing the result tables shows:
“Oops! That page can’t be found.
It looks like nothing was found at this location. Maybe try one of the links below or a search?”