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The table below presents the results of our measurements.

Thermal Compound Room Temp. Core Temp. Difference
No Thermal Compound 26 °C 88 °C 62 °C
Zalman ZM-STG2 24 °C 59 °C 35 °C
Prolimatech Thermal Compound 24 °C 56 °C 32 °C
Cooler Master Thermal Compound Kit 23 °C 58 °C 35 °C
Evercool EC420-TU15 22 °C 57 °C 35 °C
Spire Bluefrost 22 °C 58 °C 36 °C
Gelid GC Extreme 26 °C 61 °C 35 °C
Coolink Chillaramic 26 °C 61 °C 35 °C
Deepcool Z9 26 °C 61 °C 35 °C
Noctua NT-H1 26 °C 61 °C 35 °C
Thermalright The Chill Factor 26 °C 63 °C 37 °C
Antec Thermal Grease 24 °C 58 °C 34 °C
Arctic Silver 5 24 °C 57 °C 33 °C
Arctic Silver Céramique 24 °C 57 °C 33 °C
Biostar Nano Diamond 22 °C 57 °C 35 °C
Xigmatek PTI-G3606 22 °C 55 °C 33 °C
Antec Formula 7 21 °C 55 °C 34 °C
Arctic Cooling MX-4 21 °C 56 °C 35 °C
Cooler Master High Performance 22 °C 56 °C 34 °C
Thermaltake Thermal Compound 21 °C 54 °C 33 °C
Tuniq TX-3 22 °C 54 °C 32 °C

In the following graph, at full load you can see how many degrees Celsius hotter the CPU core is than the air outside the case. The lower this difference, the better is the performance of the thermal compound.

Thermal Compound Roundup