ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua OC Review - The Quietest Graphics Card 50

ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua OC Review - The Quietest Graphics Card

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Temperatures

Temperature & Noise Comparison
IdleGaming
GPUNoiseGPUNoiseRPM
ASUS RTX 3070 Noctua47 °CFan Stop66 °C23 dBA941 RPM
ASUS RTX 3070 Noctua (Performance BIOS)46 °CFan Stop60 °C26 dBA1325 RPM
ASUS RTX 3070 TUF OC40 °CFan Stop62 °C28 dBA1768 RPM
ASUS RTX 3070 TUF OC (Quiet BIOS)40 °CFan Stop62 °C28 dBA1736 RPM
EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 Ultra42 °CFan Stop65 °C34 dBA1781 RPM
EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 Ultra (OC BIOS)30 °C30 dBA64°C35 dBA1940 RPM
Gigabyte RTX 3070 Gaming OC45 °CFan Stop70 °C32 dBA1828 RPM
Gigabyte RTX 3070 Gaming OC (OC BIOS)45 °CFan Stop68 °C35 dBA2049 RPM
MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio41 °CFan Stop64 °C28 dBA1510 RPM
NVIDIA RTX 3070 Founders Edition38 °CFan Stop74 °C30 dBA1791 RPM
Palit RTX 3070 JetStream OC44 °CFan Stop75 °C35 dBA1746 RPM
Palit RTX 3070 JetStream OC (quiet BIOS)46 °CFan Stop76 °C34 dBA1544 RPM
PNY RTX 3070 XLR850 °CFan Stop66 °C33 dBA1641 RPM
ZOTAC RTX 3070 Twin Edge OC49 °CFan Stop70 °C35 dBA1955 RPM
Testing notes & interpretation
  • GPU temperatures listed here are based on GPU-Z measurements of the on-chip temperature sensor.
  • We report these GPU temperatures under a constant load for ease of comparison, as well as an idle state most end users will experience often. This combination helps dictate cooling needs and provides context for how well the thermal solution performs.
  • Please note that GPU temperature is contingent on a variety of factors. Some, including clock speed, voltage settings, cooler design, and production variances, are beyond the control of the end user. Others, such as ambient temperature, case design, and airflow pathway affecting the GPU, can be mitigated to certain extents.
  • The data in the table above shows results for similar cards, achieved in identical conditions during previous TechPowerUp reviews.

Thermal Analysis

For this test, we first let the card sit idle to reach thermal equilibrium. Next, we start a constant 100% gaming load, recording several important parameters while the test is running. This shows you the thermal behavior of the card and how the fans ramp up as temperatures increase. Once temperatures are stable (no increase for two minutes), we stop the load and record how the card cools down over time.

GPU Clock, Voltage Temperature, Fan Speed over Time


We also ran the same test for the "Performance" BIOS:


Fan Noise

Noise Testing Details
  • The tested graphics card is installed in an open bench system. The system does not emit any noise on its own, all components are passively cooled.
  • All cards are loaded with the same test: a custom-engineered game-like load in Unreal Engine 4 that always renders the same frame at 60 FPS to minimize variance.
  • To ensure 100% loading of the GPU, the render complexity is set dynamically so that each card operates at peak performance without being CPU limited.
  • We're not using Furmark because it creates too high a load that forces fans to run faster than what is encountered during typical gameplay.
  • Noise results of other cards on this page are measurements of the respective reference design.
  • We let the card heat up and wait for fan speed to no longer change. Depending on the fan-control algorithm, this can often take quite some time.
  • Noise level measurements are conducted using a 1/2" calibrated measurement microphone that records onto the host PC using a digital audio processing pipeline. The microphone is recalibrated at least once a month.
  • Measurement distance is 50 cm. Our previous noise-level measurements took place at a distance of 1 m. We reduced the distance to be able to better distinguish acoustics of the very quiet graphics cards.

Fan Noise Idle
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