The Z9 is Deepcool’s electrically non-conductive high-performance thermal paste.
Test Setup
The computer setup used for this review.
Processor | Intel Core i5-2500K |
RAM | Kingston Value RAM 4GB 1333 |
Motherboard | MSI Z77A-GD45 |
Power Supply | Xigmatek NRP-PC602 600w |
Operating System | Windows 8 Pro 64bit |
Temperature was monitored using HW Monitor.
CPU load was done by converting 10bit MKV video to 8bit using x264, set to -veryslow mode.
I compared the Z9 to the reach RM 5, white colored paste commonly available at computer stores.
Intel Stock Cooler Test
Stock Cooler | Idle (°C) | Load (°C) |
DeepCool Z9 | 31 | 61 |
El Cheapo Paste | 35 | 61 |
The Z9 is way ahead in transferring heat from processor to the heatsink. The load results are equal because that’s the limitation of the stock cooler itself. So let’s have a look at how it fares with a slightly better heatsink.
The Cooler Master Hyper 101 is probably the best heatsink at around RM 50 range, we’ll see how the cooler fares with the Z9.
Cooler Master Hyper 101 Test
Stock Cooler | Idle (°C) | Load (°C) |
DeepCool Z9 | 29 | 50 |
El Cheapo Paste | 30 | 53 |
The 101 itself cools very well on idle so the choice of paste itself makes very little difference here, this is also probably due to the larger surface area of the heatsink so it evens up the readings on idle. The picture is different when it comes to load temperatures as the 101 dissipates heat much better than the stock cooler, with the Z9 being 3°C than the average thermal paste.
Conclusion
Suffice to say that the thermal paste is good. It does the job and keeps your processor cooler.
RRP for this product is USD 10 (approx MYR 30).
i wonder how this fare against tuniq tx-4 with the same price range….