PNY GTX 1070 XLR8 OC 8GB Review

We first measure GPU temperature while the card is sat idling at the Windows 10 desktop for 5 minutes. Gaming GPU temperature is recorded by running Unigine Heaven DX11 benchmark for 5 minutes. As a maximum stress test, Furmark is run for 5 minutes and the cards' GPU temperature levels are recorded.

Ambient room temperature was held between 17 and 18°C.

The XLR8 cooler is a very good design that does a superb job of cooling the power-efficient GP104 GPU in the GTX 1070. We never observed temperatures above 60°C and the idle values were also low as a result of the continuous fan operation mode, unlike competing solutions that allow the card's fans to switch off.

A smart backplate design is shown by the card's thermal profile. There aren't any evident hotspots or areas of concern. The hottest locations on the card were directly behind the VRM MOSFETs as well as above the GPU core. But even these locations did not get particularly hot and there is certainly no need to be worried about melting items such as plastic fan cables that contact the backplate.

Well done on the backplate design, PNY.

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