MSI RTX 3060 Gaming X Trio Review

1. Introduction2. MSI RTX 3060 Gaming X Trio3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Control8. Cyberpunk 20779. Dirt 510. The Division 211. F1 202012. Gears 513. Hitman 314. Metro Exodus15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Total War Saga: Troy17. Watch Dogs: Legion18. Performance Summary (12 Game Average)19. Clock Speed20. Temperatures21. Acoustics22. Noise-Normalised Temperatures23. Power Consumption24. Overclocking25. Closing Thoughts26. View All Pages

Following on from our stock thermal and acoustic testing, here we re-test the operating temperature of the GPU, but with noise levels normalised to 40dBa. This allows us to measure the efficiency of the overall cooling solution as varying noise levels as a result of more aggressive fan curves are no longer a factor.

Since the Gaming X Trio is so quiet, we had to significantly increase the fan speed to get noise up to 40dBa – moving from 1090rpm to 1960rpm (60%.) That's a pretty sizable increase in fan speed and temperatures dropped accordingly. Here the GPU hit just 46C, down from 58C at stock, while the hot spot came in at 59C, down from 70C. It's ludicrously cool for a graphics card, but I suppose that's what happens when you take a gargantuan cooler and put it on a 170W GPU.

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