Can Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4 cool Intel Core i7-13700K Part 1: Noise&Temps

In this video I am digging deep into the performance of Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU air cooler in combination with Intel Core i7-13700k CPU.
I will try and find out how loud or quiet the Dark Rock Pro 4 is by measuring its noise while monitoring the CPUs core clocks, package temperatures and throttling behavoir at the default power limit of 253W.
As work loads I will be using some light multimedia and developer tasks, single and multi core benchmarks and gaming benchmarks.

I will be testing everything on MSIs Z790 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard together with 64 GB of Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 5600 memory.
As graphics card I use the Asus TUF Gaming RTX 4070 Ti. All is built into Be Quiet’s Pure Base 500DX midi case, which comes with 3 Pure Wings 2 140mm case fans.

I bought everything with my own money for my 2023 creator and developer PC build, so there is no sponsoring or other financial incentive involved.

Part 2: https://youtu.be/F-RGl4AucOg

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
1:40 BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 Product Description
3:14 Intel Core i7-13700K Product Specification
3:58 Loudness Measuring Methodology
5:55 Decibel Reference Values
6:19 Loudness Measuring / RPM to DB Table
8:27 General Benchmarking Setup
9:31 Recording and Benchmarking Setup
9:45 Office/Multimedia Benchmark
11:30 Visual Studio Code / Developer Benchmark
12:28 CPU-Z Single/Multi Core Benchmark
13:16 7-Zip Multi Core Benchmark
14:01 Cinebench R23 Single Core Benchmark
15:18 Cinebench R23 Multi Core Benchmark
16:56 Blender CPU Benchmark
17:53 Blender GPU Benchmark
18:51 Fortnite / Unreal Engine 5
21:17 Red Dead Redemption 2 Benchmark
22:31 Watch Dogs Legion Benchmark
23:44 Replacing Pure Wings 2 with Silent Wings 4 140 mm PWM High-Speed
25:13 Conclusion