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Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE Review: Incredible, Affordable Air Cooling Performance

flyytech by flyytech
September 27, 2022
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Thermalright was founded in Taiwan in 2001, and established itself as a cooling contender in decades past with options like its all-copper SP94 cooler, and unique products like the HR-07 memory cooler, which provided a full heatsink with two heatpipes for DDR2 RAM. The company’s current lineup includes air & liquid coolers, fans, thermal pastes, and a variety of accessories. 

After posting the previous review of DeepCool’s AK500, some of our readers asked us to test Thermalright’s Peerless Assassin 120 SE. We reached out to Thermalright, and the company sent us a sample for testing. It features a dual-tower radiator and two 120mm fans, but is that enough to tame Intel’s 12900K and earn a spot on our Best CPU Coolers list? The short answer is yes, but we’ll have to put it through testing to find out just how good it is. First, let’s check out the cooler’s specifications from Thermalright. 

Specifications for the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

Cooler Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
MSRP $36 USD
Heatsink Dimensions 125mm x 110mm x 155mm
Heatpipes 6 x 6mm
Net Weight 850g
Socket Compatibility AM4/AM5
  LGA 115x/1200/1700
Rated Noise Level Up to 25.6 dBA
CPU Block C1100 Nickel plated Copper

Packing and Included Contents

The Peerless Assassin 120 SE arrives in a medium-sized brown cardboard box, with cardboard and molded foam for protection.

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware)

Included with the package are the following:

  • Dual-tower heatsink
  • 2x TL-C12C 120mm fans
  • Mounts for modern Intel & AMD platforms
  • A medium-sized tube of thermal paste
  • Fan splitter
  • Installation guide

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware)

Cooler Installation

Installing the Peerless Assassin was not hard. To begin, you’ll first want to secure the backplate to your motherboard. Next, mount the stand-offs and then secure the mounting brackets with the provided screws. After applying thermal paste, place the cooler on the brackets and secure them with the captive screws. Finally, attach the fans to the towers using the provided clips.

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Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware)

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware)

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware)

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware)

New Testing Configuration

Cooler Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
Comparison Coolers Tested BeQuiet Pure Loop 2 FX, 360mm AIO
  Cooler Master Master Liquid PL360 Flux, 360mm AIO 
  Cooler Master Master Liquid PL240 Flux, 240mm AIO 
  Cougar Forza 85, Air Cooler
  Cougar Poseidon GT 360, 360m AIO
  Corsair iCUE H100i Elite, 240mm AIO
  DeepCool AK500, Air Cooler
  DeepCool LS520, 240mm AIO
  DeepCool LS320, 120mm AIO
CPU Intel i9-12900K
Motherboard MSI z690 A-Pro DDR4
Case BeQuiet! Silent Base 802 Window
PSU DeepCool PQ1000M

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware)

What’s different than other coolers?

  • Budget-friendly price of $36 USD 

While it’s not unheard of to find a single tower air cooler for $40, most dual-tower air coolers are priced higher at $60 and more.

I don’t normally comment on a cooler’s packaging in this section of the review, the Peerless Assassin is packaged exceptionally well, with cardboard cutouts and molded foam which make it highly unlikely it will get damaged during shipping. Its brown exterior and black ink are far from flashy, but what’s here is all about utility, and as we’ll see soon in testing, that goes deepter than just the packaging. 

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware)

There’s more to an air cooler than just the heatsink. The fan included has a significant impact on cooling, noise levels, and performance. Included with Thermalright’s Peerless Assassin 120 SE are a pair of  TL-C12C 120mm fans. There’s no RGB or lighting at all, but again, this cooler is all about performance at a low price. And as our testing will show, it’s truly unmatchable on that front.

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware)
Model TL-C12C
Dimensions 120 x 120 x 25 mm
Fan Speed 1550 RPM±10%
Air Flow Up to 66.17 CFM
Air Pressure Up to 1.53mm H2O
Noise Level Up to 25.6 dB(A)
Lighting None

I’ll be testing Thermalright’s Peerless Assassin 120 SE with Intel’s Core i9-12900K. Due to the increased thermal density of the Intel 7 manufacturing process, as well as changes to core and component layouts, Alder Lake CPUs are more difficult to cool than previous generation CPUs in the most heat-intensive of workloads. 

This means that coolers that kept previous-gen products like the i9-10900K nice and cool sometimes struggle to keep Intel’s i9-12900K under Tj max–the maximum temperature before the CPU starts to throttle. Many coolers, air coolers in particular, fail to keep the i9-12900K under TJ max when power limits are removed in workloads like Cinebench and OCCT when I’ve tested them, including many coolers I previously considered top of the line.

Please note there are many factors other than the CPU cooler that can influence your cooling performance. A system’s motherboard can especially influence this, as there are boards on the market with CPU sockets that aren’t up to Intel’s spec, which can cause warping or poor contact with the CPU. The case you use will also influence cooling results. 

With Alder Lake’s cooling demands in mind, I’ll be rating CPU Coolers in 3 different tiers.

Tier 1: These coolers are able to keep the i9-12900K below TJ max in most loads, with no power limits enforced. I expect only the best liquid coolers to meet this standard. 

Tier 2: These coolers are able to keep the i9-12900K under the TJ max threshold with CPU power limits of 200W enforced. I expect most liquid coolers and the best air coolers to meet this standard.

Tier 3: These coolers are able to keep the i9-12900K under TJ max with CPU power limits of 140W enforced.

Testing Methodology

To test the limits of a cooler’s thermal dissipation capabilities, I run two primary stress tests: Cinebench and OCCT, each for 10 minutes. While this may be a short amount of time, it is sufficient to push most coolers–air and liquid–to their limits. 

While stress testing in Cinebench, I run both with power limits removed and with an enforced 200W CPU power limit,  using MSI’s Z690 A Pro DDR4 Motherboard and Be Quiet’s Silent Base 802 Computer Case. Only the most capable coolers are able to pass Cinebench testing when power limits are removed. 

I don’t test OCCT without power limits, because attempting to do so results in CPU package power consumption jumping to over 270W and instantly throttling with even the best AIO coolers. Instead, I test at 200W to give coolers a chance at passing. I also include 140W to give data comparable to cooling a CPU like Intel’s i5-12600K. 95w results are also included to give data closer to low TDP CPUs such as AMD’s Ryzen 5600X or Intel’s i5-12400.



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