It’sa low-costcase,though,sothesidepanelisn’t
madeoftemperedglass– it’splastic.It’sbareontheinside
too,witha plainPSUshroud,norubbergrommetsand
mediocrecabletidying.There’salsoroomfora singlehard
diskandthree2.5indrives.TheaforementionedNovatech
is betterhere– itsNZXTH500is smarterandsmaller,
witha neaterinterioranda tempered-glasssidepanel.
Finally,theCyberPowerhasa threeyearlabourwarranty
withtwoyearsofpartscoverage,andsixmonthsofcollect
andreturnservice.That’sa gooddealfora systematthisprice.
Performance
TheCyberPower’sRTX 2060 Supereasilyoutpaced
theRTX2060.InShadowoftheTombRaider,its82fps
minimumat1080pwas10fpsbetterthantheNovatech
withitsRTX2060.It evenmaintaineda 30fpsminimum
inthisgameat4K.Likewise,inTotalWar:WarhammerII,
theCyberPower’s68fpsminimumat1080pwas22fps
aheadoftheNovatech.It zippedthroughBattlefieldV
witha 9fpslead,andit managedplayableframeratesin
BattlefieldV withHighraytracingenabledat2,560x 1,440
aswell– a featthenormalRTX 2060 couldn’tmanage.
Similarly,thenewAMDCPUimpressed,cuttingouta
modestleadovertheNovatech’si5-9600Kinoursingle-
threadedimageeditingtest,andgettinga hugeadvantages
inourheavilymulti-threadedHandbrakevideoencodingtest.
Itsoverallscoreof192,550is milesaheadoftheNovatech’s
Corei5.TheaccompanyingSSDalsodeliveredfinereadand
writespeedsof1,825MB/secand981MB/secrespectively.
TheCPUis toppedwitha CoolerMasterMasterLiquid
Lite,andit coolseffectively– theCPU’speakdeltaT of56°C
is fine.Similarly,theGPU’sdeltaT of49°Cisn’ta problem.
Thismachineproducesnoticeablefannoisewhenidleand
gaming,though,soit’snogoodif youwanta near-silent
experience– you’llwanttokeepit underyourdesk.Atleastthe
noiselevelis consistent,withoutanysuddenmodulations.
Conclusion
TheCyberPowerUltra5 Superconcentratesonperformance
ratherthanfinesse,andit delivers.TheRTX 2060 Superand
Ryzen5 3600outpacethepricierNovatech,whichmeansmore
gamingpaceandprocessingversatilitythroughout.Elsewhere,
though,thebudgetbites.CyberPower’smotherboardand
casearebasic,andthisPCproducespersistentnoise.
If you’rehappytomakethosesacrifices,though,and
youwantthebestperformancepossibleforthemoney,
it’sa temptingtrade-off.If you’renotfussedaboutlooks
andnoise,andwantthemaximumspeedfortheminimum
outlay,theCyberPoweris a greatbudgetoption.
MIKEJENNINGS
VERDICT
It might lack sophistication, but this low-cost rig
delivers a huge amount of CPU and GPU power.
RYZEN
+ Superb
gamingpower
+ Plentyof
CPU ability
+ Lowprice
FALLING
- Underwhelming
motherboard - Basicenclosure
- Persistentnoise
OVERALLSCORE
85 %
PERFORMANCE
23 / 25
DESIGN
18 / 25
HARDWARE
20 / 25
VALUE
24 / 25
BENCHMARK RESULTS
GIMPIMAGE
EDITING
61,127
HANDBRAKEH.264
VIDEO ENCODING
452,206
LUXMARK
OPENCL
116,437
HEAVYMULTI-
TASKING
233,580
SYSTEM
SCORE
192,550
SHADOWOFTHETOMBRAIDER
1,920x1,080,HighestDetail,TAA
0 40 80 120 160
CyberPower Ultra 5 Super 82fps 107fps
2,560x1,440,HighestDetail,TAA
0 40 80 120 160
CyberPower Ultra 5 Super 56fps 71fps
TOTALWAR:WARHAMMERII
1,920x1,080,UltraDetail,DX11
0 40 80 120 160
CyberPower Ultra 5 Super 68fps 87fps
2,560x1,440,UltraDetail,DX11
0 40 80 120 160
CyberPower Ultra 5 Super 53fps 62fps
BATTLEFIELDV
1,920x1,080,Ultrasettings,DX11
0 40 80 120 160
CyberPower Ultra 5 Super 83fps 111fps
2,560x1,440,Ultrasettings,DX11
0 40 80 120 160
CyberPower Ultra 5 Super 68fps 89fps
1,920x1,080,Ultrasettings,DX12,HighDXR,DLSS
0 40 80 120 160
CyberPower Ultra 5 Super 52fps 74fps
2,560x1,440,Ultrasettings,DX12,HighDXR,DLSS
0 40 80 120 160
CyberPower Ultra 5 Super 47fps 54fps
Minimum Average