Custom PC – October 2019

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