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Performance, Performance Per Dollar And Noise Ratings
Performance Rating
The following chart shows the PSU's total performance rating compared to other units we've have tested in the past. To be more specific, the tested unit is shown as 100 percent, and every other power supply's performance appears relative to it.
The Relative Performance graph clearly shows that Andyson's Platinum R1200 is on par, in terms of performance, with the high-end category's most elite models.
Performance per Dollar
The following chart may be the most interesting to many of you, because it depicts the unit's performance-per-dollar score. We looked up the current USD price of each PSU on popular online shops and used those prices and all relative performance numbers to calculate the index. If the specific unit isn't available in the United States, we searched for it in popular European shops, converting the listed price to USD (without VAT). Note that all the numbers in the following chart are normalized by the rated power of each PSU.
Thanks to its decent price, the R1200 takes over the fifth place in the corresponding chart. It's only unfortunate that our U.S.-based readers can't actually buy it.
Noise Rating
The chart below depicts the cooling fan's average noise over the PSU's entire operating range, with an ambient temperature between 28 and 30 degrees C.
This definitely isn't the quietest high-capacity PSU we have ever tested, but the R1200 performs quite well, outdoing many of its competitors. If Andyson had used a lower-speed fan profile, then this unit's average noise output could easily drop below 40 dB(A).
When we have enough data with 115V input, we will also provide a chart depicting the average efficiency of the PSU's entire operating range at normal temperatures, between 28 and 30 degrees C.
