FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform Results
Mfg.	Model	Ambient Temp.	27mm large copper block	15mm small copper block		27mm large copper block	15mm small copper block	Thermal pad	No. Fans	Fan Noise	Clip force
			50W	50W		100W	100W
Thermalright	SLK800	21.7	34.8	37.5		45.2	51.6	none	1	loud	med
Thermalright	AX-7	21.7	34.8	37.1		46.1	52.1	none	1	loud	med
Tocools	Novasonic	22.9	40.9	39.9		54.4	59.4	none	1	med	stiff
Coolink	U1P2	26.1	39.4	44.9		50.9	62.2	none	2	loud	easy
Arkua	628	23.9	42.7	42.1		58.9	62.3	none	1	med	med
Thermal Integration	TI-V77L	26.5	39.1	44.4		57.5	63.6	grey	1	med	med
Sibak	AC02625B	23.2	41.3	59.0		43.2	64.7	none	1	loud	med
Sibak	AC06725TH	22.5	42.9	46.2		61.7	67.7	none	1	Very loud	med
Coolermaster	HHC-001	21.7	40.0	44.8		56.3	68.1	none	1	loud	easy
OCZ	Gladiator II	24.5	39.4	47.3		54.3	69.4	none	1	loud	easy
Dynatron	DY1206BH-625	23.2	40.0	55.1		47.6	70.4	none	1	loud	stiff
AVC	Tundra2	22.0	41.4	47.5		59.0	71.1	none	1	loud	stiff
Vantec	CCK-6027D	27.4	45.4	49.6		64.9	73.4	none	1	med	med
Akasa	Ag Mountain2Q	21.7	42.4	48.5		61.2	74.5	none	1	med	med
Coolermaster	HSC-V62	21.4	47.4	52.8		61.7	74.5	none	1	quiet	easy
NengTyi	XPC5000	23.9	46.5	49.1		69.1	76.1	none	1	med	med
Spire	5F263	22.6	44.7	51.8		64.3	76.2	white	1	low	med
Titan	TTC-CU5TB	24.2	46.2	51.2		61.8	76.4	none	1	loud	stiff
Eumax	EU01	22.6	43.5	50.2		60.8	77.1	none	1	med	stiff
Taisol	CGK760092	23.4	42.7	51.3		61.2	77.5	pink	1	low	med
Spire	5T235	22.3	43.0	50.3		62.8	78.1	white	1	med	med
Zalman	CNPS6000-Cu	24.8	46.4	53.8		65.6	78.2	none	1	very low	easy
Taisol	CMK702	20.6	40.8	48.7		61.6	78.4	none	1	low	easy
CPUMate	DAA11500	24.5	40.7	51.2		56.8	79.2	none	1	low	easy
AVC	112AM1	24.8	46.6	52.9		70.1	79.6	none	1	low	stiff
Coolermaster	HHC-L61	21.5	47.2	48.3		71.2	82.3	none	1	quiet	easy
Spire	5U213C1H36	19.8	45.8	54.4		67.1	83.3	pink	1	low	easy
Evercool	ND19715CA	23.5	45.4	55.0		67.8	83.9	none	1	med	easy
Thermaltake	Volcano 6cu+	26.5	40.3	55.3		58.6	84.4	carbon	1	loud	med
Verax	P14Cu	25.5	51.3	57.4		75.2	88.7	white	1	silent	easy
Akasa	AK821	22.7	49.4	57.2		74.1	93.2	grey	1	med	med
Verax	P11T	26.1	61.2	69.7		90.9	102.7	none	1	none	easy
Verax	P14	26.1	56.9	67.4		81.6	101.2	none	1	none	easy
			50W	50W		100W	100W

The final rise above ambient temperature test results are good, but somehow I'm left wondering why this heatsink didn't perform even better. With results in the mid 50's on our synthetic test platform the CPUMate DAA11500 is certainly no slouch, but with all that copper I would have expected something in the mid 40's to be honest.

Whatever the reason for the average performance of this full copper heatsink, the DAA11500 should be just fine for any typical AthlonXP system. I'd suggest looking for another heatsink if you are interested in overclocking, as the performance of several other coolers on this reference list is superior.

With a retail price that should be fairly competitive, the CPUmate DAA11500 is fine for non-overclocked systems, though I would be tempted to pull out the fan it ships with and install a lower-nosie model from Vantec or Zalman.

Bottom line, for a heatsink with so much copper, the CPUMate only offers up average temperatures, which while entirely good, leave us lacking in expectation quite a bit.