Cybenetics was founded (in 2017) to address the growing demand for accurate efficiency and noise level certifications in power supply units (PSUs). The certifications are grounded in a sophisticated methodology and utilize state-of-the-art equipment, ensuring reliable and precise data. Beyond efficiency and noise certifications, Cybenetics also offers beta testing services for products in development.
Recognizing that current efficiency certifications are outdated and often misleading, Cybenetics aims to revolutionize PSU evaluations.
PSU Performance Database
Cybenetics introduced the first PSU Performance Database, where users can find the most efficient, least noisy, and best-performing PSUs based on various filters, including power, form factor, capacity, input voltage, and ATX specifications. For an in-depth understanding of the overall performance algorithm—integrating all vital performance sections, protection features, and other crucial factors—read the Cybenetics PSU Test Protocol.
With the newest database, Cybenetics empowers users to find the best PSU tailored to their needs, ensuring access to accurate efficiency, performance, and noise level information.
I think the grading for the sound needs to be revised. It is NOT intuitive that there can be two plusses added to the word used in the grade before moving up to a new word.
Intuitively I would not know that going from “Standard++” to “A-” is the same incremental jump as stepping up from “Standard” to “Standard+”.
I don’t know if the grading from the EU product efficiency score used on e.g. refrigerators and TVs is patented. But if not I would hope you change the sound-grading score to simply be a “letter”-grading system.
Most Americans know a similar system from schooling and most Europeans know it from the efficiency scores and similar used in the EU. Also it’s just more intuitive for anyone using alphabets of Latin descent.
If more PSU’s manufacturers are going to use this system, they are going to marked their PSU with only the grade their PSU was awarded without the whole scale for context. So the grades need to be somewhat understandable on their own.
Lastly I’d say I wrote this comment as I love the work you do at Cybernetics! I know the work that goes into assigning the tested PSU’s their grade is much more thorough and rigorous than what 80plus does. Your grading is much better than that. And I hope the Cybernetics becomes the industry standard over 80plus.
This comment is meant only as constructive criticism and user feedback to help you expand your work and be used more widely. Best of luck. Would be happy to hear what you think 🙂
initially we tried the letters grading: A, B, C, D, E, F and we almost shut down business 🙂 Thankfully I was fast in changing it back to metals for efficiency and to A and Standard variations for noise.