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Performance Rating
The overall performance of the Signature 1000 Titanium is very high, but still the AX1000 manages to take the lead.
Noise Rating
The graph below depicts the cooling fan's average noise over the PSU's operating range, with an ambient temperature between 30 and 32 degrees Celsius (86 to 89.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
The average noise output is close to the reading that we got from the AX1000.
Efficiency Rating
The following graph shows the PSU's average efficiency throughout its operating range with an ambient temperature close to 30 degrees Celsius.
The overall efficiency is sky-high.
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Aris Mpitziopoulos is a contributing editor at Tom's Hardware, covering PSUs.