Testing methodology
Comparison Processor Configurations |
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| CPU | AMD |
Intel |
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A10-7850K |
A8-7600K |
A10-6800K |
A8-6500T |
Core i5-4670 |
Core i5-4440 |
Core i3-4330 |
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| Chip TDP | 95W |
65W/45W |
100W |
65W |
84W |
84W |
54W |
| Current price | £130 |
£90 |
£105 |
£80 |
£160 |
£130 |
£95 |
| Motherboard | ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ |
Gigabyte Z87-D3HP |
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| BIOS | 1.90 |
F5 |
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| Chipset Driver | AMD Catalyst 13.12 |
Intel Inf 9.4.0.1027 and IMEI 9 |
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| DDR3 Memory | AMD Gamer Series 16GB (2x8GB) |
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| Memory Timings | 10-11-11-28-2T @ 2,133MHz |
9-10-9-27-2T @ 1,600MHz |
9-10-9-27-2T @ 1,866MHz |
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| Integrated Graphics | Radeon R7 |
Radeon R7 |
HD 8670D |
HD 8550D |
HD 4600 |
HD 4600 |
HD 4600 |
| IGP driver | AMD Catalyst 13.30 RC3 |
Intel 15.33.8.64.3379 |
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| Disk Drive | Samsung 840 Pro 250GB |
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| Chassis | Corsair Graphite 600T |
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| Power Supply | Corsair AX760i |
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| Operating System | Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit |
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CPU and Memory Benchmarks |
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| HEXUS PiFast |
Our number-crunching benchmark stresses a single core by calculating Pi to 10m places | ||||||
| CineBench R15 | Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses all cores | ||||||
| wPrime 2.1.0 | Another number-crunching benchmark that stresses all available CPU cores/threads | ||||||
| AIDA64 v4.00.2805 |
Benchmark that analyses memory bandwidth and latency | ||||||
Multimedia Benchmarks |
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| LuxMark 2.0 | An OpenCL rendering benchmark | ||||||
| MuseMage 1.9.6 | An OpenCL image-manipulation benchmark (64-bit) | ||||||
| HandBrake 0.9.9.1 | Free-to-use video encoder that stresses all CPU cores (64-bit) | ||||||
System Benchmarks |
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| PCMark 8 v2.0 | System-wide examination that uses the Home preset, run with OpenCL acceleration | ||||||
| 3DMark | DX11, run at the Firestrike default test | ||||||
| SiSoft Sandra 2014 | Aggregate score that takes a composite of 12 system-wide benchmarks | ||||||
Gaming Benchmarks |
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| BioShock Infinite | DX9, 1,280x720 and 1,920x1,080 medium quality | ||||||
| GRID 2 | DX9, 1,280x720 and 1,920x1,080 high quality | ||||||
| Total War: Rome II | DX9, 1,280x720 and 1,920x1,080 medium quality | ||||||
Miscellaneous Benchmarks |
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| Power Consumption | While idling and when running wPrime and GRID 2 | ||||||
