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Testing Setup
- CPU: AMD A8 7670K @ 3.6/3.9 (turbo) GHz
- CPU Cooler: Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E (modified to fit)
- GPU: AMD Radeon R7 on-board GPU
- Motherboard: ASUS A68HM-PLUS
- RAM: GSkill TridentX 8GB (2x4GB) Dual channel @ 2400MHz CL9
- PSU: Enermax MaxRevo 1350W 80 PLUS Gold
- OS: Windows 10 Professional 64 bit
Methodology:
All benchmarks are done on a fresh install of Windows 10 Professional 64-bit that is fully up-to-date with Windows Updates to ensure that the performance reflects a real-world scenario and not that of a tweaked benchmarking system. Every benchmark runs for a total of three times and then an average is taken of those results.
2D Benchmarks:
- AIDA64 – CPU Queen/CPU Photoworxx/CPU AES/Memory Read/Memory Write
- Cinebench R11.5
- Cinebench R15
- SiSandra – Processor Arithmetic/Processor Multi-Core Efficiency/Cache & Memory Bandwidth
3D Benchmarks:
- 3DMark Fire Strike – Normal