PERFORMANCE TESTING
Processor: AMD A10-6800K
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-F2A85XN-WIFI
Memory: Kingston HyperX 10th Anniversary Edition DDR3-2400
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB
PSU: Seasonic X-760W
Cooling: Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Monitor: LG E2350V
We don’t have much systems to compare our tests to so we’ll use our systems comparison benches for the results. Take note that these are for relative comparison only for your reference and are not direct competitive results since all these systems have varied configurations. As always, we leave the data to speak for itself for you to come up with your own conclusions.
SiSoft’s SANDRA is a benchmarking, testing and system information application which provides plenty of options in gaining information regarding your system. For this test, we gauge the raw computational power of the CPU with the Processor Arithmetic benchmark based on the Whetstone and Dhrystone test. Both tests run completely within the processor so it gives a good picture of how a processor performs.
wPrime is a multi-threaded benchmarking application designed to measure the raw computational power of a CPU. It can be configured to run on a custom number of threads to accomodate multi-core CPUs.
Maxon offers a nice benchmark tool called Cinebench which really stresses your entire system to render a very complex scene. The output score is completely unique to Cinebench but allows us to have a rough idea of how the CPU works with 3D rendering tasks.
SuperPI is another benchmarking tool that utilizes the pure computational power of a CPU. This test however is purely single-threaded and shows us the performance of a single core which gives us a good picture of how a processor performs on similar tasks.
3D Mark06 is a benchmarking software designed to measure the performance of a system in DirectX9 applications. The test has long been updated with newer version of the software for more modern use but results are still relevant.
3DMark Vantage is the successor to 3DMark 06 and is targeted for DirectX10 compliant devices. Performance test was used for this test.