QUICKBENCH-V3 Running pts/iozone-1.8.0, pts/qgears2-1.0.1, pts/scimark2-1.1.1, pts/ttsiod-renderer-1.4.0, pts/compress-7zip-1.6.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Phenom X3 8650: Processor: AMD Phenom 8650 Triple-Core @ 2.31GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock N68-S UCC, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1001FALS-0 + 1500GB SAMSUNG HD154UI + 120GB SanDisk SDSSDX12, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: VIA VT1705, Monitor: VX32L HDTV10A, Network: Ralink RT2800 802.11n PCI OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.13.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 A8-5600K Desktop: Processor: AMD A8-5600K APU @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 (MS-7721) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-800MHz Kingston, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630AS + 128GB SanDisk SDSSDP12, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7560D 512MB (200/800MHz), Audio: AMD ATI Trinity HDMI Audio, Monitor: HP ZR24w, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: LinuxMint 15, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.8.8, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.7 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Phenom X3 8650 ... 2556.48 |=================================================== A8-5600K Desktop . 1558.71 |=============================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Phenom X3 8650 ... 102.67 |======================== A8-5600K Desktop . 224.87 |==================================================== QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Phenom X3 8650 ... 237.99 |==================================================== A8-5600K Desktop . 194.42 |========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Phenom X3 8650 ... 344.49 |==================================================== A8-5600K Desktop . 276.52 |========================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Phenom X3 8650 ... 28.10 |===================================================== A8-5600K Desktop . 27.28 |=================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Phenom X3 8650 ... 3400 |================================================ A8-5600K Desktop . 3797 |======================================================