AMD A8-3870K Review

Testing

We used an ASRock A75 Pro4 to test the A8-3870K, which is based on AMD's A75 chipset. Meanwhile, our LGA1155 test board was the similarly priced Asus P8H67-M, which is a micro-ATX motherboard based on the H67 chipset.

Test Setup

Software

Below is a list of the applications we've used for our testing:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops
  
• Left 4 Dead 2
  
• WPrime v2.00
  
• Media Benchmarks v2007.235
  
• Maxon Cinebench 11.5 (x64)

We've used Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, as this is the most flexible and reliable 64-bit OS for testing the applications above.

Test Hardware

• 2TB Western Digital Caviar Black hard disk
  
• PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W PSU
  
• ASRock A75 Pro4 motherboard
  
• 4GB (2x 2GB) Corsair 1,600MHz DDR3 memory (CL9)
  
• Titan Fenrir TTC-NK85TZ CPU cooler