Lets first take a look at the overclocking final percentages:
CPU overclock from 3.0Ghz to 3.3GHz (10%)
SiSoft Sandra:
| Stock | Overclock | % Increase | |
| Processor Arithmetic | 38.83 | 42.64 | 9% |
| Multi-Media | 65.42 | 71.7 | 8.7% |
| MultiCore | 3.83 | 3.88 | 1.3% |
Aida64
| Stock | Overclock | % Increase | |
| Hash | 1981 | 2175 | 8.92% |
| Queen | 22963 | 25244 | 9.04% |
GPU Overclock from 626MHz to 960MHz (34.8%)
SiSoft Sanda:
| Stock | Overclock | % Increase | |
| Video Memory Bandwidth | 8.8 | 9 | 2.3% |
3DMark:
| Stock | Overclock | % Increase | |
| 3DMark | 4730 | 5647 | 16.24% |
Furmark:
| Stock | Overclock | % Increase | |
| Furmark | 372 | 380 | 2.11 |
Alright the numbers have been crunched but what does it all mean? When we overclocked the CPU by 10% we saw ~9% benchmarking increase which is pretty impressive in the overclocking world. When we overclocked the GPU by 34% we didn’t see similar results. For a product boasting superior GPU performance the overclocking performence is medicore. However, at the pricepoint of $144 at writing this is the best solution for mid-level gaming. We did our gaming tests in 1080p and came up just short of the 30fps goal. We are confident that gaming in 720p would be no problem for (almost) any game currently on the market. A big plus for the GPU side of the a8-3870K. The CPU side shows exactly what AMD is aiming at with their APU line: Powerful Graphics and effective computing. You’ll see that this APU does not stand up to the i5 or Phenom processors in any benchmark but again thats not what it is made for. The AMD A8-3870K effectivly tackles a budget rig capeable of mid-light gaming and HD video. With performance and pricepoint in mind, We award the A8-3870K our Approved Hardware Award.
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