ASRock A75 Extreme6

FurMark

APU Only	CrossFire
720p	720p
1080p	1080p

Furmark is a test designed to check both the thermal and performance limitations of a GPU. Here I did both 720p and 1080p tests with just the APU for one set and then both the APU and GPU in CrossFire for the other set. It is clearly evident that this chip is not meant for high end gaming. Something to note is that in this benchmark there was no definitive separation in performance between the APU by itself and being in CrossFire with a discrete GPU.

CineBench

APU Only	CrossFire

CineBench is yet another tool used to test the efficiency of the GPU/CPU combination. As you can see from the scores in both the OpenGL and CPU categories there was a slight improvement between just the APU and the APU in CrossFire with the GPU. Granted, this improvement was marginal at best.

CineBench is a cross platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s performance capabilities. CineBench is based on MAXON’s award-winning animation software CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. As you can see this APU did not score very high in comparison to other GPU/CPU combinations.

PassMark

APU Only	CrossFire

PassMark is a tool that tests the entire computer rig. From RAM timings to DVD read times, top to bottom. I was shocked at the presented results. The other benchmarks either showed a slight, but overall improvement, or no change whatsoever. Yet, this benchmark which ran the individual components through their paces and then assessed everything gave the CrossFire configuration a lower rating than if the APU was operating alone.

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