Test Setup
CPU AMD FX-8350
Cooling Noctua NH-U12S
Motherboard ASUS 970 PRO GAMING/ AURA
Memory AMD RADEON 2x 8GB DDR3 2400MHz
Graphics GIGABYTE AMD R9 280X
Storage HYPERX 3K 240GB
PSU NZXT HALE 650W
Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 – CPU/OpenGL Score
x264 HD 4.0 – 1st and 2nd pass encoding
SiSoftware SANDRA 2014 – CPU & Memory benchmarks
AIDA64 – CPU benchmarks
PCMark 8 – Home Suite
3DMark FireStrike – DX11 3D Benchmark
Games – Tomb Raider, THIEF
Other Software
CPU Specification Monitoring: CPU-Z
Overclocking
From experience with this particular chip, we know that we can achieve a bench stable 4.7GHz with good cooling, but with the modest Noctua NH-U12S, and a mere 650W PSU, driving such a power hungry CPU would be a little crazy, so to make it a little more interesting we used the motherboards OC Tuner as supplied by ASUS to see what it will reach. Hey presto, after a restart we get an easy 4.35GHz stable overclock which is a nice bump, but nothing extreme.
CPU AMD FX-8350
Cooling Noctua NH-U12S
Motherboard ASUS 970 PRO GAMING/ AURA
Memory AMD RADEON 2x 8GB DDR3 2400MHz
Graphics GIGABYTE AMD R9 280X
Storage HYPERX 3K 240GB
PSU NZXT HALE 650W
Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 – CPU/OpenGL Score
x264 HD 4.0 – 1st and 2nd pass encoding
SiSoftware SANDRA 2014 – CPU & Memory benchmarks
AIDA64 – CPU benchmarks
PCMark 8 – Home Suite
3DMark FireStrike – DX11 3D Benchmark
Games – Tomb Raider, THIEF
Other Software
CPU Specification Monitoring: CPU-Z
Overclocking
From experience with this particular chip, we know that we can achieve a bench stable 4.7GHz with good cooling, but with the modest Noctua NH-U12S, and a mere 650W PSU, driving such a power hungry CPU would be a little crazy, so to make it a little more interesting we used the motherboards OC Tuner as supplied by ASUS to see what it will reach. Hey presto, after a restart we get an easy 4.35GHz stable overclock which is a nice bump, but nothing extreme.
