General Performance

When it comes to general performance, many things have to be tested. To start with, we utilize AIDA64 Engineer to report on memory latency and read, write, and copy speeds. CPU Queen is used for comparisons across various processors, and acts as a quick test to see if the processor is performing as it should.

Cinebench R20 offers a look into single and multi-core performance. It can be run by anyone and allows for hardware comparisons across several generations.

To further test CPU performance, we also utilize the Blender BMW benchmark render. Three runs are done to verify the results and check on potential performance degradation caused by thermal throttling.

The ever-popular 7-Zip is also a good general-purpose test, as it includes a benchmark that measures the integer instruction rate (MIPS) using the ZIP algorithm. It makes good use of multiple threads, so it has been added to further test system performance.

PCMark 10 offers a look into general computing performance, replacing the venerable PCMark 8. Compared to the separately conducted conventional and accelerated tests of the older release, the newer version now leverages the graphics processor by default.

AIDA64 Cache and Memory Benchmarks

AIDA64 CPU Queen

Cinebench R20

Blender

7-ZIP

PCMark 10