AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition AM3 Processor Review
Andy Ruffell / 14 years ago
Test Setup
Our test system very rarely changes, and there is reasoning behind this. The reason that our test system rarely changes is so that we can keep the continuity flowing which leads to our results being part of a fair test, especially when comparing to other components.
Our test machine comprises of:
| Test System | |
|---|---|
| Processor (CPU) |
AMD Phenom II X2 555
|
| Motherboard |
Asus Crosshair IV Formula
|
| Memory (RAM) |
4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1800MHz
|
| Graphics Card |
HIS Radeon HD 6850 IceQ X Turbo
|
| Heatsink (HSF) | CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ |
| Primary Hard Drive |
2 x Kingston V+ Series 64GB SSD (RAID 0)
|
| Power Supply | BFG EX Series 1200 Watt Modular Power Supply |
| Chassis | CoolerMaster Lab Test Bench |
| Operating System |
Windows 7 Professional Edition 64-bit
|
We use various different applications for testing from synthetic benchmarks to the latest gaming benchmarks and the following is a list of the software used:
- AIDA64
- Dirt 2
- Metro 2033
- 3DMark 11
- Cinebench
- HyperPi
We also use other software for measuring certain aspects of the systems performance, including SpeedFan, CPUID Hardware Monitor, CoreTemp and also Prime95 to give 100% load to the CPU so that we can measure the power consumption through a plug-in electricity monitor.
For comparison purposes, we will be comparing the CPU to other processors on the market including offerings from both AMD and Intel to see how the performance is affected from each benchmark/test.
