AMD Kaveri A8-7600 and A10-7800 APU Review

Test Systems

Before we look at the numbers, let’s take a brief look at the test system that was used. All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit and benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. We completely overhauled our test setup for the Intel Core i7-4790K processor launch, so we are starting over from scratch when it comes to testing everything. For this review will be comparing an Intel Z97 platform and AMD A88X platform. These platforms are aimed at mainstream users and all feature integrated graphics, so it will be interesting to see how the systems compare.

The Intel Z97 platform that we used to test the Intel 1150 processors was running the ASUS Z97-A motherboard with BIOS 1204 that came out on 6/20/2014. The Corsair Dominator Platinum 8GB 2133MHz memory kit was set to XMP 1.3 memory profile settings, which is 1.65v with 9-11-11-31 2T memory timings. The Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD uses 19nm NAND and was using M311 firmware.

Here is a quick look at the CPU-Z information for our main test system that we’ll be doing the testing on.

Intel LGA1150 Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Pentium G3258	Click Here
Motherboard	ASUS Z97-A	Click Here
Memory	8GB Dominator 2133MHz	Click Here
Video Card	N/A	Click Here
Hard Drive	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD	Click Here
Cooling	Corsair H105	Click Here
Keyboard	Corsair K95	Click Here
Mouse	Corsair M95	Click Here
Power Supply	Corsair AX860i	Click Here
Operating System	Windows 8.1 64-Bit	Click Here

The AMD A88X platform that we used to test the AMD FM2+ processors was running the ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ motherboard with BIOS version L2.25 that was released on 04/16/2014. The latest AMD Catalyst drivers were used which were 14.7 Beta. The Corsair Dominator Platinum 8GB 2133MHz memory kit was set to XMP 1.3 memory profile settings, which is 1.65v with 10-11-11-30 2T memory timings. The Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD uses 19nm NAND and was using M311 firmware.

Here is a quick look at the AMD test system CPU-Z screenshots:

And finally the components and pricing:

Intel LGA1150 Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	AMD A10-7800	Click Here
Motherboard	ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+	Click Here
Memory	8GB Dominator 2133MHz	Click Here
Video Card	N/A	Click Here
Hard Drive	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD	Click Here
Cooling	Noctua NH-L9a	Click Here
Keyboard	Corsair K95	Click Here
Mouse	Corsair M95	Click Here
Power Supply	Corsair AX860i	Click Here
Operating System	Windows 8.1 64-Bit	Click Here

Let’s move along to testing!