ASRock A75 Extreme 6 (AMD A75) Motherboard Review

1. Introduction2. ASRock A75 Extreme 63. ASRock A75 Extreme 6 (Super High Res Gallery)4. ASRock A75 Extreme 6 (Bios & Overclocking)5. Testing Methodology6. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra 20117. Synthetic: Cinebench R11.5 64 bit8. Synthetic: 3DMark 119. Synthetic: PCMark 710. Real World: Blu Ray Playback Performance11. Real World: MKV Playback12. Real World: Flash HD Performance13. Real World: Media Encoding14. Data Throughput: SSD Performance15. Image Quality: HQV Benchmark 2.016. Gaming: Just Cause 217. Gaming: Dead Island18. Gaming: Dirt 319. Gaming: Call Of Duty: Black Ops20. Gaming: Far Cry 221. Gaming: Lost Planet 222. Closing Thoughts23. View All Pages

To test today we built a system from the ground up with a focus on low cost gaming. We left the system in the overclocked state (3,700mhz).

Processor: AMD A8-3850 @ 3.7ghz.
Cooling: AMD reference cooler.
Graphics: Sapphire HD6870 Twin Fan Overclock Edition.
Motherboard: ASRock A75 Extreme 6.
Chassis: Silverstone Raven 3.
Power Supply: Corsair 750W.
Memory: 8GB Kingston @ 1700mhz 9-9-9-24.
Storage: Intel 40GB SSD (boot) / Patriot Wildfire 120GB SSD.
Monitors: Hazro Ultra Sharp HZ230Wi, Dell Ultrasharp U2410 Rev A00.

Software:
Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit

Unigine Heaven Benchmark
PCMark 7
3DMark 11
Fraps Professional
Steam Client
FurMark
HQV 2.0 Software

Technical Monitoring and Test Equipment:
Nikon D3X with R1C1 kit
Olympus E-PL1
Keithley Integra unit
Thermal Diodes
Raytek Laser Temp Gun 3i LSRC/MT4 Mini Temp
Extech digital sound level meter & SkyTronic DSL 2 Digital Sound Level Meter

Games:
Dirt 3
Far Cry 2
Lost Planet 2
Total War: Shogun 2
Dead Island
Call Of Duty: Black Ops

All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform generally under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests games across five closely matched runs and then average out the results to get an accurate median figure. If we use scripted benchmarks, they are mentioned on the relevant page.

Some game descriptions and information are taken with courtesy from Wikipedia.

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