ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 (A85X) Motherboard Review
Andy Ruffell / 12 years ago
AIDA64
AIDA64 Extreme Edition is a streamlined Windows diagnostic and benchmarking software for home users. AIDA64 Extreme Edition provides a wide range of features to assist in overclocking, hardware error diagnosis, stress testing, and sensor monitoring. It has unique capabilities to assess the performance of the processor, system memory, and disk drives. AIDA64 is compatible with all current 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
FM2 doesn’t offer the best memory performance compared to other sockets and platforms but we see our ASRock board providing some very good numbers, some of which are miles ahead of the competition across all three tests. Overclocking saw a small boost in performance, but the memory controller on the APU isn’t something that can compete with higher-end hardware such as Z77 and AM3+.