AMD Phenom 9600 Black Box Edition Review

Testing:

OverclockersClub will be running the AMD Phenom 9600 through our benchmarking suite to see how the processor performs. The OverclockersClub series of benchmarks include both system tests and gaming benchmarks to verify the performance of this product.  If you would like to see how other processors performed in an XP platform, please check our CPU Section under reviews. We will show comparisons to other video cards using the Vista platform, which can be found below. All video card settings were left at setup defaults, again to eliminate any variables. The video benchmarks in this review were run under two different platforms, the Phenom and HD3870X2 video card was run as one platform while we used a comparable Intel system to show what the other side of the fence looks like and how it compares.

Testing Setup:

• Processor: AMD Phenom 9600
• Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6
• Memory: 4 x 1GB Mushkin DDR2 XP2 8500 at 1066 5-5-5-15 2t
• Video Card(s): ATI HD 3870X2 1GB
• Power Supply: Mushkin 650watt  Modular Power Supply
• Hard Drive: Seagate 320GB  SATA
• Opticals: NEC DV5700
• O/S: Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

Comparison System:

• Processor: Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad 266x9
• Motherboard: Foxconn Mars
• Memory: Mushkin HP2 6400 2 x 2GB 5-4-4-12
• Video Card(s): ATI HD 3870X2 1GB
• Power Supply: Mushkin 650watt  Modular Power Supply
• Hard Drive: Seagate 320GB  SATA
• Opticals: LG  DVD-ROM
• O/S : Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

Overclocking:

The overclocking of this chip didn't go so well. Please read the "Extras" page to find out why.

Benchmarks:

• Scientific & Data:

1. Apophysis
2. WinRAR
3. SpecviewPerf 10
4. PCMark Vantage Professional
5. Sandra XII
6. ScienceMark 2.02 Final
7. Cinebench 10
8. HD Tune 2.54

• Video:

1. Crysis (CPU and GPU)
2. Knights of the Sea
3. Bioshock
4. Call of Duty 4
5. World in Conflict
6. Call of Jaurez
7. 3DMark 06 Professional