LGA1155 Test System Specs - Intel Core i7-2600K (3.30GHz) - Intel Core i3-2120 (3.30GHz) - x2 4GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 (CAS 8-8-8-20) - Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (Intel Z68) - Asrock Z68M-ITX/HT (Intel Z68) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 SOC (1536MB) - OCZ ZX Series 850w - Crucial m4 256GB Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 15.22.50.2509 - Nvidia Forceware 280.26 AM3 Test System Specs - AMD Phenom II X6 1100T (3.30GHz) - x2 4GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 (CAS 8-8-8-20) - Asus Crosshair IV Extreme (AMD 890FX) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 SOC (1536MB) - OCZ ZX Series 850w - Crucial m4 256GB Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - Nvidia Forceware 280.26 The Asrock Z68M-ITX/HT and Core i3-2120 delivered nearly as much bandwidth as the i7-2600K configuration. Although Asrock’s A75-based setups were well behind Intel’s platform, they did outpace the 890FX board with a Phenom II X6 1100T. We witnessed a similar separation in the next test, as the i3-2120 and Z68M-ITX/HT’s L2 cache performance was almost three times greater than the A8-3850 and A75M-ITX.
