Athlon X4 860K CPU by AMD Review

How We Tested

During our benchmarking sessions, we used the configuration listed below. Between our benchmarking sessions, the only variable devicand was the CPU being tested, besides the motherboard and memory, which had to be replaced to match the different CPUs.
Hardware Configuration

• Motherboard (socket LGA1151): ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6+
• Motherboard (socket AM3+): ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer
• Memory (DDR3): 16 GiB DDR3-2133, four G.Skill Ripjaws F3-17000CL9Q-16GBZH 4 GiB memory modules configured at 1,866 MHz
• Memory (DDR4): 16 GiB DDR4-2133, two G.Skill Ripjaws V F4-2133C15D-16GVR 8 GiB memory modules configured at 2133 MHz
• Boot drive: Kingston HyperX Savage 480 GB
• Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
• Video Monitor: Philips 236VL
• Power Supply: Corsair CX600

Operating System Configuration

• Windows 10 Home 64-bit
• NTFS
• Video resolution: 1920 x 1080 60 Hz

Driver Versions

• NVIDIA driver version: 375.95

Software Used

• 3DMark 1.5.915
• Cinebench R15
• CPU-Z 1.78
• DivX 10.6
• Media Espresso 6.7
• PCMark 8 2.4.304
• Photoshop CC
• WinRAR 4.2
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
• Dirt Rally
• GTA V
• Hitman
• Rise of the Tomb Rider

Error Margin
We adopted a 4% error margin. Thus, differences below 4% cannot be considered relevant. In other words, products with a performance difference below 4% should be considered as having similar performance.