FX-8350 vs. Core i5-3470 CPU Review
PCMark 7
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PCMark 7 performs a series of tests and gives scores in the following categories: An overall score called PCMark; a Productivity score, which is the system performance when using applications such as web browsing and home office applications; a Creativity score, which is the system performance when viewing, editing, converting, and storing photos and videos; an Entertainment score, which is the system performance when recording, viewing, streaming, and converting TV shows and movies, importing, organizing, and browsing music, and gaming; and a Computation score, which indicates the processing performance of the system. Let’s analyze the results.
The Core i5-3470 achieved an overall score 28% higher than the FX-8350, which achieved the same performance level as the FX-8150. The Core i5-2500K achieved a score 13% higher than the FX-8350.
On the productivity benchmark, the Core i5-3470 achieved a score similar to the Core i5-2500K, which was 16% higher than the FX-8350. The FX-8350 achieved the same score as the FX-8150.
On the creativity benchmark, the Core i5-3470 achieved a score 59% higher than the FX-8350. The Core i5-2500K achieved a score 12% higher than the FX-8350, which achieved the same performance level as the FX-8150.
On the entertainment benchmark, all CPUs achieved the same performance level. This was expected, as this benchmark takes mostly into consideration the performance of the video card.
On the computation benchmark, the Core i5-3470 achieved a performance level 198% higher than the FX-8350. The performance level of the Core i5-2500K was 30% higher than the FX-8350. Here the FX-8350 achieved a score 10% higher than the FX-8150.