Aria GLADIATOR Sparta i5 4.40GHz Overclocked Bundle Review

3DMark is Futuremark's latest gaming-orientated benchmark. It can be used to benchmark and compare everything from mobile devices, such as smart phones, tablets and laptops, to high-end gaming systems. The benchmark is available for Windows, Windows RT Android and iOS.

With 3 separate tests, each of which is intended to be used alongside a specific classification of hardware, 3DMark is a very versatile benchmark. Ice Storm is intended to be used with mobile devices, Cloud Gate is good for use with laptops and home PCs, and Fire Strike can be used to push the performance of gaming PCs.

We used the ‘Fire Strike' benchmark which is designed to be used on gaming PCs. We opted for the Normal setting, NOT the Extreme mode.

3DMark paints a similar picture to the company’s 2011 software. The 4770K’s hyper-threading gives it a strong Physics score that Aria’s overclocked bundle cannot match.

Again, Aria’s Gladiator bundle manages to outperform the stock-clocked FX-8350 system in every parameter, with the most notable observation being the differences in Physics scores.

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