Chillblast Fusion Hex (Ryzen R5 1600) System Review

VRMark is a benchmark designed specifically with virtual reality gaming in mind. Futuremark say: ‘the performance requirements for VR games are much higher than for typical PC games. So if you’re thinking about buying an HTC Vive or an Oculus Rift, wouldn’t it be good to know that your PC is ready for VR? VRMark includes two VR benchmark tests that run on your monitor, no headset required, or on a connected HMD. At the end of each test, you’ll see whether your PC is VR ready, and if not, how far it falls short.’

A new addition to our benchmarking suite, VRMark looks like one of the few valid ways of testing the VR capabilities of a PC. Consisting of two ‘rooms’, or benchmark tests, the Orange Room is the standard test, while the Blue Room is much more demanding.

We have already seen that Ryzen 7 does not get on so well with the Orange Room, and that trend continues here. It is quite possible that VRMark does not utilise more than four cores, which – along with the lack of CPU overclock – would explain the Ryzen chips' lacking performance.

The Blue Room is all about graphical power, though, so CPU bottlenecking is not a factor. However, we do still see evidence that this Zotac GTX 1070 is a fair bit slower than competing 1070 cards.

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