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AMD FX-4100 Quad Core 3.6GHz Bulldozer Processor Review

Manufacturer: AMD
Product: AMD FX-4100 - part number FD4100WMW4KGU
Date: Tue, Nov 08, 2011 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP5

Sisoftware Sandra 2011 SP5

The Sisoft Sandra 2011 SP5 benchmark utility just came out a few weeks ago and we have started to include it in our benchmarking. Sandra 2011 comes with support for Virtualisation (Virtual PC/Server, Hyper-V, VMware) and GPGPU (OpenCL, DirectX 11 DirectCompute), but today we will be using the program to look at memory and CPU performance!

Sandra 2011 SP5 Memory Benchmark Scores

Results: All of test systems used the identical Corsair Vegenance Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) memory kit that ran at 1866MHz with 9-10-9-28 1T timings with the exception of the AMD Phenom II systems that were run at 1600MHz with CL9 timings. The AMD FX-4100 only has 11GB/s of memory bandwidth, so you can see that the two disabled processor nodes does really reduce memory thoughput on this processor.

Sisoftware Sandra 2011 SP5

The Sandra Processor Multi-Media benchmark has been a long time favorite of ours to look at floating point performance on processors.

Sandra 2011 SP5 Benchmark Scores

Results: The AMD FX-4100 does okay here on one of the tests and is a little behind on the others.

Sisoftware Sandra 2011 SP3

Cryptography has become an important part of our digital life: it allows us to conduct safe transactions online, certify programs and services, keep our data secure and much more. Sandra 2010c has a dedicated benchmark built-in that measures cryptographic performance, which is important on the new Intel 32nm processors like the Core i7 980X. It includes features like AES-NI! Intel AES-NI is a new set of Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) instructions that are going to be introduced in the next generation of Intel processors, as of 2009. These instructions enable fast and secure data encryption and decryption, using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), defined by FIPS Publication number 197.  The architecture introduces six instructions that offer full hardware support for AES. Four of them support high performance data encryption and decryption, and the other two instructions support the AES key expansion procedure. Let's take a look at how this feature impacts Cryptography performance.

Sandra 2011 SP3 Benchmark Scores

Results: The processors with the AES-NI instruction set are very evident in this benchmark. The AMD FX-8150 and FX-4100 now both support AES-NI instructions and the performance is much better.

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Review Index
Page 1 - The AMD FX-4100 CPU
Page 2 - The Test System
Page 3 - AMD FX-4100 Turbo Core Details and CPU-Z
Page 4 - SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP5
Page 5 - x264 HD Encoding
Page 6 - CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5
Page 7 - Handbrake
Page 8 - POV-Ray 3.7 RC3
Page 9 - Cinebench R11.5
Page 10 - PCMark 7
Page 11 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 12 - Resident Evil 5
Page 13 - H.A.W.X. 2 Benchmark
Page 14 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 15 - Total System Power Consumption
Page 16 - AMD FX-4100 CPU Overclocking
Page 17 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions