The Cinebench R11.5 CPU test (multi-core) finished on 1.79 points.Aspire 5332 battery The sister-APU A6-3410MX (Samsung 305V5A) managed 2.0 points (+13%). This means the CPU part of the APU is even inferior to the smallest Core i3-2310M (2.0 points). An i5 is even faster, for instance the 2410M (2.3 GHz, Turbo Boost) which scores 2.6 points. The R11.5 test is absolutely typical; the other CPU tests (wprime, R10) also suggest performance at a level slightly below that of a current Core i3.Aspire 5335 battery

The CPU’s Turbo speed is 2.3 GHz according to the spec sheet. Aspire 5516 battery But with all Fusion systems, the GPU has priority; this means that when the GPU is under stress, the CPU speed is restricted in favour of the GPU TDP. It may be down to the imprecision of Tools, but the speed of a single core never exceeded 2.0 GHz during our testing. Even this figure was only touched on for a fraction of a second (it would be better to say 1.8 GHz).Aspire 5517 battery

The screenshots show CPU usage with/ without concurrent GPU usage. Aspire 5536 battery What is interesting is that during gaming, the speed is limited to 800 MHz. A Cinebench R11.5 CPU benchmark which was run alongside the game was not able to raise the speed. Even once the game had ended, Cinebench had to be started up again before it could enjoy the use of 1.5 GHz. The results of the gaming tests, however, do not show any drop in performance, in fact quite the opposite at times.Aspire 5536G battery

PCMark 7 Gesamt-ScoresIn the PCMark Vantage benchmark, the Fusion system manages 3,808 points. The sister-APU the 3410MX (Samsung 305V5A) reaches 4,873 points with somewhat more speed (1.6 instead of 1.4 GHz x 4) and a faster hard drive (HDD score: 3,224 instead of 2,733). As with the pure CPU performance, this puts our quad-core Fusion system quite some way behind the Core i3 (Samsung 200B5B-S01DE, 2310M, 4,874) and i5 laptops (Asus X53E-SX082V, 2410M, HD 3000, 4,887).Aspire 5542 battery,

In the PCMark 7 our test system scored 1,542 points (Samsung 305V5A: 1,562). Here, the most recent Futuremark test seems to take the higher GPU performance into account, making up for the hard drive and the slower clock speed. This means the i3 competition is not so far ahead anymore: compare with the Vostro 3350 (1,751 points), Asus U30SD (1,772 points), and ProBook 4530s (1,921 points). Aspire 5542G battery

5.3Windows 7 Experience IndexProcessorCalculations per second6.6Memory (RAM)Memory operations per second5.9GraphicsDesktop performance for Windows Aero5.3Gaming graphics3D business and gaming graphics6.1Primary hard diskDisk data transfer rate5.9 PCMark Vantage 3808 pointsAspire 5735 battery

The HD 6650M in our Fusion notebook can only partly be said to offer the same performance as the HD 6650M in the Packard Bell EasyNote LS11-HR-050GE (600/900, core/memory speed) or in the Sony Vaio VPC-Z21Q9E (600/900). The reason for this is the different speeds (600/900 here) and their being combined with powerful Intel CPUs. The Crossfire option in our review model makes a comparison virtually impossible. Some games/ benchmarks are boosted by it, while some negate its benefits.Aspire 5735Z battery

We look then at that constant of the benchmarking world, the 3DMark06, which gives a score of 6,186 points. An Nvidia GT 540M scores 8,000 points here on average, and a (rare) HD 6650M makes it to 7,250 points (in the EasyNote LS11). For the games and the synthetic benchmarks, Crossfire was always activated. A 3DMark06 test without Crossfire ended on an identical 6,145/ 2,148 points (score/ CPU value). Aspire 5738 battery

The 3DMark Vantage (P) benchmark ended its run-through on 3,864 points. The HD 6470M in the Samsung 305V5A managed only 3,224 points. The Geforce GT 540M produces an average of 4,400 points (Intel CPU). Incidentally, the review model was running Catalyst 8.861.0.0.Aspire 5738G battery

A 3DMark 11 test ended on P1,404/ G1,439 points, where the score without Crossfire was about 40% lower. This boost puts the Asus K53TA level with or above laptops with singular powerful GPUs: GT 550M (1,107; Asus N53SN), HD 6770M (1,407; HP Pavilion dv7-6101eg) or the GT 540 (1,023; Samsung RF511). The fastest GT 540M system reached a score of 1,033 points only through the help of a 2630QM quad-core in the 3DMark 11 test (Sony Vaio VPC-F21Z1E/BI). Aspire 5738Z battery

The K53TA-SX026V has a 5,400 rpm hard drive made by Seagate. The 500 GB HDD 9ST9500325AS) reads at a rate of 65 MB/s in the drive’s sequential read data. That figure is relatively average. This is partly to blame for the comparatively weak system performance as reflected in the PCMark Vantage test. The HDD can be heard making some background noise and a soft clattering while in use.Aspire 5738ZG battery

The Radeon HD 6720G2 Dual Graphics,Aspire 5740 battery the name given to this combination of HD 6520G and HD 6550M, acquitted itself very well in our gaming tests. AMD have put a stop to the bluescreen crashes seen previously and the Crossfire throttling in an HP Pavilion dv6-6110eg (Llano), which were caused by driver problems. The phenomenon of micro-stuttering during Crossfire use did not stand out negatively in any of the test games. However, stuttering could clearly be seen during the 3DMark Vantage benchmark.Aspire 5740DG battery

The gaming tests ran with the dual graphics system without any driver issues; Crossfire was always activated (standard settings). For Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and StarCraft 2 we tested the effect of Crossfire. Only Battlefield enjoyed 8 additional fps through Crossfire.Aspire 5740G battery

The good gaming results are striking, showing the AMD Radeon HD 6720G2 ‘package’ to be as good as (Dirt 3, Risen) or better than (Battlefield) a ‘faster’ single Nvidia GT 540M. But, StarCraft 2 (-10%) and Deus Ex HR (-34%) run better on the Nvidia GPU. Aspire AS5740 battery,