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Phenom II X4 965

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4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.4GHz, K10.
Release date: Q1 2009.

Average Bench: 52.6% (725th of 1442)

Based on 43,442 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F43, , 178BFBFF00100F42 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor

At nearly five years of age the AMD Phenom II X4 965 has been included in the CPU group test primarily as a reference. This hugely successful CPU from AMD has been one of the most popular gaming PC's of all time. With superb Single threaded, and therefore real-world performance, the X4 was able to compete with Intel's first generation of Core chips in terms of raw processing power and it did so at a lower price point. Today of course the X4 processor has been far surpassed by Intel's third and fourth generation Core processors. [Feb '12 CPUPro]

Poor: 35%Average: 52.6% Great: 61%
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski

Popular builds with this CPU

Average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 965 averaged 47.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 76.9Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 47.8Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 965 is 26.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X4 965 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 172Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 171Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 43,442 samples)
Rank 72552.6%
Min Avg Max
49.3 Memory 76.9 88.9
21.5 1-Core 47.8 56.5
40.5 2-Core 94.8 112
47.2% 73.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
84.3 4-Core 165 208
97 8-Core 171 210
22.4% 168 Pts
Min Avg Max
94.1 64-Core 172 209
10.7% 172 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
XU1 PROCESSOR, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
56.2% Above average
Memory 77.5
1-Core 52.5
2-Core 104
50% 77.9 Pts
4-Core 205
8-Core 201
27% 203 Pts
64-Core 201
12% 201 Pts
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
53.5% Above average
Memory 74.7
1-Core 49.5
2-Core 98.8
47% 74.3 Pts
4-Core 190
8-Core 185
25% 188 Pts
64-Core 187
12% 187 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
52.6% Above average
Memory 73.5
1-Core 48.9
2-Core 97.8
47% 73.4 Pts
4-Core 185
8-Core 187
25% 186 Pts
64-Core 187
12% 187 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
51.2% Above average
Memory 73.8
1-Core 45.4
2-Core 82
44% 67.1 Pts
4-Core 166
8-Core 179
23% 172 Pts
64-Core 176
11% 176 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,762,810 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 48%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: Asus M4A89GTD-PRO/USB3

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples41x
GPU
Radeon HD 4290ATIBench 1%, 1,024 samples20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples12x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples10x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples13x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $52Bench 45%, 156,194 samples6x
CS900 120GBPNY  $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples5x
RAM
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,822 samples6x
CT51264BA160B.C16F CT51264BA160B.C16F CT51264BA160B.C16F CT51264BA160B.C16F 16GBUnknownBench 37%, 54 samples6x
XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 47%, 2,501 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $172

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 Comments

CPUPro
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USA-User
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9,840

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 months ago.

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I have a 965 pII & R9 270 & 8 gigs of ram and all game on highest settings are 80-110 fps. It does get hot but untill it dies I am happy.—Oct '14

Comment 

I bump it up to 4.1mhz from fall to spring. It goes back to 3.4 during summer. I like to keep it below 50deg C. I use a CM 212 heat sink. I do maintain a cool summer night profile in bios. The closest Intel CPU costs $100 more at Newegg. And the supporting motherboard is $50 higher. The Asus Asus M5A88-V Evo MB I use harnesses this bad boy and is still modern. Three years in and I am only looking at a larger faster SSD drive. Mechanical Harddrives suck!—Jan '15

DEU-User
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5,743

Disliked

2 years ago.

Comment 

Habe die CPU nun schon seit über 10 Jahren und lief immer super. Selbst bei Hitman2, Starcraft2 oder dergleichen keine Probleme :)—Dec '20

FRA-User
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4,573

Poor

2 years ago.

I built my desktop in 2009 with this CPU, it still works well

NLD-User
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3,510

Excellent

2 years ago.

been a very faithfull CPU for a long time, still able to play most games, exeptt for the latest high end games

HUN-User
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3,397

Good

22 months ago.

A decade old robust, super tuneable CPU which still have the performance to enter an arena with it.

ARG-User
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3,228

Good

4 days ago.

Been using this CPU since 2011 and its 2017 and I'm still playing GTA V, AC Syndicate, Witcher 3 and many other last (ish) gen games at high quality settings with a R9 280 GPU (3Gb vram, 384 bit bus bandwidth).

EGY-User
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3,158

Excellent

4 years ago.

Comment 

Have it since 4 years and still capable of running all new games , but real withdraw is huge power consumption—Oct '14

BGR-User
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2,882

Excellent

2 years ago.

It is a very good processor and I am running it since it has been released. Games ? No problem at all , just name it.. OC? No problem. Old GPU's? No problem , the newest GPU's no problem.. The processor is just fine. Quite too old though.. and does not support very high RAM frequency .. but still ok after so many years of good use!!

ZAF-User
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2,790

Excellent

4 years ago.

I have had the 965 since it's release in South Africa back in 2009 and I have it paired with 8GB of RAM and a Radeon R9 290X and I am running all the modern games at High/Ultra settings without any bottle necking on standard clocks on both CPU and GPU.

SWE-User
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2,784

Good

23 months ago.

If you play games like GTA or CS, it's a great processor, it holds up well. 55 - 70 fps on GTA on High. lakk på gud

CPUPro
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2,072

Terrible

12 years ago.

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TUN-User
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1,434

Poor

5 months ago.

it's a very powerful cpu it can handle the last game as well

SYR-User
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948

Excellent

2 years ago.

I love this proces gave me it free

TheWildShadow55
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116

Excellent

14 months ago.

I had this CPU for a loooong time in an old build. Super reliable for what it was

yaabalfazl
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92

Terrible

6 years ago.

old and weak

Kacper18
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4

Excellent

5 years ago.

this processor is ideal for GTA V just is the ideal processor in GTA V I have 60 fps I recommend this processor

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