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FX-8100 Eight-Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 54.8% (681st of 1441)

Based on 513 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00600F12 Model: AMD FX(tm)-8100 Eight-Core Processor
Poor: 48%Average: 54.8% Great: 61%
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

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Average average bench

The AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core averaged 45.1% 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 77.2Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 53.5Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core is just 13.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 283Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 280Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 513 samples)
Rank 68154.8%
Min Avg Max
68 Memory 77.2 83.7
36.3 1-Core 53.5 64.1
73.2 2-Core 101 124
49.3% 77.1 Pts
Min Avg Max
130 4-Core 178 215
196 8-Core 280 345
28.2% 229 Pts
Min Avg Max
193 64-Core 283 343
17.5% 283 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
54.9% Above average
Memory 78.8
1-Core 62.3
2-Core 115
53% 85.3 Pts
4-Core 170
8-Core 282
28% 226 Pts
64-Core 283
18% 283 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
53.4% Above average
Memory 76.3
1-Core 49.5
2-Core 94.1
47% 73.3 Pts
4-Core 167
8-Core 245
26% 206 Pts
64-Core 256
16% 256 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
53.3% Above average
Memory 75.5
1-Core 49.1
2-Core 96.9
47% 73.8 Pts
4-Core 170
8-Core 268
27% 219 Pts
64-Core 276
17% 276 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
53% Above average
Memory 73.1
1-Core 55.6
2-Core 101
48% 76.6 Pts
4-Core 179
8-Core 271
28% 225 Pts
64-Core 270
17% 270 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
50.1% Above average
Memory 70.3
1-Core 51.8
2-Core 94.8
46% 72.3 Pts
4-Core 162
8-Core 280
27% 221 Pts
64-Core 278
17% 278 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
49.9% Average
Memory 70.9
1-Core 46
2-Core 81.9
43% 66.3 Pts
4-Core 158
8-Core 272
26% 215 Pts
64-Core 269
17% 269 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
49.8% Average
Memory 71.7
1-Core 50.7
2-Core 89
46% 70.5 Pts
4-Core 152
8-Core 272
26% 212 Pts
64-Core 266
16% 266 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,709,163 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 - $59

CPU
FX-8100 Eight-CoreAMDBench 55%, 513 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples72x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples42x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples39x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples35x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples13x
A400 120GBKingston  $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples12x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples350x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples264x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples99x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $146

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5 years ago.

Good performance. If you're considering buying this CPU now just get Ryzen. But if you own this thing now, it still lasts strong after 6-7 years! Keep it for a bit longer.

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