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Phenom X3 8600B

Phenom X3 8600B
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Effective Speed -155%Effective Speed -155%Average Score -567%Memory -22%, 1-Core -491%, 2-Core -479%, 4-Core -665%, 8-Core -1,177%Overclocked Score -551%1-Core -472%, 2-Core -467%, 4-Core -639%, 8-Core -1,154%, Memory -21%Value & Sentiment User Rating -94%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,352%64-Core -1,879%, 64-Core -1,902%, Age -275%

Average Bench: 41.6% (1016^th of 1441)

Based on 388 user benchmarks. Device: 178BFBFF00100F23 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) 8600B Triple-Core Processor

Poor: 32%Average: 41.6% Great: 46%

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 45%

Speed boat

Workstation 28%

Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Phenom X3 8600B averaged 58.3% 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 68.1Pts

Avg. Dual Core Speed 62.6Pts

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom X3 8600B is just 14.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom X3 8600B performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 94.4Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 92.3Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 388 samples)

Rank 101641.6%

Min	Avg	Max
50.8	Memory 68.1	76.6
22.5	1-Core 31.3	34.1
41.8	2-Core 62.6	68.1
36.9% 54 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
55.1	4-Core 90.8	102
66.5	8-Core 92.3	102
12.2% 91.6 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
69.3	64-Core 94.4	102
5.8% 94.4 Pts

User Benchmarks

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

CAN-User, 4 months ago.Phenom X3 8600B,

XU1 PROCESSOR, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads

Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)

42% Average

Memory 70.9

1-Core 31.2

2-Core 59.8

38% 54 Pts

4-Core 78.3

8-Core 82

11% 80.2 Pts

64-Core 60.6

4% 60.6 Pts

EGY-User, 6 months ago.Phenom X3 8600B,

XU1 PROCESSOR, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads

Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)

37% Below average

Memory 59.1

1-Core 33

2-Core 64.5

34% 52.2 Pts

4-Core 88.7

8-Core 86.9

12% 87.8 Pts

64-Core 89.3

6% 89.3 Pts

ALB-User, 14 months ago.Phenom X3 8600B,

Socket M2 , 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads

Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)

35.8% Below average

Memory 65.7

1-Core 11.9

2-Core 21.3

27% 33 Pts

4-Core 37.6

8-Core 41.9

5% 39.8 Pts

64-Core 36

2% 36 Pts

USA-User, 12 months ago.Phenom X3 8600B,

CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads

Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)

33.5% Below average

Memory 59.5

1-Core 21.7

2-Core 25.3

28% 35.5 Pts

4-Core 46.7

8-Core 45.9

6% 46.3 Pts

64-Core 54.4

3% 54.4 Pts

PAK-User, 14 months ago.Phenom X3 8600B,

XU1 PROCESSOR, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads

Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)

32.4% Below average

Memory 52.6

1-Core 32.5

2-Core 60

32% 48.4 Pts

4-Core 74.5

8-Core 65.7

10% 70.1 Pts

64-Core 62.2

4% 62.2 Pts

MEX-User, 10 months ago.Phenom X3 8600B,

Socket M2 , 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads

Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)

25.5% Poor

Memory 44.2

1-Core 9.9

2-Core 27.6

20% 27.2 Pts

4-Core 41

8-Core 45.4

6% 43.2 Pts

64-Core 38.5

2% 38.5 Pts

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 39%

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Workstation 4%

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System: HP Compaq dc5850 Microtower

CPU
Phenom X3 8600BAMDBench 42%, 388 samples	6x

GPU
Radeon 3100 GraphicsATIBench 0%, 1,215 samples	14x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	2x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	1x

SSD
Solid State Disk 512GBSpccBench 71%, 30,264 samples	2x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	1x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	1x

RAM
41GBUnknownBench 17%, 2,583 samples	8x
35GBUnknownBench 13%, 2,113 samples	8x
37GBUnknownBench 15%, 3,950 samples	7x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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