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Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 38.6% (1104th of 1442)

Based on 3,286 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00040F33, , 178BFBFF00060FB2 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+
Poor: 25%Average: 38.6% Great: 47%
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 44%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft

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Poor average bench

The AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ averaged 61.3% 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 64.9Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 38.3Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ is 22.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 75.8Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 75.6Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,286 samples)
Rank 110438.6%
Min Avg Max
39.7 Memory 64.9 82
21.2 1-Core 38.3 43.3
38.7 2-Core 73.4 85.7
38.6% 58.9 Pts
Min Avg Max
45.5 4-Core 74.5 85.8
50.2 8-Core 75.6 85.8
10% 75 Pts
Min Avg Max
47.5 64-Core 75.8 85.9
4.7% 75.8 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
37.2% Below average
Memory 62.6
1-Core 40.2
2-Core 64.7
37% 55.8 Pts
4-Core 71.3
8-Core 69.9
9% 70.6 Pts
64-Core 70.4
4% 70.4 Pts
, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
37% Below average
Memory 63.5
1-Core 38.7
2-Core 55.6
36% 52.6 Pts
4-Core 63.6
8-Core 65
9% 64.3 Pts
64-Core 66
4% 66 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
35.5% Below average
Memory 61.7
1-Core 37.7
2-Core 52.5
35% 50.6 Pts
4-Core 56.2
8-Core 59.7
8% 58 Pts
64-Core 61.8
4% 61.8 Pts
Socket M2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
32.3% Below average
Memory 56.6
1-Core 35.9
2-Core 48.2
32% 46.9 Pts
4-Core 50
8-Core 50.4
7% 50.2 Pts
64-Core 61
4% 61 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
26.4% Poor
Memory 44.3
1-Core 35.9
2-Core 48.1
28% 42.8 Pts
4-Core 52.3
8-Core 49.3
7% 50.8 Pts
64-Core 53.2
3% 53.2 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
26.2% Poor
Memory 43.5
1-Core 34.6
2-Core 49.3
28% 42.5 Pts
4-Core 52.9
8-Core 56.3
7% 54.6 Pts
64-Core 57.4
4% 57.4 Pts
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
21.9% Poor
Memory 37.4
1-Core 32.8
2-Core 45.3
25% 38.5 Pts
4-Core 38.8
8-Core 40.2
5% 39.5 Pts
64-Core 42.3
3% 42.3 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 38%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-7309

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+AMDBench 39%, 3,286 samples12x
GPU
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430NvidiaBench 0%, 4,836 samples12x
GeForce 6100NvidiaBench 0%, 335 samples6x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples4x
SSD
256G B 256GBSSDBench 48%, 63 samples4x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples4x
SSD370S 256GBTranscend  $115Bench 89%, 11,742 samples2x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples24x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples10x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples9x
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Poor

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Hmmm even for office automation it starts to get a little weak

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