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Phenom 9550

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 42.7% (993rd of 1442)

Based on 2,773 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F23 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) 9550 Quad-Core Processor
Poor: 34%Average: 42.7% Great: 50%
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 44%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 29%
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Below average average bench

The AMD Phenom 9550 averaged 57.2% 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 65.5Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 62.7Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom 9550 is just 15.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom 9550 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 121Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 120Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,773 samples)
Rank 99342.7%
Min Avg Max
49.3 Memory 65.5 78.1
25.6 1-Core 31.5 34
49 2-Core 62.7 67.9
36.1% 53.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
78.8 4-Core 118 134
88.1 8-Core 120 133
15.8% 119 Pts
Min Avg Max
87.2 64-Core 121 134
7.5% 121 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
47% Average
Memory 74.1
1-Core 33
2-Core 65.4
40% 57.5 Pts
4-Core 119
8-Core 117
16% 118 Pts
64-Core 122
8% 122 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
45.4% Average
Memory 74.3
1-Core 30.5
2-Core 64.1
39% 56.3 Pts
4-Core 97.2
8-Core 108
14% 103 Pts
64-Core 107
7% 107 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
43.6% Average
Memory 70.2
1-Core 32.5
2-Core 65.3
38% 56 Pts
4-Core 99.8
8-Core 108
14% 104 Pts
64-Core 104
6% 104 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
41.1% Average
Memory 64.8
1-Core 31.6
2-Core 61.6
36% 52.7 Pts
4-Core 102
8-Core 108
14% 105 Pts
64-Core 103
6% 103 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
38.7% Below average
Memory 60.5
1-Core 32.1
2-Core 64.7
35% 52.4 Pts
4-Core 98.7
8-Core 108
14% 104 Pts
64-Core 106
7% 106 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
34.1% Below average
Memory 52.9
1-Core 32.1
2-Core 63.8
32% 49.6 Pts
4-Core 91.4
8-Core 90.1
12% 90.8 Pts
64-Core 89.6
6% 89.6 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,721,340 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock N68C-GS FX

CPU
Phenom 9550AMDBench 43%, 2,773 samples1x
GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples9x
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 5,527 samples8x
R7 240AMDBench 5%, 58,337 samples7x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples12x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples6x
0 500GBCt500mx5Bench 92%, 2,476 samples3x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples4x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples3x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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