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Phenom II X4 840

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 47.3% (869th of 1442)

Based on 5,147 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F53 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840 Processor
Poor: 37%Average: 47.3% Great: 55%
Gaming
Gaming 47%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 840 averaged 52.7% 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 65.2Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 46.4Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 840 is just 18.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X4 840 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 176Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 175Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,147 samples)
Rank 86947.3%
Min Avg Max
49.1 Memory 65.2 79.1
36 1-Core 46.4 50.9
66.3 2-Core 91.8 103
42.7% 67.8 Pts
Min Avg Max
105 4-Core 171 198
125 8-Core 175 196
23% 173 Pts
Min Avg Max
124 64-Core 176 197
10.9% 176 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
51.9% Above average
Memory 72.9
1-Core 46.9
2-Core 93.3
46% 71 Pts
4-Core 181
8-Core 181
24% 181 Pts
64-Core 180
11% 180 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
50.8% Above average
Memory 73.8
1-Core 45.9
2-Core 92.6
46% 70.8 Pts
4-Core 162
8-Core 171
22% 167 Pts
64-Core 169
10% 169 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
47.7% Average
Memory 71.8
1-Core 45.7
2-Core 73.7
43% 63.7 Pts
4-Core 133
8-Core 170
19% 152 Pts
64-Core 170
10% 170 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
46% Average
Memory 74.1
1-Core 45.2
2-Core 91.2
45% 70.2 Pts
4-Core 104
8-Core 121
15% 113 Pts
64-Core 108
7% 108 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
44% Average
Memory 64.1
1-Core 43.8
2-Core 84.6
41% 64.2 Pts
4-Core 140
8-Core 143
19% 141 Pts
64-Core 147
9% 147 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
43.8% Average
Memory 61
1-Core 49.9
2-Core 101
43% 70.6 Pts
4-Core 155
8-Core 161
21% 158 Pts
64-Core 165
10% 165 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
42.5% Average
Memory 60.4
1-Core 45.7
2-Core 90.4
41% 65.5 Pts
4-Core 145
8-Core 140
19% 142 Pts
64-Core 132
8% 132 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
40.9% Average
Memory 62.2
1-Core 44.8
2-Core 47.2
36% 51.4 Pts
4-Core 112
8-Core 128
16% 120 Pts
64-Core 153
10% 153 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
40.8% Average
Memory 50.1
1-Core 45.2
2-Core 92.3
37% 62.5 Pts
4-Core 182
8-Core 182
24% 182 Pts
64-Core 182
11% 182 Pts
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 47%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Asus M4N68T-M-V2

CPU
Phenom II X4 840AMD  $150Bench 47%, 5,147 samples1x
GPU
R7 240AMDBench 5%, 58,337 samples7x
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 5,527 samples7x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples6x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
SS D 128GBNetacBench 56%, 12 samples3x
SUV400S3712 120GBKingstonBench 34%, 503 samples3x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples50x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples12x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $178

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