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Phenom II X4 955

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4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.2GHz, K10.
Release date: Q1 2009.

Average Bench: 51.5% (752nd of 1442)

Based on 41,403 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F43, 178BFBFF00100F42 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor

The AMD Phenom II X4 955 is a quad-core processor based on the K10 micro-architecture. When it launched in Q2 of 2009, it was AMD’s fastest CPU. Given its base clock of 3.2 GHz, with appropriate cooling, this unlocked Black Edition chip can be overclocked to speeds in excess of 4 GHz. The 955’s effective speed of 63 isn’t impressive by today’s standards, but when coupled with a decent graphics card, it won't cause major bottlenecks for most games. The 955 was pitched against the high-end of Intel’s Core 2 quads, and now costs a fraction of its original list price as one would expect, however there are better alternatives on the market now. [Dec '14 CPUPro]

Poor: 38%Average: 51.5% Great: 60%
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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Average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 955 averaged 48.5% 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 76Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 45.5Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 955 is 22.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X4 955 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 165Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 163Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 41,403 samples)
Rank 75251.5%
Min Avg Max
55.4 Memory 76 87.8
24.3 1-Core 45.5 54.3
50.9 2-Core 90.1 108
45.9% 70.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
84.8 4-Core 158 205
97.4 8-Core 163 207
21.3% 160 Pts
Min Avg Max
96.5 64-Core 165 207
10.2% 165 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
58.5% Above average
Memory 86.4
1-Core 46.2
2-Core 92.8
50% 75.1 Pts
4-Core 180
8-Core 181
24% 181 Pts
64-Core 178
11% 178 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
57.5% Above average
Memory 85.1
1-Core 49.2
2-Core 97.8
51% 77.4 Pts
4-Core 176
8-Core 179
24% 177 Pts
64-Core 176
11% 176 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
53.5% Above average
Memory 77.1
1-Core 47.1
2-Core 95.2
47% 73.1 Pts
4-Core 175
8-Core 179
24% 177 Pts
64-Core 182
11% 182 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
52.7% Above average
Memory 74.8
1-Core 43.3
2-Core 93.6
45% 70.6 Pts
4-Core 179
8-Core 181
24% 180 Pts
64-Core 175
11% 175 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
50.7% Above average
Memory 77.3
1-Core 48.9
2-Core 58.9
44% 61.7 Pts
4-Core 138
8-Core 169
20% 153 Pts
64-Core 163
10% 163 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
50.1% Above average
Memory 79.7
1-Core 35.4
2-Core 64
42% 59.7 Pts
4-Core 119
8-Core 142
17% 131 Pts
64-Core 99.1
6% 99.1 Pts
Socket AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
48.9% Average
Memory 72.4
1-Core 46.4
2-Core 92.9
45% 70.6 Pts
4-Core 148
8-Core 162
20% 155 Pts
64-Core 175
11% 175 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
47% Average
Memory 69.9
1-Core 46.5
2-Core 91.3
44% 69.2 Pts
4-Core 139
8-Core 156
19% 148 Pts
64-Core 180
11% 180 Pts
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MSRP ≈ $130 @ launch in Mar '09
AmazonUS $836 years
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Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 14%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD  $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples42x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples13x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples12x
GTX 660Nvidia  $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples9x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples7x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples5x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples5x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples43x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples41x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples23x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $222

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 Comments

CPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

Unbeatable multi-core value with AMD Phenom™ II processors...

Added 9 years ago.
USA-User
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9,838

Good (edit your comment) Add link

2 months ago.

userbenchmark are great - they cut clean through marketing BS

GBR-User
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Disliked

3 years ago.

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had it for nearly 6 years and still going strong—Feb '15

DEU-User
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5,743

Good

2 years ago.

Its 2019 and i play games like Starcraft 2 on High. Everything else still working. I hope every CPU will be like this in the Future 3

RUS-User
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4,780

Poor

23 months ago.

cool pubg lite 60 fps very nice

FRA-User
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4,573

Good

2 years ago.

Bought it at a very low price to upgrade an old PC with an AM3 motherboard. It works very well for most tasks; i can't overclock it because of my MOBO but it works very well on stock clockspeed.

CZE-User
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3,344

Excellent

17 months ago.

Šlape lépe než i-5.. 3470..

PAK-User
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3,302

Excellent

12 months ago.

v v mnnnnnm nb

ARG-User
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3,224

Good

7 months ago.

I have one of this and its powerfull!

SVK-User
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2,452

Excellent

2 years ago.

carried me well into 2020, playing everything like witcher 3 and monster hunter world without issues, but its time to move on old pal

ISR-User
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2,338

Excellent

6 years ago.

9 Years after i bought it OC at 3.8 and still works great for my application

CPUPro
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2,072

Terrible

9 years ago.

MrManiac3
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40

Good

4 years ago.

big brain time

zzzz
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6

Excellent

5 years ago.

good cpu

fman1854
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6

Excellent

4 years ago.

10 years old overclocked at 4.2ghz still runs most major tittles just fine with a 960gtx combo at 20$ used this card packs a knockoutpunch

FakeKGB
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4

Good

3 years ago.

OC'd to 4.4 GHz with 2 cores disabled and runs my Minecraft Java server fine. Said server has 11GB of dedodated wam.

DishD
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2

Very good

7 years ago.

old school design, but can OC over 4Ghz (mine is sitting on 4.1Ghz and has been for near 3 years straight). outstanding bang for buck!

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