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Athlon II X2 255

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 41.8% (1014th of 1442)

Based on 3,508 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F63, 178BFBFF00100F62 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 255 Processor
Poor: 30%Average: 41.8% Great: 49%
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 255 averaged 58.1% 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 70.2Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 42.3Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 255 is just 18.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X2 255 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 82.5Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 82.6Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,508 samples)
Rank 101441.8%
Min Avg Max
47.1 Memory 70.2 82.8
26.5 1-Core 42.3 47.2
47.1 2-Core 80 92.2
42% 64.1 Pts
Min Avg Max
54.4 4-Core 81.4 92.1
56.5 8-Core 82.6 92.2
10.9% 82 Pts
Min Avg Max
56.1 64-Core 82.5 92.5
5.1% 82.5 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
44.7% Average
Memory 79.3
1-Core 41.4
2-Core 58
42% 59.6 Pts
4-Core 62.8
8-Core 63.3
8% 63 Pts
64-Core 61.7
4% 61.7 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
42.2% Average
Memory 73.5
1-Core 43
2-Core 58.3
41% 58.3 Pts
4-Core 67.4
8-Core 65.9
9% 66.7 Pts
64-Core 65.4
4% 65.4 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
42% Average
Memory 78.2
1-Core 39.4
2-Core 37.3
39% 51.6 Pts
4-Core 38.7
8-Core 35.4
5% 37.1 Pts
64-Core 38.7
2% 38.7 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
41.9% Average
Memory 70.8
1-Core 42.8
2-Core 78.2
42% 63.9 Pts
4-Core 78.7
8-Core 79.4
11% 79.1 Pts
64-Core 79.2
5% 79.2 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
39.2% Below average
Memory 66.4
1-Core 24.7
2-Core 64
35% 51.7 Pts
4-Core 72.7
8-Core 72.7
10% 72.7 Pts
64-Core 73.8
5% 73.8 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
36.6% Below average
Memory 66.3
1-Core 18.2
2-Core 38.2
31% 40.9 Pts
4-Core 43.7
8-Core 45
6% 44.3 Pts
64-Core 31.9
2% 31.9 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
34.5% Below average
Memory 56.6
1-Core 35.1
2-Core 71.2
35% 54.3 Pts
4-Core 73.8
8-Core 75.2
10% 74.5 Pts
64-Core 74
5% 74 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
26.3% Poor
Memory 46.8
1-Core 28.6
2-Core 35.4
26% 36.9 Pts
4-Core 33.3
8-Core 51.7
5% 42.5 Pts
64-Core 46.3
3% 46.3 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 45%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Asus M4N68T-M-V2

CPU
Athlon II X2 255AMDBench 42%, 3,508 samples9x
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: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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