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Phenom II X2 545

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 45.1% (929th of 1442)

Based on 1,088 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F42, 178BFBFF00100F43 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 545 Processor
Poor: 34%Average: 45.1% Great: 51%
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X2 545 averaged 54.9% 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 77.1Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 41.1Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X2 545 is just 16.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X2 545 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 80Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 80.4Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,088 samples)
Rank 92945.1%
Min Avg Max
56.8 Memory 77.1 87.1
26.2 1-Core 41.1 44.9
41.5 2-Core 77.7 89.2
43.8% 65.3 Pts
Min Avg Max
48.8 4-Core 79.3 89.3
53.8 8-Core 80.4 89.2
10.6% 79.9 Pts
Min Avg Max
49.5 64-Core 80 89.3
4.9% 80 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
45.3% Average
Memory 77
1-Core 43.5
2-Core 82.9
45% 67.8 Pts
4-Core 82.3
8-Core 84.7
11% 83.5 Pts
64-Core 81.8
5% 81.8 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
45.1% Average
Memory 81.3
1-Core 43
2-Core 57.9
43% 60.7 Pts
4-Core 55.4
8-Core 57.4
7% 56.4 Pts
64-Core 60.5
4% 60.5 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
44.4% Average
Memory 80.2
1-Core 36.3
2-Core 53.9
41% 56.8 Pts
4-Core 54.3
8-Core 55.8
7% 55 Pts
64-Core 57
4% 57 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
40.8% Average
Memory 74.6
1-Core 38.9
2-Core 54.1
40% 55.9 Pts
4-Core 41.9
8-Core 55.7
6% 48.8 Pts
64-Core 55.1
3% 55.1 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
40.4% Average
Memory 71.2
1-Core 40.6
2-Core 53.4
39% 55.1 Pts
4-Core 58.3
8-Core 60.3
8% 59.3 Pts
64-Core 57.9
4% 57.9 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
40.2% Average
Memory 69.8
1-Core 45.8
2-Core 59.9
40% 58.5 Pts
4-Core 65.3
8-Core 63.6
9% 64.4 Pts
64-Core 62.9
4% 62.9 Pts
Socket 940, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
37% Below average
Memory 64.2
1-Core 36.3
2-Core 68.7
37% 56.4 Pts
4-Core 59
8-Core 63.8
8% 61.4 Pts
64-Core 64.7
4% 64.7 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
32.9% Below average
Memory 56.4
1-Core 25.4
2-Core 47.3
30% 43 Pts
4-Core 56.2
8-Core 60.3
8% 58.2 Pts
64-Core 56.3
4% 56.3 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 14%
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Motherboard: MSI 770-C45 (MS-7599)

CPU
Phenom II X2 545AMDBench 45%, 1,088 samples1x
GPU
R9 280XAMD  $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples4x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples4x
HD 7850AMD  $174Bench 19%, 49,592 samples4x
SSD
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples5x
AS350 256GBApacerBench 70%, 5,875 samples3x
Fury 240GBHyperX  $193Bench 71%, 27,826 samples2x
RAM
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples12x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples5x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 18% - Very poor Total price: $538

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