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Phenom II X4 B40

Phenom II X4 B40
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Effective Speed -109%Effective Speed -109%Average Score -317%Memory -12%, 1-Core -326%, 2-Core -315%, 4-Core -323%, 8-Core -610%Overclocked Score -282%1-Core -288%, 2-Core -282%, 4-Core -281%, 8-Core -553%, Memory -7%Value & Sentiment User Rating -93%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -751%64-Core -914%, 64-Core -1,025%, Age -315%

Average Bench: 50.9% (769^th of 1442)

Based on 465 user benchmarks. Devices: 178BFBFF00100F52, 178BFBFF00100F53 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 B40 Processor

Poor: 41%Average: 50.9% Great: 58%

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 36%

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Average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 B40 averaged 49.0% 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 73.9Pts

Avg. Quad Core Speed 164Pts

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 B40 is just 17%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X4 B40 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 168Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 166Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 465 samples)

Rank 76950.9%

Min	Avg	Max
56.9	Memory 73.9	86.4
33.5	1-Core 43.4	50.3
67.6	2-Core 87.3	101
44.4% 68.2 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
113	4-Core 164	198
122	8-Core 166	196
22% 165 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
122	64-Core 168	199
10.4% 168 Pts

User Benchmarks

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

POL-User, 6 months ago.Phenom II X4 B40,

Socket AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3 GHz

47.7% Average

Memory 70.6

1-Core 42.9

2-Core 86

43% 66.5 Pts

4-Core 146

8-Core 149

20% 148 Pts

64-Core 147

9% 147 Pts

SVK-User, 3 months ago.Phenom II X4 B40,

CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)

45.9% Average

Memory 70.2

1-Core 43.7

2-Core 89.1

43% 67.7 Pts

4-Core 124

8-Core 145

18% 135 Pts

64-Core 147

9% 147 Pts

MDA-User, 2 months ago.Phenom II X4 B40,

CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)

45% Average

Memory 67.8

1-Core 42.7

2-Core 78.4

41% 63 Pts

4-Core 128

8-Core 147

18% 137 Pts

64-Core 142

9% 142 Pts

HUN-User, 3 months ago.Phenom II X4 B40,

Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)

42.1% Average

Memory 63.3

1-Core 37.2

2-Core 76.5

38% 59 Pts

4-Core 121

8-Core 138

17% 130 Pts

64-Core 150

9% 150 Pts

HUN-User, 3 months ago.Phenom II X4 B40,

Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)

41.7% Average

Memory 56.3

1-Core 44.7

2-Core 89.1

39% 63.4 Pts

4-Core 157

8-Core 163

21% 160 Pts

64-Core 161

10% 161 Pts

RUS-User, 6 months ago.Phenom II X4 B40,

CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)

39.6% Below average

Memory 55.8

1-Core 43.6

2-Core 87.7

38% 62.4 Pts

4-Core 135

8-Core 145

18% 140 Pts

64-Core 144

9% 144 Pts

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,713,539 CPUs tested

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 45%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Asus M4A88T-M - $260

CPU
Phenom II X4 B40AMDBench 51%, 465 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 5,806 samples	11x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	8x
GTX 950Nvidia $100Bench 26%, 111,509 samples	6x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	19x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	17x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	9x

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Value: 11% - Very poor

Total price: $302

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