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AMD AD860KXBJASBX

Athlon II X4 860K

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4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.7GHz, Steamroller.
Release date: Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 45.4% (882nd of 1404)

Based on 29,887 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00630F01 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 860K Quad Core Processor

The AMD Athlon X4 860K is a quad core budget processor. Released in mid 2014, the 860K is based on the steamroller architecture which also powers some of AMD's more recent APUs including the A10-7850K. In addition to a 3.7 GHz steamroller chip, the A10-7850K also includes integrated R7 graphics. Comparing the CPU performance of the A10-7850K and 860K shows that the two processors perform almost identically. A key comparable for the 860K is Intel's G3258 which is an unlocked dual core Pentium. Comparing the G3258 and X4 860K shows that the G3258 leads by as much as 70% for dual and single core workloads but the 860K outperforms the G3258 by around 20% on multi-core workloads. The G3258 wins hands down for Desktop computing which is heavily single and dual core dominated but for some (relatively rare) gaming workloads the X4 860K will outperform the G3258. [Mar '15 CPUPro]

Poor: 34%Average: 45.4% Great: 54%
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X4 860K averaged 54.5% 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 61.7Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 62.3Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X4 860K is just 20%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X4 860K performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 175Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 174Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 29,887 samples)
Rank 88245.4%
Min Avg Max
46.2 Memory 61.7 76.1
43.4 1-Core 62.3 70.1
76.3 2-Core 112 131
47.4% 78.8 Pts
Min Avg Max
104 4-Core 170 205
120 8-Core 174 204
22.9% 172 Pts
Min Avg Max
114 64-Core 175 204
10.8% 175 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
50.8% Above average
Memory 70.1
1-Core 71.4
2-Core 133
55% 91.5 Pts
4-Core 183
8-Core 189
25% 186 Pts
64-Core 194
12% 194 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
45.5% Average
Memory 58.9
1-Core 70.9
2-Core 130
50% 86.6 Pts
4-Core 186
8-Core 192
25% 189 Pts
64-Core 195
12% 195 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
41.5% Average
Memory 54
1-Core 64.3
2-Core 119
46% 79.1 Pts
4-Core 170
8-Core 164
22% 167 Pts
64-Core 176
11% 176 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
34.2% Below average
Memory 46
1-Core 64.8
2-Core 104
42% 71.6 Pts
4-Core 131
8-Core 126
17% 129 Pts
64-Core 166
10% 166 Pts
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 48%
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Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)

CPU
Athlon II X4 860KAMD  $80Bench 45%, 29,887 samples1x
GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples117x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples83x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples47x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples48x
A400 120GBKingston  $15Bench 61%, 166,392 samples35x
Fury 120GBHyperX  $160Bench 64%, 10,123 samples17x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples25x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples24x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $131

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 Comments

CPUPro
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2,053

Official site products.amd.com/...

AMD Athlon X4 Quad-Core Processor...

Added 8 years ago.
USA-User
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9,312

Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

3 months ago.

FRA-User
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4,357

Excellent

9 months ago.

Is a very good CPU is better a i3 and some i5

PHL-User
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3,124

Good

29 days ago.

Much cheaper even have not integrated graphics, it is also good for gaming with graphics card

AUT-User
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2,575

Terrible

2 years ago.

its perfect for overclocking experiments and for on-budget builds

HRV-User
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2,182

Poor

4 years ago.

Amazing CPU,with extra strong cores and overclock potential. Overclock go up to 6.3ghz without any problem. exelent for gaming,powerfull than many i5 Intel CPUs

ISR-User
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2,178

Excellent

4 years ago.

very cheap quad core that will not bottleneck your gpu as long as your into 1080p gaming. keep in mind that the g3258 is stronger, but new games need more then dual cores so check what your game need and make the choise for your self.

LTU-User
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2,140

Poor

5 years ago.

it runs new games on low presets at 30fps, sometimes visible bottleneck.

CPUPro
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2,053

Poor

8 years ago.

LuchoJ7ZT5
Avatar level
30

Good

5 years ago.

buen procesador por un precio bajo siempre tengas ya una mother de el socket fm2 vale la pena comprarlo si no tienes dinero

No1Spank
Avatar level
16

Good

5 years ago.

Good basic quad core for office or light gaming and entertainment build. Overshadowed now by the hyperthreaded Intel G4560 dual core.

winterchillz
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12

Poor

3 years ago.

Meh...

Wheejo2077
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8

Poor

4 years ago.

Luckily i didn't buy this crap.

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