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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: 42% (483rd of 1206)

Based on 20,639 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]

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Poor: 29%Average: 42% Great: 49%
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 44%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X4 860K averaged 58.0% 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. Single Core Mixed Speed 67.2Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 128Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X4 860K is 20.3%. 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 Mixed Speed 230Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 230Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 20,639 samples)
Rank 48342%
Min Avg Max
49.7 1-Core 67.2 77.1
84.9 2-Core 128 151
46.2% 97.6 Pts
Min Avg Max
131 4-Core 225 277
150 8-Core 230 278
31% 228 Pts
Min Avg Max
136 64-Core 230 275
15.4% 230 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
46.8% Average
1-Core 71.8
2-Core 140
50% 106 Pts
4-Core 260
8-Core 259
36% 259 Pts
64-Core 254
17% 254 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
46.7% Average
1-Core 72.4
2-Core 140
50% 106 Pts
4-Core 258
8-Core 253
35% 255 Pts
64-Core 249
17% 249 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
40.5% Average
1-Core 67.3
2-Core 130
47% 98.6 Pts
4-Core 208
8-Core 220
29% 214 Pts
64-Core 206
14% 206 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
39.6% Below average
1-Core 68.3
2-Core 132
47% 100 Pts
4-Core 196
8-Core 188
26% 192 Pts
64-Core 203
14% 203 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 24,104,585 CPUs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $80 @ launch in Aug '14
AmazonUS $8515 months
OutletPCUS $9710 months
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Gaming 27%
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Desktop
Desktop 40%
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Workstation
Workstation 23%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2 - $64

CPU
Athlon II X4 860KAMD  $85Bench 42%, 20,639 samples779x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 32%, 493,701 samples410x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 13,193 samples390x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $110Bench 19%, 194,838 samples272x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 70,869 samples48x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 62%, 115,170 samples42x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $74Bench 54%, 226,067 samples40x
RAM
1x8GBAdataBench 39%, 11,767 samples192x
2x8GBAdataBench 73%, 7,336 samples170x
Team-Elite-16 1x8GBTeamBench 24%, 271 samples142x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 48% - Average Total price: $329

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 Comments

CPUPro
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Official site products.amd.com/...

AMD Athlon X4 Quad-Core Processor...

Added 4 years ago.
USA-User
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6,136

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

16 days ago.

FRA-User
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3,193

Excellent

17 months ago.

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

AUS-User
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2,584

Excellent

15 months ago.

OC this CPU and you got a contender for an entry level eSports gaming rig. If you want AMD, pick up either Ryzen or this CPU, whichever fits your budget (mine was really low, so this 860k did nicely) (I recommend OCing RAM too if your mobo and VRMs can take it) Also really good non-OCed, but some heavier situations in games like Overwatch can sometimes prove a challenge for stock clock speed. For reference, I have mine OCed to 4GHz, 1.4V. runs cool on a Hyper 103, with highest temp being 53C

AUT-User
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1,829

Poor

2 years ago.

its perfect for overclocking experiments and for on-budget builds

HRV-User
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1,678

Poor

10 months 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
Avatar level
1,580

Excellent

21 months 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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1,570

Poor

2 years ago.

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

CPUPro
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1,282

Poor

4 years ago.

GamingEliot
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494

Poor

2 years ago.

Was good, not so good now.

gvrax
Avatar level
372

Terrible

2 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

LuchoJ7ZT5
Avatar level
30

Good

2 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

2 years ago.

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

Wheejo2077
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8

Poor

21 months ago.

Luckily i didn't buy this crap.

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