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Phenom II X4 955

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4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.2GHz, K10.
Release date: Q1 2009.

Average Bench: 57.6% (554th of 1316)

Based on 35,355 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F43, 178BFBFF00100F42 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor

The AMD Phenom II X4 955 is a quad-core processor based on the K10 micro-architecture. When it launched in Q2 of 2009, it was AMD’s fastest CPU. Given its base clock of 3.2 GHz, with appropriate cooling, this unlocked Black Edition chip can be overclocked to speeds in excess of 4 GHz. The 955’s effective speed of 63 isn’t impressive by today’s standards, but when coupled with a decent graphics card, it won't cause major bottlenecks for most games. The 955 was pitched against the high-end of Intel’s Core 2 quads, and now costs a fraction of its original list price as one would expect, however there are better alternatives on the market now. [Dec '14 CPUPro]

Poor: 45%Average: 57.6% Great: 64%
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

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Average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 955 averaged 42.3% 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 78.1Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 57.6Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 955 is just 19.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X4 955 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 221Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 220Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 35,355 samples)
Rank 55457.6%
Min Avg Max
61.5 Memory 78.1 87.9
44.6 1-Core 57.6 67.8
86.1 2-Core 115 135
53.1% 83.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
120 4-Core 216 266
128 8-Core 220 267
29.8% 218 Pts
Min Avg Max
141 64-Core 221 270
14.9% 221 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
62% Good
Memory 84.5
1-Core 58.8
2-Core 118
56% 87.1 Pts
4-Core 230
8-Core 232
32% 231 Pts
64-Core 237
16% 237 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
59.4% Above average
Memory 78.1
1-Core 59.7
2-Core 119
54% 85.6 Pts
4-Core 238
8-Core 233
32% 235 Pts
64-Core 235
16% 235 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
50.1% Above average
Memory 82.9
1-Core 53.2
2-Core 88.5
50% 74.9 Pts
4-Core 101
8-Core 123
15% 112 Pts
64-Core 139
9% 139 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 46,609,430 CPUs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $130 @ launch in Mar '09
AmazonUS $833 years
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Gaming
Gaming 21%
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Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD  $83Bench 58%, 35,355 samples210x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 843,846 samples46x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 36,342 samples41x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 34%, 366,961 samples37x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 827,550 samples34x
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 67%, 337,354 samples29x
120GB SSD 120GBLexarBench 70%, 755 samples22x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 361,668 samples212x
4x2GBUnknownBench 24%, 166,611 samples147x
4x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 90,173 samples142x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $338

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,933

Official site www.amd.com/...

Unbeatable multi-core value with AMD Phenom™ II processors...

Added 6 years ago.
USA-User
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8,124

Poor (edit your comment) Add link

6 days ago.

it works for normal uses but isn't what I want

GBR-User
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4,950

Disliked

13 months ago.

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had it for nearly 6 years and still going strong—Feb '15

DEU-User
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4,931

Good

18 days ago.

Its 2019 and i play games like Starcraft 2 on High. Everything else still working. I hope every CPU will be like this in the Future 3

RUS-User
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4,272

Excellent

9 months ago.

cool pubg lite 60 fps very nice

FRA-User
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3,981

Excellent

6 months ago.

Bought it at a very low price to upgrade an old PC with an AM3 motherboard. It works very well for most tasks; i can't overclock it because of my MOBO but it works very well on stock clockspeed.

ARG-User
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2,860

Good

1 month ago.

I have one of this and its powerfull!

CZE-User
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2,840

Excellent

7 months ago.

Šlape lépe než i-5.. 3470..

SVK-User
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2,104

Excellent

2 months ago.

carried me well into 2020, playing everything like witcher 3 and monster hunter world without issues, but its time to move on old pal

ISR-User
Avatar level
1,992

Excellent

4 years ago.

9 Years after i bought it OC at 3.8 and still works great for my application

CPUPro
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1,933

Terrible

6 years ago.

gvrax
Avatar level
372

Terrible

4 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

MrManiac3
Avatar level
40

Good

23 months ago.

big brain time

fman1854
Avatar level
6

Excellent

2 years ago.

10 years old overclocked at 4.2ghz still runs most major tittles just fine with a 960gtx combo at 20$ used this card packs a knockoutpunch

zzzz
Avatar level
4

Excellent

2 years ago.

good cpu

FakeKGB
Avatar level
4

Good

6 months ago.

OC'd to 4.4 GHz with 2 cores disabled and runs my Minecraft Java server fine. Said server has 11GB of dedodated wam.

DishD
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2

Very good

5 years ago.

old school design, but can OC over 4Ghz (mine is sitting on 4.1Ghz and has been for near 3 years straight). outstanding bang for buck!

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