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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: 38.5% (553rd of 1206)

Based on 30,840 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]

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Poor: 28%Average: 38.5% Great: 47%
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

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Poor average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 955 averaged 61.5% 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. Single Core Mixed Speed 57.7Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 115Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 955 is just 19.3%. 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 223Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 221Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 30,840 samples)
Rank 55338.5%
Min Avg Max
44.4 1-Core 57.7 68.3
87.1 2-Core 115 136
40.7% 86.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
137 4-Core 217 271
145 8-Core 221 270
29.8% 219 Pts
Min Avg Max
148 64-Core 223 270
14.9% 223 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
48.4% Average
1-Core 73.3
2-Core 147
52% 110 Pts
4-Core 269
8-Core 287
38% 278 Pts
64-Core 283
19% 283 Pts
AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
43.8% Average
1-Core 64.1
2-Core 128
45% 96.2 Pts
4-Core 252
8-Core 256
35% 254 Pts
64-Core 259
17% 259 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
38.6% Below average
1-Core 57.2
2-Core 115
40% 85.9 Pts
4-Core 220
8-Core 221
30% 221 Pts
64-Core 221
15% 221 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
36% Below average
1-Core 56.7
2-Core 114
40% 85.3 Pts
4-Core 192
8-Core 224
28% 208 Pts
64-Core 188
13% 188 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
10.7% Very poor
1-Core 15.4
2-Core 30.1
11% 22.8 Pts
4-Core 62.6
8-Core 60.7
8% 61.7 Pts
64-Core 65.7
4% 65.7 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 22,610,001 CPUs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $130 @ launch in Mar '09
AmazonUS $8322 months
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Gaming
Gaming 27%
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Desktop
Desktop 41%
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Workstation
Workstation 24%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD  $83Bench 38%, 30,840 samples389x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 463,263 samples108x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 246,595 samples96x
HD 6850AMDBench 10%, 18,891 samples91x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples83x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $70Bench 55%, 209,618 samples65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 112%, 375,272 samples42x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 250,685 samples490x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 119,808 samples369x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 259,818 samples253x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 45% - Average Total price: $293

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,282

Official site www.amd.com/...

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

Added 5 years ago.
USA-User
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5,988

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 days ago.

Used for gaming until 2019, new games at 30fps, (Rise of the Tomb Raider), high to ultra settings. Will not play a handful of games due to no support for Phenom series. Beyond Two Souls, Assassins Creed Origins, Far Cry 5, Little Nightmares would not play on Phenom chipset. Upgraded for now to an i7 2000k setup. Now running 60fps on ROTTR and those games work.

GBR-User
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3,792

Liked

18 days ago.

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

DEU-User
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3,783

Good

1 month 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

TUR-User
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3,560

Excellent

6 hrs ago.

Eski işlemci olmasına rağmen hala iş görüyor.

RUS-User
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3,546

Excellent

17 days ago.

cool pubg lite 60 fps very nice

ARG-User
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2,208

Excellent

1 month ago.

I have one of this and its powerfull!

ISR-User
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1,552

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

CPUPro
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1,282

Terrible

5 years ago.

gvrax
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372

Terrible

2 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

Sergije3
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46

Very good

2 years ago.

Very good for it's age. And even if it's a 3.2 GHz CPU, it's easily overclockable to 3.7 GHz without changing the voltage. (Still there are lots of better choices today, so don't buy it. Go for the fx line if you want more power for less price in the AM3 socket erea. But if you are open then go for Ryzen or the 5-7 gen intel CPU-s.)

MrManiac3
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12

Good

1 month ago.

big brain time

fman1854
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6

Excellent

3 months 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
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4

Excellent

7 months ago.

good cpu

DishD
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2

Very good

3 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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