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Phenom II X4 955

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

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Average Bench: 42.7% (451st of 1146)

Based on 24,273 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: 31%Average: 42.7% Great: 51%
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 955 averaged 57.3% 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

Quad Core Integer Speed 294Pts
Single Core Integer Speed 77.7Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 955 is 20.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X4 955 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Multi Core Floating Point Speed 182Pts
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 227Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 24,273 samples)
Rank 45142.7%
Min Avg Max
62.8 SC Int 77.7 91.5
35.7 SC Float 46.7 55.2
44.9 SC Mixed 58.1 68.7
48.8% 60.9 Pts
Min Avg Max
185 QC Int 294 360
112 QC Float 178 215
148 QC Mixed 222 270
52.7% 231 Pts
Min Avg Max
224 MC Int 302 361
137 MC Float 182 218
170 MC Mixed 227 271
36% 237 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Single core Quad core Multi core
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
59.8% Above average
SC Int 105
SC Float 63.6
SC Mixed 79.5
66% 82.8 Pts
QC Int 425
QC Float 258
QC Mixed 315
76% 333 Pts
MC Int 414
MC Float 256
MC Mixed 316
50% 329 Pts
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
55.1% Above average
SC Int 97.6
SC Float 58.2
SC Mixed 73.3
61% 76.4 Pts
QC Int 388
QC Float 238
QC Mixed 291
70% 306 Pts
MC Int 387
MC Float 237
MC Mixed 290
46% 304 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
49.3% Average
SC Int 86.6
SC Float 52
SC Mixed 65.1
54% 67.9 Pts
QC Int 354
QC Float 208
QC Mixed 260
62% 274 Pts
MC Int 349
MC Float 206
MC Mixed 264
42% 273 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
42.9% Average
SC Int 78.5
SC Float 46.6
SC Mixed 58
49% 61 Pts
QC Int 302
QC Float 182
QC Mixed 224
54% 236 Pts
MC Int 302
MC Float 181
MC Mixed 233
36% 239 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,741,523 CPUs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $130 @ launch in Mar '09
AmazonUS $8313 months
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Gaming
Gaming 11%
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Desktop
Desktop 42%
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Workstation
Workstation 25%
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Motherboard: Asus M4A785TD-V EVO

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD  $83Bench 43%, 24,273 samples311x
GPU
Radeon HD 4200ATIBench 1%, 7,064 samples147x
HD 5770AMDBench 12%, 22,078 samples83x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 38%, 353,243 samples59x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 425,292 samples59x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $60Bench 54%, 144,913 samples36x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 113%, 306,583 samples27x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 91,168 samples288x
2x2GBUnknownBench 21%, 213,092 samples259x
2x4GBUnknownBench 40%, 187,340 samples195x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $158

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 Comments

CPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

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

Added 4 years ago.
USA-User
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5,002

Liked (edit your comment) Add link

25 days ago.

GBR-User
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3,208

Excellent

1 month ago.

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

RUS-User
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3,172

Poor

28 days ago.

much cheaper but same resault in many games

ROU-User
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2,351

Good

8 months ago.

i use it even now(in the end of 2017) and still work verry good, but because is age(9 years) latest games only work on minimum(at least they WORK)

ARG-User
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1,862

Excellent

1 month ago.

I have one of this and its powerfull!

ISR-User
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1,386

Excellent

20 months ago.

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

CPUPro
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1,227

Terrible

4 years ago.

gvrax
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360

Terrible

18 months ago.

low perfomance for that price

Sergije3
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46

Very good

24 months 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.)

DishD
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2

Very good

2 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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