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Phenom II X4 965

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4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.4GHz, K10.
Release date: Q1 2009.

Average Bench: 60.9% (441st of 1239)

Based on 34,036 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F43, , 178BFBFF00100F42 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor

At nearly five years of age the AMD Phenom II X4 965 has been included in the CPU group test primarily as a reference. This hugely successful CPU from AMD has been one of the most popular gaming PC's of all time. With superb Single threaded, and therefore real-world performance, the X4 was able to compete with Intel's first generation of Core chips in terms of raw processing power and it did so at a lower price point. Today of course the X4 processor has been far surpassed by Intel's third and fourth generation Core processors. [Feb '12 CPUPro]

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Poor: 50%Average: 60.9% Great: 68%
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

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Above average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 965 averaged 39.1% 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 82.5Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 60.6Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 965 is just 17.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X4 965 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 233Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 232Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 34,036 samples)
Rank 44160.9%
Min Avg Max
67.1 Memory 82.5 91
45.4 1-Core 60.6 70.4
87.9 2-Core 121 141
56% 88.1 Pts
Min Avg Max
134 4-Core 229 275
149 8-Core 232 276
31.5% 230 Pts
Min Avg Max
147 64-Core 233 277
15.6% 233 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
65.3% Good
Memory 88.2
1-Core 62.3
2-Core 126
59% 92.2 Pts
4-Core 247
8-Core 248
34% 248 Pts
64-Core 249
17% 249 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
64.1% Good
Memory 87.2
1-Core 62.7
2-Core 124
58% 91.4 Pts
4-Core 239
8-Core 248
33% 244 Pts
64-Core 248
17% 248 Pts
AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
64% Good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 62
2-Core 125
58% 90.5 Pts
4-Core 252
8-Core 252
34% 252 Pts
64-Core 249
17% 249 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
63.9% Good
Memory 90.4
1-Core 60.9
2-Core 123
59% 91.4 Pts
4-Core 219
8-Core 223
30% 221 Pts
64-Core 219
15% 219 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
63.5% Good
Memory 88.9
1-Core 51.9
2-Core 89.1
52% 76.6 Pts
4-Core 225
8-Core 214
30% 220 Pts
64-Core 157
11% 157 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 33%
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Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 34%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 61%, 34,036 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 32%, 587,316 samples1,607x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 0%, 14,521 samples1,411x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $110Bench 19%, 213,842 samples1,318x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $60Bench 53%, 231,087 samples729x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 103%, 583,942 samples648x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 61%, 154,098 samples396x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 288,304 samples6,674x
2x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 128,834 samples3,292x
1x8GBUnknownBench 31%, 104,230 samples2,741x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 52% - Above average Total price: $407

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,855

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USA-User
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6,504

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 months ago.

It works very well for a very low-end budget pc

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I have a 965 pII & R9 270 & 8 gigs of ram and all game on highest settings are 80-110 fps. It does get hot but untill it dies I am happy.—Oct '14

Comment 

I bump it up to 4.1mhz from fall to spring. It goes back to 3.4 during summer. I like to keep it below 50deg C. I use a CM 212 heat sink. I do maintain a cool summer night profile in bios. The closest Intel CPU costs $100 more at Newegg. And the supporting motherboard is $50 higher. The Asus Asus M5A88-V Evo MB I use harnesses this bad boy and is still modern. Three years in and I am only looking at a larger faster SSD drive. Mechanical Harddrives suck!—Jan '15

NLD-User
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2,430

Terrible

2 years ago.

been a very faithfull CPU for a long time, still able to play most games, exeptt for the latest high end games

ARG-User
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2,398

Excellent

15 months ago.

Been using this CPU since 2011 and its 2017 and I'm still playing GTA V, AC Syndicate, Witcher 3 and many other last (ish) gen games at high quality settings with a R9 280 GPU (3Gb vram, 384 bit bus bandwidth).

BGR-User
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2,048

Good

2 years ago.

It is a very good processor and I am running it since it has been released. Games ? No problem at all , just name it.. OC? No problem. Old GPU's? No problem , the newest GPU's no problem.. The processor is just fine. Quite too old though.. and does not support very high RAM frequency .. but still ok after so many years of good use!!

ZAF-User
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1,910

Excellent

8 months ago.

I have had the 965 since it's release in South Africa back in 2009 and I have it paired with 8GB of RAM and a Radeon R9 290X and I am running all the modern games at High/Ultra settings without any bottle necking on standard clocks on both CPU and GPU.

CPUPro
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1,855

Terrible

8 years ago.

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EGY-User
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1,810

Excellent

3 months ago.

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Have it since 4 years and still capable of running all new games , but real withdraw is huge power consumption—Oct '14

TUN-User
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810

Excellent

5 years ago.

it's a very powerful cpu it can handle the last game as well

gvrax
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372

Terrible

2 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

yaabalfazl
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92

Terrible

2 years ago.

old and weak

Federico
Avatar level
40

Excellent

8 months ago.

A processor certainly dated but that still manages to give some small satisfaction and it is really easy and fun to overclock. Starting from a frequency of 3.4Ghz , with a decent motherboard with a well-dissipated VRM and a good power supply, it is possible to break the 4.0Ghz wall by increasing only the multiplier and searching for the most suitable voltage for the selected frequency. The 4.0Ghz limit is dictated by the TDP and the low resistance of this chip at temperatures above 60 degrees celsuis , in fact a stable oc is reached between 3.8ghz and 4.1Ghz with an air cooler trying to keep the chip under the 60 degrees at maximum load. It would be interesting to understand what the real limit is with a liquid dissipation to try to push the frequency close to 5.0Ghz keeping the temperatures within 60 degrees to avoid crashes and system instability. This Phenom II processor in particular, as well as those of its generation , is very much influenced by the speed of the RAM and the frequency of the North Bridge of the motherboard. More frequency you can have both on the RAM and on the NB of your motherboard will positively influence the response times of the processor and thus also those of your system. Even today it manages to be an excellent processor for desktop use, multimedia reproduction up to 1440p and despite its age it manages to behave quite well on the most modern games , obviously an obsolete architecture and the fact of having only 4 cores / 4 threads does not benefit his work in this area, however, may be slightly alleviated by a good level of oc , managing to guarantee performance similar to the Intel I7 chips of the third generation.

Kacper18
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4

Excellent

23 months ago.

this processor is ideal for GTA V just is the ideal processor in GTA V I have 60 fps I recommend this processor

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