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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: 59% (566th of 1358)

Based on 51,252 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]

Poor: 46%Average: 59% Great: 66%
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat

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Average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 965 averaged 40.9% 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 78.4Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 61.6Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 965 is just 19.9%. 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 235Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 234Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 51,252 samples)
Rank 56659%
Min Avg Max
62.4 Memory 78.4 89.1
42.8 1-Core 61.6 70.4
84.7 2-Core 123 142
55% 87.6 Pts
Min Avg Max
123 4-Core 231 275
139 8-Core 234 275
31.8% 232 Pts
Min Avg Max
146 64-Core 235 277
15.7% 235 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
64.8% Good
Memory 81.9
1-Core 67.6
2-Core 137
59% 95.4 Pts
4-Core 279
8-Core 275
38% 277 Pts
64-Core 278
19% 278 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
63.7% Good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 64
2-Core 117
57% 88.6 Pts
4-Core 248
8-Core 251
34% 250 Pts
64-Core 251
17% 251 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
60.1% Good
Memory 77.4
1-Core 64.6
2-Core 128
56% 90.1 Pts
4-Core 250
8-Core 249
34% 249 Pts
64-Core 251
17% 251 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
59.9% Above average
Memory 75.9
1-Core 63.4
2-Core 128
55% 89 Pts
4-Core 256
8-Core 253
35% 254 Pts
64-Core 251
17% 251 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 53%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Asus M4A89GTD-PRO/USB3

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 59%, 51,252 samples257x
GPU
Radeon HD 4290ATIBench 1%, 1,046 samples113x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 994,730 samples63x
HD 5770AMDBench 11%, 36,331 samples52x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 68%, 443,928 samples62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 104%, 900,642 samples44x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 751,699 samples30x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 68,887 samples30x
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,815 samples21x
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 11,364 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $166

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 Comments

CPUPro
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USA-User
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8,832

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

28 days ago.

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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

DEU-User
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5,223

Disliked

5 months ago.

Comment 

Habe die CPU nun schon seit über 10 Jahren und lief immer super. Selbst bei Hitman2, Starcraft2 oder dergleichen keine Probleme :)—Dec '20

FRA-User
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4,191

Poor

6 months ago.

I built my desktop in 2009 with this CPU, it still works well

NLD-User
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3,162

Excellent

7 months ago.

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

HUN-User
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3,085

Good

1 month ago.

A decade old robust, super tuneable CPU which still have the performance to enter an arena with it.

ARG-User
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2,998

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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2,608

Excellent

5 months 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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2,508

Excellent

2 years 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.

SWE-User
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2,490

Good

2 months ago.

If you play games like GTA or CS, it's a great processor, it holds up well. 55 - 70 fps on GTA on High. lakk på gud

EGY-User
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2,478

Excellent

2 years ago.

Comment 

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

CPUPro
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1,992

Terrible

10 years ago.

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TUN-User
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1,148

Excellent

7 years ago.

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

SYR-User
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776

Excellent

14 months ago.

I love this proces gave me it free

gvrax
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372

Terrible

4 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

yaabalfazl
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92

Terrible

4 years ago.

old and weak

Kacper18
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4

Excellent

4 years 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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