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Phenom II X4 965

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

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Average Bench: 36.4% (433rd of 1182)

Based on 29,473 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: 23%Average: 36.4% Great: 43%
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

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Poor average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 965 averaged 63.6% 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 60.8Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 121Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 965 is just 19.3%. 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 231Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 29,473 samples)
Rank 43336.4%
Min Avg Max
46.6 1-Core 60.8 69.8
90.8 2-Core 121 140
42.8% 90.8 Pts
Min Avg Max
134 4-Core 226 270
145 8-Core 231 272
31.2% 229 Pts
Min Avg Max
144 64-Core 233 271
15.7% 233 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
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)
39.3% Below average
1-Core 62.6
2-Core 124
44% 93.5 Pts
4-Core 248
8-Core 246
34% 247 Pts
64-Core 248
17% 248 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
35.7% Below average
1-Core 60.5
2-Core 122
43% 91.4 Pts
4-Core 211
8-Core 252
31% 232 Pts
64-Core 253
17% 253 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
32.5% Below average
1-Core 61.6
2-Core 124
44% 92.6 Pts
4-Core 189
8-Core 226
28% 208 Pts
64-Core 232
16% 232 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
31.9% Below average
1-Core 60.5
2-Core 121
43% 90.8 Pts
4-Core 190
8-Core 212
27% 201 Pts
64-Core 228
15% 228 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 37%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M4A79XTD EVO

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 36%, 29,473 samples340x
GPU
HD 5770AMDBench 12%, 23,351 samples76x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 38%, 400,154 samples42x
HD 6850AMDBench 14%, 19,381 samples41x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $50Bench 54%, 193,177 samples47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $86Bench 107%, 469,025 samples43x
HyperX 3K 120GBKingston  $120Bench 72%, 26,088 samples29x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 234,356 samples266x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 100,860 samples204x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 248,234 samples152x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 34% - Below average Total price: $194

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 Comments

CPUPro
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Passmark CPU benchmark: 4,201...

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USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

1 hr ago.

It was my first "powerful" CPU. It ran like a champ, and did everything that it needed to.

Comment 

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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2,124

Terrible

16 months 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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2,092

Excellent

6 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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1,776

Good

15 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!!

EGY-User
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1,528

Liked

1 month 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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1,257

Terrible

7 years ago.

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TUN-User
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692

Excellent

4 years ago.

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

gvrax
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360

Terrible

23 months ago.

low perfomance for that price

yaabalfazl
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92

Terrible

2 years ago.

old and weak

Kacper18
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4

Excellent

14 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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