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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% (524th of 1316)

Based on 47,924 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: 47%Average: 59% Great: 66%
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat

Popular builds with this CPU

Average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 965 averaged 41.0% 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 78.7Pts
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 19.2%. 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 232Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 231Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 47,924 samples)
Rank 52459%
Min Avg Max
63.3 Memory 78.7 88.9
46.7 1-Core 60.6 70.2
82.6 2-Core 121 140
54.6% 86.7 Pts
Min Avg Max
137 4-Core 228 276
150 8-Core 231 278
31.3% 230 Pts
Min Avg Max
154 64-Core 232 275
15.6% 232 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
64.9% Good
Memory 88.2
1-Core 62.7
2-Core 125
59% 92 Pts
4-Core 242
8-Core 243
33% 243 Pts
64-Core 244
16% 244 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
63.9% Good
Memory 84.4
1-Core 61.4
2-Core 124
57% 90.1 Pts
4-Core 255
8-Core 243
34% 249 Pts
64-Core 235
16% 235 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
59.6% Above average
Memory 77
1-Core 63.2
2-Core 125
55% 88.3 Pts
4-Core 244
8-Core 254
34% 249 Pts
64-Core 254
17% 254 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
55.7% Above average
Memory 78.4
1-Core 63
2-Core 126
56% 89 Pts
4-Core 188
8-Core 220
27% 204 Pts
64-Core 226
15% 226 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
40.2% Average
Memory 60.8
1-Core 28.7
2-Core 64.8
35% 51.4 Pts
4-Core 117
8-Core 115
16% 116 Pts
64-Core 110
7% 110 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 46,609,831 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A89GTD-PRO/USB3

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 59%, 47,924 samples213x
GPU
Radeon HD 4290ATIBench 1%, 1,003 samples88x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 36,342 samples44x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 34%, 366,961 samples44x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 67%, 337,354 samples43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 827,550 samples34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 684,523 samples30x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 64,987 samples27x
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 8,419 samples18x
16GBUnknownBench 40%, 67,444 samples16x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $173

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CPUPro
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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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Disliked

3 months ago.

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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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3,981

Excellent

3 months ago.

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

NLD-User
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2,942

Terrible

15 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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2,881

Excellent

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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2,860

Excellent

5 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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2,442

Good

3 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!!

SWE-User
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2,356

Excellent

11 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

ZAF-User
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2,326

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.

EGY-User
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2,256

Excellent

19 months 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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1,933

Terrible

9 years ago.

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TUN-User
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1,036

Excellent

6 years ago.

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

SYR-User
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644

Excellent

4 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

3 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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