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Phenom II X4 945

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 51.5% (751st of 1442)

Based on 12,746 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F43, 178BFBFF00100F42 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 945 Processor
Poor: 42%Average: 51.5% Great: 58%
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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Average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 945 averaged 48.5% 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 76Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 87.1Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 945 is just 16.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X4 945 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 164Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 163Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,746 samples)
Rank 75151.5%
Min Avg Max
59.7 Memory 76 86
34.5 1-Core 43.6 49.6
67.2 2-Core 87.1 99.1
45.1% 68.9 Pts
Min Avg Max
102 4-Core 158 189
116 8-Core 163 191
21.4% 161 Pts
Min Avg Max
112 64-Core 164 190
10.2% 164 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
56.4% Above average
Memory 83.5
1-Core 43.4
2-Core 86.2
48% 71 Pts
4-Core 172
8-Core 174
23% 173 Pts
64-Core 174
11% 174 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
55.6% Above average
Memory 80
1-Core 46.8
2-Core 93.7
48% 73.5 Pts
4-Core 183
8-Core 183
24% 183 Pts
64-Core 183
11% 183 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
54% Above average
Memory 81
1-Core 43
2-Core 87.6
47% 70.5 Pts
4-Core 158
8-Core 166
22% 162 Pts
64-Core 168
10% 168 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
50.8% Above average
Memory 75.4
1-Core 43.9
2-Core 82.9
44% 67.4 Pts
4-Core 152
8-Core 162
21% 157 Pts
64-Core 162
10% 162 Pts
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
50.6% Above average
Memory 75.7
1-Core 41.7
2-Core 83.6
44% 67 Pts
4-Core 151
8-Core 151
20% 151 Pts
64-Core 152
9% 152 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,762,946 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P

CPU
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples12x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples5x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples5x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples5x
SSD
R5SL120G 120GBBench 62%, 596 samples3x
BarraCuda Q5 ZP500CV30001 500GBSeagateBench 151%, 3,172 samples3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples3x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples18x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples15x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples13x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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DEU-User
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5,743

Average

16 months ago.

its a pretty good CPU for its age and a lot of gaes work on it

CAN-User
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4,960

Poor

2 years ago.

Been gaming with this cpu for the last 3 years, plays %98 of games I throw at it.

ISR-User
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2,338

Terrible

3 years ago.

מעבד פח אשפה כסאמק

Beleg
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Excellent

5 years ago.

it might be old, but with a gtx 660 its a nice entry gamer

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