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FX-4170 Quad-Core

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 58.6% (529th of 1307)

Based on 4,271 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00600F12 Model: AMD FX(tm)-4170 Quad-Core Processor
Poor: 43%Average: 58.6% Great: 66%
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

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Average average bench

The AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core averaged 41.4% 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 80.1Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 67.6Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core is 22.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 221Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 219Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,271 samples)
Rank 52958.6%
Min Avg Max
63.7 Memory 80.1 90.1
39 1-Core 67.6 78.4
77.5 2-Core 126 149
57.4% 91.4 Pts
Min Avg Max
113 4-Core 216 256
120 8-Core 219 256
29.7% 217 Pts
Min Avg Max
127 64-Core 221 257
14.8% 221 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM3r2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
67.3% Good
Memory 88.1
1-Core 66.4
2-Core 157
63% 104 Pts
4-Core 272
8-Core 270
37% 271 Pts
64-Core 243
16% 243 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
64.6% Good
Memory 84
1-Core 82.5
2-Core 154
66% 107 Pts
4-Core 268
8-Core 241
35% 254 Pts
64-Core 267
18% 267 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
62% Good
Memory 84.2
1-Core 71.9
2-Core 132
60% 95.9 Pts
4-Core 233
8-Core 233
32% 233 Pts
64-Core 239
16% 239 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
58.8% Above average
Memory 83.9
1-Core 54
2-Core 119
55% 85.7 Pts
4-Core 197
8-Core 204
27% 201 Pts
64-Core 190
13% 190 Pts
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
57.4% Above average
Memory 72.9
1-Core 66.5
2-Core 124
54% 87.9 Pts
4-Core 243
8-Core 245
33% 244 Pts
64-Core 210
14% 210 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
54.9% Above average
Memory 83.9
1-Core 53.5
2-Core 101
52% 79.5 Pts
4-Core 149
8-Core 178
22% 163 Pts
64-Core 179
12% 179 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
52.4% Above average
Memory 75.5
1-Core 62.8
2-Core 106
52% 81.6 Pts
4-Core 170
8-Core 184
24% 177 Pts
64-Core 174
12% 174 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
45.9% Average
Memory 80.8
1-Core 14.3
2-Core 46
36% 47 Pts
4-Core 65.2
8-Core 81.8
10% 73.5 Pts
64-Core 49.6
3% 49.6 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 42,186,882 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 21%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 16%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 - $117

CPU
FX-4170 Quad-CoreAMD  $81Bench 59%, 4,271 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 743,604 samples332x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 17,279 samples324x
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 51%, 677,318 samples206x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 66%, 270,305 samples143x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $66Bench 107%, 556,834 samples114x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $66Bench 54%, 290,857 samples93x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 327,722 samples1,094x
2x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 182,341 samples906x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 91,527 samples670x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $384

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