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FX-4170 Quad-Core

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 58.7% (573rd of 1355)

Based on 4,255 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00600F12 Model: AMD FX(tm)-4170 Quad-Core Processor
Poor: 42%Average: 58.7% Great: 67%
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 41.3% 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 79.6Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 68.8Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core is 24.5%. 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 226Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 225Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,255 samples)
Rank 57358.7%
Min Avg Max
62.9 Memory 79.6 89.8
42.3 1-Core 68.8 81.5
71.1 2-Core 128 153
57.7% 92 Pts
Min Avg Max
116 4-Core 220 270
118 8-Core 225 271
30.4% 223 Pts
Min Avg Max
125 64-Core 226 269
15.2% 226 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
64.9% Good
Memory 80.7
1-Core 83
2-Core 157
65% 107 Pts
4-Core 286
8-Core 283
39% 285 Pts
64-Core 286
19% 286 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
64.2% Good
Memory 84.7
1-Core 78.8
2-Core 153
65% 105 Pts
4-Core 254
8-Core 262
35% 258 Pts
64-Core 259
17% 259 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
63.3% Good
Memory 82.9
1-Core 81.4
2-Core 151
64% 105 Pts
4-Core 254
8-Core 256
35% 255 Pts
64-Core 254
17% 254 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
61.9% Good
Memory 81.4
1-Core 47.4
2-Core 144
55% 90.8 Pts
4-Core 246
8-Core 253
34% 249 Pts
64-Core 257
17% 257 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
61.6% Good
Memory 78.4
1-Core 76.1
2-Core 147
61% 101 Pts
4-Core 262
8-Core 253
35% 257 Pts
64-Core 253
17% 253 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
61.4% Good
Memory 78.3
1-Core 77.2
2-Core 142
61% 99.3 Pts
4-Core 259
8-Core 261
36% 260 Pts
64-Core 264
18% 264 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
40.5% Average
Memory 55.2
1-Core 54.2
2-Core 74.7
40% 61.4 Pts
4-Core 152
8-Core 146
20% 148 Pts
64-Core 170
11% 170 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
40.1% Average
Memory 61.1
1-Core 39.2
2-Core 89.7
40% 63.3 Pts
4-Core 111
8-Core 124
16% 118 Pts
64-Core 96.9
6% 96.9 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,547,807 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 5%
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Desktop
Desktop 54%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 - $120

CPU
FX-4170 Quad-CoreAMD  $81Bench 59%, 4,255 samples1x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,688 samples484x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 967,143 samples457x
GTX 970Nvidia  $125Bench 50%, 823,201 samples291x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 68%, 368,669 samples210x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 715,782 samples152x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $74Bench 53%, 324,585 samples134x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 411,145 samples1,469x
2x8GBUnknownBench 61%, 223,669 samples1,260x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 103,464 samples949x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $230

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