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FX-4170 Quad-Core

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 45.5% (415th of 1159)

Based on 3,198 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00600F12 Model: AMD FX(tm)-4170 Quad-Core Processor
Poor: 32%Average: 45.5% Great: 53%
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core averaged 54.4% 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

Single Core Integer Speed 72Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 69.6Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core is 20.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Multi Core Floating Point Speed 204Pts
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 230Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,198 samples)
Rank 41545.5%
Min Avg Max
47.9 SC Int 72 83.1
44.4 SC Float 67.4 76.8
45.9 SC Mixed 69.6 79.5
55.8% 69.7 Pts
Min Avg Max
143 QC Int 227 268
134 QC Float 200 235
143 QC Mixed 225 266
49.3% 217 Pts
Min Avg Max
163 MC Int 234 270
143 MC Float 204 236
154 MC Mixed 230 266
33.5% 223 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Single core Quad core Multi core
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
50% Average
SC Int 78.9
SC Float 73
SC Mixed 75.8
61% 75.9 Pts
QC Int 248
QC Float 196
QC Mixed 249
52% 231 Pts
MC Int 247
MC Float 211
MC Mixed 244
35% 234 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz
49.7% Average
SC Int 78.9
SC Float 70.4
SC Mixed 75.2
60% 74.8 Pts
QC Int 249
QC Float 220
QC Mixed 248
54% 239 Pts
MC Int 242
MC Float 199
MC Mixed 237
34% 226 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
49.4% Average
SC Int 80.9
SC Float 74.8
SC Mixed 77.4
62% 77.7 Pts
QC Int 251
QC Float 224
QC Mixed 240
54% 238 Pts
MC Int 251
MC Float 221
MC Mixed 253
36% 242 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
45.1% Average
SC Int 74.2
SC Float 68.4
SC Mixed 70.7
57% 71.1 Pts
QC Int 228
QC Float 202
QC Mixed 219
49% 216 Pts
MC Int 220
MC Float 209
MC Mixed 234
33% 221 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
44.4% Average
SC Int 54.8
SC Float 58.6
SC Mixed 53.5
44% 55.6 Pts
QC Int 248
QC Float 213
QC Mixed 242
53% 235 Pts
MC Int 245
MC Float 219
MC Mixed 247
36% 237 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
44.2% Average
SC Int 78.1
SC Float 73.4
SC Mixed 76.9
61% 76.1 Pts
QC Int 237
QC Float 210
QC Mixed 198
49% 215 Pts
MC Int 259
MC Float 230
MC Mixed 261
38% 250 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
42.4% Average
SC Int 67.6
SC Float 52.5
SC Mixed 66
50% 62 Pts
QC Int 218
QC Float 198
QC Mixed 208
47% 208 Pts
MC Int 235
MC Float 189
MC Mixed 211
32% 212 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,944,887 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 32%
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Desktop
Desktop 41%
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Workstation
Workstation 26%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-4170 Quad-CoreAMD  $197Bench 46%, 3,198 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 38%, 377,489 samples1,167x
GTX 750 TiNvidia  $100Bench 22%, 160,302 samples1,014x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 12,256 samples979x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $45Bench 54%, 178,215 samples542x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 105%, 463,404 samples502x
A400 120GBKingston  $20Bench 58%, 44,450 samples223x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 40%, 211,594 samples4,963x
2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 70,554 samples2,332x
1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 63,938 samples2,072x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $450

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