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FX-4170 Quad-Core

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 55.6% (646th of 1420)

Based on 4,257 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00600F12 Model: AMD FX(tm)-4170 Quad-Core Processor
Poor: 42%Average: 55.6% Great: 63%
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 39%
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Average average bench

The AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core averaged 44.4% 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 79.6Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 64.7Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core is 20.7%. 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 Speed 191Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 189Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,257 samples)
Rank 64655.6%
Min Avg Max
64.4 Memory 79.6 89.8
37.7 1-Core 64.7 77.7
67.2 2-Core 117 143
54.4% 87 Pts
Min Avg Max
91.2 4-Core 185 230
104 8-Core 189 230
24.9% 187 Pts
Min Avg Max
103 64-Core 191 232
11.8% 191 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
57.7% Above average
Memory 84.8
1-Core 68.8
2-Core 125
58% 92.8 Pts
4-Core 179
8-Core 180
24% 180 Pts
64-Core 186
12% 186 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
57.1% Above average
Memory 83.1
1-Core 68
2-Core 129
58% 93.3 Pts
4-Core 183
8-Core 184
24% 184 Pts
64-Core 185
11% 185 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
55.1% Above average
Memory 83.4
1-Core 54.7
2-Core 98.4
51% 78.8 Pts
4-Core 156
8-Core 168
22% 162 Pts
64-Core 169
10% 169 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
51.1% Above average
Memory 77.3
1-Core 57
2-Core 99.4
50% 77.9 Pts
4-Core 146
8-Core 154
20% 150 Pts
64-Core 156
10% 156 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
50.9% Above average
Memory 75.9
1-Core 62.8
2-Core 110
52% 82.8 Pts
4-Core 150
8-Core 166
21% 158 Pts
64-Core 166
10% 166 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
49.1% Average
Memory 74.1
1-Core 60.3
2-Core 105
50% 79.9 Pts
4-Core 142
8-Core 142
19% 142 Pts
64-Core 161
10% 161 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
11.7% Very poor
Memory 17.9
1-Core 12.4
2-Core 25
12% 18.4 Pts
4-Core 32.5
8-Core 34.7
4% 33.6 Pts
64-Core 34.1
2% 34.1 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 5%
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Desktop
Desktop 52%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-4170 Quad-CoreAMD  $81Bench 56%, 4,257 samples1x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $100Bench 29%, 946,701 samples124x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples81x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples79x
A400 480GBKingston  $27Bench 74%, 237,487 samples48x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples46x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples343x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples330x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples285x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $156

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