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FX-4170 Quad-Core

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 55.8% (629th of 1369)

Based on 4,239 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00600F12 Model: AMD FX(tm)-4170 Quad-Core Processor
Poor: 41%Average: 55.8% 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 44.1% 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 79.5Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 65.1Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core is 21.6%. 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 193Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 192Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,239 samples)
Rank 62955.8%
Min Avg Max
62.9 Memory 79.5 89.8
36.7 1-Core 65.1 77.7
64.1 2-Core 118 143
54.6% 87.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
91.2 4-Core 188 230
104 8-Core 192 230
25.2% 190 Pts
Min Avg Max
105 64-Core 193 232
12% 193 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
57.6% Above average
Memory 88.4
1-Core 60.9
2-Core 110
56% 86.5 Pts
4-Core 158
8-Core 164
21% 161 Pts
64-Core 165
10% 165 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
56.3% Above average
Memory 82.2
1-Core 49.6
2-Core 110
51% 80.6 Pts
4-Core 178
8-Core 184
24% 181 Pts
64-Core 190
12% 190 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
55.3% Above average
Memory 86.6
1-Core 55.4
2-Core 100
53% 80.8 Pts
4-Core 140
8-Core 153
19% 146 Pts
64-Core 151
9% 151 Pts
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
54.1% Above average
Memory 81.9
1-Core 50.4
2-Core 105
51% 79 Pts
4-Core 151
8-Core 174
21% 163 Pts
64-Core 174
11% 174 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
52.6% Above average
Memory 78.4
1-Core 59.4
2-Core 110
52% 82.7 Pts
4-Core 157
8-Core 168
21% 162 Pts
64-Core 166
10% 166 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
43.1% Average
Memory 64.7
1-Core 59.2
2-Core 98.5
46% 74.1 Pts
4-Core 123
8-Core 151
18% 137 Pts
64-Core 158
10% 158 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 56,937,595 CPUs tested.

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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: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 - $120

CPU
FX-4170 Quad-CoreAMD  $81Bench 56%, 4,239 samples1x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 22,207 samples64x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $115Bench 31%, 1,036,829 samples48x
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 50%, 809,548 samples34x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $20Bench 66%, 424,288 samples23x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $60Bench 105%, 762,998 samples21x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $39Bench 54%, 339,020 samples18x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples157x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples148x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples132x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $221

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