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FX-4170 Quad-Core

Average Bench: 60.8% (444th of 1239)

Based on 3,721 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00600F12 Model: AMD FX(tm)-4170 Quad-Core Processor
Poor: 51%Average: 60.8% Great: 68%
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

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Above average average bench

The AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core averaged 39.1% 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 83.1Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 70.3Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core is just 17%. 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 230Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 227Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,721 samples)
Rank 44460.8%
Min Avg Max
70.4 Memory 83.1 91.6
49.5 1-Core 70.3 81.2
89.4 2-Core 131 153
59.6% 94.8 Pts
Min Avg Max
144 4-Core 225 267
141 8-Core 227 267
30.9% 226 Pts
Min Avg Max
156 64-Core 230 269
15.4% 230 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
67.2% Good
Memory 92.2
1-Core 74.5
2-Core 135
64% 101 Pts
4-Core 248
8-Core 243
34% 246 Pts
64-Core 246
16% 246 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
63.8% Good
Memory 84.3
1-Core 77.6
2-Core 150
64% 104 Pts
4-Core 254
8-Core 246
34% 250 Pts
64-Core 249
17% 249 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
63.1% Good
Memory 84.2
1-Core 75.6
2-Core 143
63% 101 Pts
4-Core 244
8-Core 248
34% 246 Pts
64-Core 245
16% 245 Pts
AM3r2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
61.7% Good
Memory 83.9
1-Core 73.9
2-Core 134
61% 97.4 Pts
4-Core 231
8-Core 226
31% 229 Pts
64-Core 227
15% 227 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
60.7% Good
Memory 79.7
1-Core 57.3
2-Core 101
52% 79.3 Pts
4-Core 245
8-Core 234
33% 240 Pts
64-Core 246
16% 246 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz
59.3% Above average
Memory 81.9
1-Core 68.5
2-Core 131
59% 93.9 Pts
4-Core 216
8-Core 208
29% 212 Pts
64-Core 223
15% 223 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz
58.8% Above average
Memory 85.1
1-Core 68.2
2-Core 132
60% 95.2 Pts
4-Core 191
8-Core 192
26% 191 Pts
64-Core 232
16% 232 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 28,554,460 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 33%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-4170 Quad-CoreAMD  $81Bench 61%, 3,721 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 32%, 587,316 samples1,607x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 0%, 14,521 samples1,411x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $110Bench 19%, 213,842 samples1,317x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $60Bench 53%, 231,087 samples727x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 103%, 583,942 samples648x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 61%, 154,098 samples396x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 288,304 samples6,670x
2x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 128,834 samples3,291x
1x8GBUnknownBench 31%, 104,230 samples2,741x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $344

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