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Athlon X2 340 Dual Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 42.8% (990th of 1442)

Based on 785 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00610F01 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X2 340 Dual Core Processor
Poor: 25%Average: 42.8% Great: 53%
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core averaged 57.1% 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 72.8Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 52.6Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core is 27.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 80.1Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 79.6Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 785 samples)
Rank 99042.8%
Min Avg Max
40.7 Memory 72.8 92.3
27 1-Core 52.6 63.5
45.8 2-Core 76.7 92.8
44.9% 67.4 Pts
Min Avg Max
48.5 4-Core 77.7 92.7
51.8 8-Core 79.6 92.8
10.5% 78.6 Pts
Min Avg Max
55.9 64-Core 80.1 91.9
5% 80.1 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
49.5% Average
Memory 90.2
1-Core 37.5
2-Core 51
44% 59.6 Pts
4-Core 56.4
8-Core 55.6
8% 56 Pts
64-Core 53.3
3% 53.3 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
46.2% Average
Memory 78.8
1-Core 57.7
2-Core 81.8
49% 72.8 Pts
4-Core 83
8-Core 81.7
11% 82.3 Pts
64-Core 83.4
5% 83.4 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
45.2% Average
Memory 77.5
1-Core 48.2
2-Core 50.5
42% 58.7 Pts
4-Core 79.3
8-Core 75.9
10% 77.6 Pts
64-Core 78.5
5% 78.5 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
44.1% Average
Memory 78.7
1-Core 38.3
2-Core 51.8
41% 56.3 Pts
4-Core 59.3
8-Core 61.5
8% 60.4 Pts
64-Core 59.7
4% 59.7 Pts
FM2 , 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
28.5% Poor
Memory 47.8
1-Core 39.6
2-Core 52.9
31% 46.8 Pts
4-Core 56.6
8-Core 53.6
7% 55.1 Pts
64-Core 55.1
3% 55.1 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
26% Poor
Memory 47
1-Core 24
2-Core 19
23% 30 Pts
4-Core 28.9
8-Core 46.3
5% 37.6 Pts
64-Core 28.7
2% 28.7 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
20.6% Poor
Memory 36.1
1-Core 16.1
2-Core 35.6
20% 29.3 Pts
4-Core 29
8-Core 42
4% 35.5 Pts
64-Core 40.8
2% 40.8 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,751,752 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 47%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: MSI FM2-A55M-E33 (MS-7721) - $155

CPU
Athlon X2 340 Dual CoreAMDBench 43%, 785 samples1x
GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples31x
Radeon HD 7560DAMDBench 4%, 10,029 samples16x
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples13x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples12x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples6x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples6x
RAM
1 99U5471-012.A00LF 3 99U5471-034.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 37%, 41 samples16x
1 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 3 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 8GBMicronBench 34%, 16 samples9x
ST102464BA1339.16F 1x8GBCrucialBench 26%, 528 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $183

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