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Athlon II X3 420e

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 45.4% (856th of 1316)

Based on 89 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F53 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 420e Processor
Poor: 33%Average: 45.4% Great: 57%
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X3 420e averaged 54.6% 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 69Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 45.1Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X3 420e is 24.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X3 420e performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 132Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 131Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 89 samples)
Rank 85645.4%
Min Avg Max
43.2 Memory 69 91
29.3 1-Core 45.1 48.2
52.1 2-Core 88.4 96.3
44% 67.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
84.8 4-Core 128 144
92.3 8-Core 131 145
17.6% 129 Pts
Min Avg Max
88.4 64-Core 132 145
8.8% 132 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
48.7% Average
Memory 73.6
1-Core 47.2
2-Core 95.2
47% 72 Pts
4-Core 140
8-Core 144
19% 142 Pts
64-Core 145
10% 145 Pts
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
47.9% Average
Memory 72
1-Core 48
2-Core 96.2
47% 72.1 Pts
4-Core 140
8-Core 144
19% 142 Pts
64-Core 144
10% 144 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
47.4% Average
Memory 72
1-Core 47.1
2-Core 92.3
46% 70.5 Pts
4-Core 135
8-Core 133
18% 134 Pts
64-Core 136
9% 136 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
46.2% Average
Memory 69
1-Core 47.7
2-Core 94.6
45% 70.4 Pts
4-Core 138
8-Core 139
19% 138 Pts
64-Core 136
9% 136 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz
46.1% Average
Memory 71.9
1-Core 47.4
2-Core 94.2
46% 71.2 Pts
4-Core 119
8-Core 130
17% 125 Pts
64-Core 137
9% 137 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
43.8% Average
Memory 69.6
1-Core 41.1
2-Core 85.8
43% 65.5 Pts
4-Core 106
8-Core 112
15% 109 Pts
64-Core 126
8% 126 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
40.1% Average
Memory 63
1-Core 43.3
2-Core 82.5
41% 62.9 Pts
4-Core 102
8-Core 106
14% 104 Pts
64-Core 102
7% 102 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
39.7% Below average
Memory 55.2
1-Core 48
2-Core 96.1
41% 66.4 Pts
4-Core 142
8-Core 140
19% 141 Pts
64-Core 142
10% 142 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP 310-1210la

CPU
Athlon II X3 420eAMDBench 45%, 89 samples4x
GPU
Radeon HD 4270ATIBench 0%, 150 samples2x
Mobility Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 9,987 samples1x
SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $38Bench 45%, 143,075 samples1x
RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 17,533 samples2x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 1x4GBHynixBench 24%, 7,850 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 12% - Very poor Total price: $38

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