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FX-8120

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 44% (442nd of 1159)

Based on 14,120 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00600F12 Model: AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor
Poor: 33%Average: 44% Great: 53%
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD FX-8120 averaged 56.0% 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

Multi Core Integer Speed 359Pts
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 357Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD FX-8120 is 20.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD FX-8120 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Quad Core Floating Point Speed 198Pts
Multi Core Floating Point Speed 318Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 14,120 samples)
Rank 44244%
Min Avg Max
47.2 SC Int 64.4 75.2
42.8 SC Float 59.6 69.3
43.2 SC Mixed 61.8 72.2
49.6% 62 Pts
Min Avg Max
155 QC Int 218 274
149 QC Float 198 246
153 QC Mixed 212 263
47.5% 209 Pts
Min Avg Max
243 MC Int 359 470
218 MC Float 318 412
259 MC Mixed 357 464
51.8% 345 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Single core Quad core Multi core
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
58.1% Above average
SC Int 79.8
SC Float 70.1
SC Mixed 75.2
60% 75 Pts
QC Int 296
QC Float 266
QC Mixed 288
64% 283 Pts
MC Int 527
MC Float 446
MC Mixed 505
74% 492 Pts
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
51% Above average
SC Int 66.9
SC Float 64
SC Mixed 67.3
53% 66.1 Pts
QC Int 256
QC Float 230
QC Mixed 249
56% 245 Pts
MC Int 409
MC Float 388
MC Mixed 455
63% 418 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
50.9% Above average
SC Int 70.7
SC Float 65.5
SC Mixed 66.5
54% 67.6 Pts
QC Int 261
QC Float 236
QC Mixed 256
57% 251 Pts
MC Int 405
MC Float 353
MC Mixed 402
58% 387 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
47.1% Average
SC Int 67.1
SC Float 61.3
SC Mixed 64.7
52% 64.4 Pts
QC Int 234
QC Float 223
QC Mixed 232
52% 230 Pts
MC Int 364
MC Float 325
MC Mixed 368
53% 352 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
44.5% Average
SC Int 63.4
SC Float 61
SC Mixed 62.4
50% 62.3 Pts
QC Int 216
QC Float 195
QC Mixed 215
47% 208 Pts
MC Int 364
MC Float 325
MC Mixed 361
53% 350 Pts
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
43.1% Average
SC Int 57.4
SC Float 57.1
SC Mixed 64.2
48% 59.6 Pts
QC Int 201
QC Float 172
QC Mixed 205
44% 193 Pts
MC Int 315
MC Float 298
MC Mixed 320
47% 311 Pts
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz
39.8% Below average
SC Int 58.6
SC Float 35.6
SC Mixed 56.7
40% 50.3 Pts
QC Int 196
QC Float 183
QC Mixed 189
43% 189 Pts
MC Int 361
MC Float 314
MC Mixed 337
51% 337 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 46%
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Desktop
Desktop 46%
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Workstation
Workstation 33%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 - $100

CPU
FX-8120AMDBench 44%, 14,120 samples1x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $374Bench 63%, 418,679 samples932x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 70%, 593,162 samples738x
R9 280XAMD  $210Bench 46%, 56,576 samples533x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 105%, 463,404 samples630x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $100Bench 113%, 360,199 samples514x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $45Bench 54%, 178,215 samples464x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 40%, 211,594 samples1,007x
4x4GBUnknownBench 44%, 48,079 samples923x
2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 70,554 samples520x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $578

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