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FX-8120

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 56.4% (628th of 1420)

Based on 25,690 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00600F12 Model: AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor
Poor: 46%Average: 56.4% Great: 63%
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat

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Average average bench

The AMD FX-8120 averaged 43.6% 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 78.4Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 57.9Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD FX-8120 is just 17.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD FX-8120 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 291Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 288Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 25,690 samples)
Rank 62856.4%
Min Avg Max
66.3 Memory 78.4 87.5
39 1-Core 57.9 69.4
77.6 2-Core 108 133
51.5% 81.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
131 4-Core 188 229
180 8-Core 288 376
29.4% 238 Pts
Min Avg Max
174 64-Core 291 376
18% 291 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
57.7% Above average
Memory 82.3
1-Core 65.1
2-Core 116
55% 87.7 Pts
4-Core 181
8-Core 278
28% 229 Pts
64-Core 289
18% 289 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
56.9% Above average
Memory 80.4
1-Core 50.9
2-Core 95.5
49% 75.6 Pts
4-Core 183
8-Core 277
28% 230 Pts
64-Core 278
17% 278 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
56.2% Above average
Memory 81.9
1-Core 48.1
2-Core 97.3
49% 75.8 Pts
4-Core 170
8-Core 225
25% 198 Pts
64-Core 257
16% 257 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
55.8% Above average
Memory 81.4
1-Core 48.6
2-Core 82.5
48% 70.8 Pts
4-Core 169
8-Core 223
25% 196 Pts
64-Core 220
14% 220 Pts
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
55.6% Above average
Memory 77.1
1-Core 63.1
2-Core 103
52% 81.2 Pts
4-Core 186
8-Core 272
29% 229 Pts
64-Core 283
18% 283 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
53.4% Above average
Memory 77.1
1-Core 53.9
2-Core 90.5
48% 73.8 Pts
4-Core 164
8-Core 225
25% 195 Pts
64-Core 273
17% 273 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
53.3% Above average
Memory 77.2
1-Core 41.9
2-Core 90.4
46% 69.8 Pts
4-Core 165
8-Core 213
24% 189 Pts
64-Core 207
13% 207 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 64,576,035 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX - $200

CPU
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples64x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $140Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples32x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples23x
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples18x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $50Bench 105%, 762,998 samples15x
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples10x
A400 480GBKingston  $27Bench 74%, 237,487 samples9x
RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples217x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples87x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples34x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $390

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USA-User
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Liked (edit your comment) Add link

16 months ago.

CAN-User
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4,818

Poor

2 years ago.

Bought it when it was new in 2012, still use it for gaming and workstation tasks to this day. Because games have become more multithreaded as time goes on, it only got better.

AUS-User
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3,838

Good

3 years ago.

Great cpu for its age, running the 95w version at stock speeds. Runs everything I throw at it. Long live FX

NLD-User
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3,402

Average

3 years ago.

Still faster than most laptops despite its age. More suitable for winter than summer though...

HUN-User
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3,297

Terrible

14 months ago.

overheats quickly, a big bottleneck for my video card, too loud

CHL-User
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2,536

Excellent

3 years ago.

Utilizandolo ahora en pleno 2019, sinceramente calienta mucho y su consumo es elevado, aun asi acompañado de 16 gb de ram y una hd7950 no hay juego que no juegue con todo full en HD o algunos caso FHD

newfulluser
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Poor

4 years ago.

Terrible bottleneck in gaming, not fast enough in rendering. Fake eight core advertising, I wish I knew that before buying.

DoubleDash9
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2

Excellent

3 years ago.

Great 8 core cpu, especially for its age and price, doesn't bottle neck mid range cards and handles windows 10 even today very nicely. In 2020 the 8 core fx cpus are the only ones worth it imo. These CMT cores are 8 integer, 4 floating point units, each with 2 floating point engines. 8 cores is 8 cores. A cpu ahead of its time. 9 yrs and still going!

SvenStark
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Excellent

23 months ago.

Still use it on a daily base as main station for gaming, surfing, working etc. It still handles everything like a charm.Though I am a superuser & undervolted/overclocked, benched long & many times. I stayed with 8 x 4000mHz 1,344V never got over 54C°, ASUS M5A97, Narnya 16gb ram x 1600mHz (1,5V 9-9-9-28), AMD RX 560, and it never left me hanging, almost none dissapointment experienced , almost 10 years long *.*

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