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FX-8120

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 39.9% (519th of 1206)

Based on 15,916 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00600F12 Model: AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor
Poor: 30%Average: 39.9% Great: 48%
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

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Poor average bench

The AMD FX-8120 averaged 60.0% 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

Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 62.4Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 119Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD FX-8120 is just 17.9%. 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 Mixed Speed 359Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 351Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 15,916 samples)
Rank 51939.9%
Min Avg Max
45.7 1-Core 62.4 72.7
85.5 2-Core 119 144
43% 90.7 Pts
Min Avg Max
159 4-Core 213 270
219 8-Core 351 464
35.8% 282 Pts
Min Avg Max
244 64-Core 359 466
24.1% 359 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
42.7% Average
1-Core 68.3
2-Core 134
48% 101 Pts
4-Core 221
8-Core 361
37% 291 Pts
64-Core 367
25% 367 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
31.1% Below average
1-Core 47.4
2-Core 92.3
33% 69.9 Pts
4-Core 170
8-Core 226
26% 198 Pts
64-Core 284
19% 284 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 23,933,441 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 - $100

CPU
FX-8120AMDBench 40%, 15,916 samples1x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $428Bench 52%, 527,770 samples1,125x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $270Bench 57%, 752,023 samples901x
R9 280XAMD  $500Bench 38%, 65,590 samples634x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 103%, 520,826 samples735x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $77Bench 114%, 429,703 samples586x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $74Bench 54%, 226,067 samples546x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 247,320 samples1,229x
4x4GBUnknownBench 46%, 62,755 samples1,152x
2x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 101,362 samples661x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 28% - Poor Total price: $588

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 Comments

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USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

What most of these comparisons fail to realize or to factor is the fact that this CPU has an unlocked multiplie and willconsistently run at 4.0 GHz under stock thermal solution and at 4.1 stable for my tower of power...it's not a beast but for a build i literally spent 25.bucks on altogether sourcing from secondhand stores I'm not complaining.

CAN-User
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3,256

Excellent

2 months ago.

Is pretty amazing tbh, passed the test of time and survived much more than it should have ever had to deal with.

AUS-User
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2,578

Excellent

13 days 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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2,296

Average

2 months ago.

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

CHL-User
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1,792

Excellent

3 months 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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10

Poor

6 months 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

11 days 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!

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