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FX-8120

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4 Cores, 8 Threads.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 56.4% (676th of 1468)

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

Average Bench

(Based on 25,690 samples)
Rank 67656.4%
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 BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
62.3% Good
Memory 81.1
1-Core 68.6
2-Core 127
57% 92.1 Pts
4-Core 236
8-Core 386
38% 311 Pts
64-Core 380
24% 380 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
58.2% Above average
Memory 81.5
1-Core 61.9
2-Core 109
54% 84.2 Pts
4-Core 191
8-Core 272
29% 231 Pts
64-Core 274
17% 274 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
58.1% Above average
Memory 80.3
1-Core 61.1
2-Core 112
53% 84.5 Pts
4-Core 196
8-Core 300
31% 248 Pts
64-Core 299
18% 299 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
57.9% Above average
Memory 81.1
1-Core 57.9
2-Core 104
52% 80.9 Pts
4-Core 189
8-Core 309
30% 249 Pts
64-Core 311
19% 311 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
57.3% Above average
Memory 79.7
1-Core 64.2
2-Core 114
54% 85.9 Pts
4-Core 190
8-Core 304
30% 247 Pts
64-Core 303
19% 303 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
56.3% Above average
Memory 79
1-Core 51
2-Core 101
49% 77.1 Pts
4-Core 184
8-Core 300
30% 242 Pts
64-Core 299
18% 299 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
56% Above average
Memory 75.4
1-Core 64.6
2-Core 117
53% 85.7 Pts
4-Core 206
8-Core 254
30% 230 Pts
64-Core 297
18% 297 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
56% Above average
Memory 77.6
1-Core 66.1
2-Core 116
54% 86.4 Pts
4-Core 187
8-Core 298
30% 242 Pts
64-Core 300
19% 300 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
53.3% Above average
Memory 73.1
1-Core 60.6
2-Core 116
51% 83.3 Pts
4-Core 183
8-Core 271
28% 227 Pts
64-Core 270
17% 270 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 69,040,833 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 samples68x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples34x
RX 580AMD  $131Bench 52%, 360,351 samples24x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples20x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $77Bench 105%, 762,998 samples16x
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples9x
RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples231x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples95x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples38x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $393

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USA-User
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Liked (edit your comment) Add link

2 years ago.

CAN-User
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5,080

Good

5 months 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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4,042

Good

4 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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3,608

Average

5 years ago.

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

HUN-User
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3,445

Terrible

2 years ago.

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

CHL-User
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2,644

Excellent

5 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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14

Poor

5 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

4 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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2

Excellent

3 years 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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