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A4-3420 APU

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 36% (1160th of 1442)

Based on 1,139 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00300F10 Model: AMD A4-3420 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 24%Average: 36% Great: 45%
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard

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Poor average bench

The AMD A4-3420 APU averaged 63.9% 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 59.7Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 39.1Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A4-3420 APU is 21.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD A4-3420 APU performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 75.7Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 76.3Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,139 samples)
Rank 116036%
Min Avg Max
37.6 Memory 59.7 80.5
24 1-Core 39.1 43.8
37.3 2-Core 73.3 86.9
37.1% 57.4 Pts
Min Avg Max
43.3 4-Core 74.5 86.9
49.3 8-Core 76.3 86.6
10.1% 75.4 Pts
Min Avg Max
42.6 64-Core 75.7 86.8
4.7% 75.7 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
FM1 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
39.5% Below average
Memory 65.7
1-Core 42.8
2-Core 80.2
41% 62.9 Pts
4-Core 79.6
8-Core 80.9
11% 80.2 Pts
64-Core 79.8
5% 79.8 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
29.6% Poor
Memory 45.4
1-Core 43.6
2-Core 82.2
34% 57.1 Pts
4-Core 82
8-Core 82.6
11% 82.3 Pts
64-Core 81.7
5% 81.7 Pts
FM1 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
28.5% Poor
Memory 48.2
1-Core 34.9
2-Core 33.7
28% 38.9 Pts
4-Core 51.7
8-Core 61
7% 56.3 Pts
64-Core 64.8
4% 64.8 Pts
FM1 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
26.5% Poor
Memory 44.8
1-Core 36
2-Core 49.4
29% 43.4 Pts
4-Core 50.3
8-Core 48.8
7% 49.5 Pts
64-Core 50.3
3% 50.3 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
23.7% Poor
Memory 39
1-Core 36.1
2-Core 46.5
26% 40.5 Pts
4-Core 50.7
8-Core 52.9
7% 51.8 Pts
64-Core 50.4
3% 50.4 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
22.2% Poor
Memory 38.7
1-Core 12.6
2-Core 27.8
19% 26.4 Pts
4-Core 33.7
8-Core 38.6
5% 36.2 Pts
64-Core 33.8
2% 33.8 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
19.6% Very poor
Memory 35.8
1-Core 19.6
2-Core 21.6
19% 25.7 Pts
4-Core 22.6
8-Core 18.1
3% 20.4 Pts
64-Core 20.2
1% 20.2 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
8.3% Terrible
Memory 11.6
1-Core 10.1
2-Core 17.5
8% 13.1 Pts
4-Core 27
8-Core 40.1
4% 33.5 Pts
64-Core 24.2
2% 24.2 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 38%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 4%
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System: HP p6-2310

CPU
A4-3420 APUAMDBench 36%, 1,139 samples14x
GPU
Radeon HD 6410DAMDBench 2%, 3,128 samples11x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples2x
SSD
Solid State Disk 480GBSpccBench 81%, 3,502 samples2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples2x
RAM
16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 6GBMicronBench 42%, 123 samples1x
M378B5273CH0-CH9 Ramaxel RMR1870EF48E8W1333 6GBSamsungBench 28%, 20 samples1x
M378B5273CH0-CH9 1x4GBSamsungBench 26%, 1,959 samples1x
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