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FX-4200 Quad-Core

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 57.2% (633rd of 1442)

Based on 420 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00600F12 Model: AMD FX(tm)-4200 Quad-Core Processor
Poor: 44%Average: 57.2% Great: 64%
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

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Average average bench

The AMD FX-4200 Quad-Core averaged 42.8% 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 79Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 58Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD FX-4200 Quad-Core is 20.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD FX-4200 Quad-Core performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 212Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 210Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 420 samples)
Rank 63357.2%
Min Avg Max
62.5 Memory 79 88.1
39.2 1-Core 58 68.2
80.1 2-Core 114 134
52.4% 83.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
117 4-Core 207 252
128 8-Core 210 255
27.8% 208 Pts
Min Avg Max
129 64-Core 212 259
13.1% 212 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
67% Good
Memory 86.5
1-Core 70.3
2-Core 142
61% 99.6 Pts
4-Core 276
8-Core 279
37% 278 Pts
64-Core 279
17% 279 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
56.3% Above average
Memory 80.4
1-Core 62
2-Core 121
55% 87.9 Pts
4-Core 187
8-Core 197
26% 192 Pts
64-Core 194
12% 194 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
54.6% Above average
Memory 79.1
1-Core 62
2-Core 117
54% 86.1 Pts
4-Core 173
8-Core 195
24% 184 Pts
64-Core 191
12% 191 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
48% Average
Memory 70.8
1-Core 55.2
2-Core 108
48% 78.1 Pts
4-Core 147
8-Core 156
20% 152 Pts
64-Core 151
9% 151 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
42.9% Average
Memory 63.9
1-Core 37
2-Core 75.6
38% 58.8 Pts
4-Core 129
8-Core 133
17% 131 Pts
64-Core 106
7% 106 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,713,788 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 - $100

CPU
FX-4200 Quad-CoreAMDBench 57%, 420 samples1x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples64x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples63x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples49x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples28x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples23x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples199x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples185x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples175x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $128

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Good

4 months ago.

Really odd chip. One of the few FX CPU's that didn't share modules and was a true quad core. If AMD stuck with this design AMD FX would be quite a bit better.

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