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Athlon II X2 270

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 19.7% (772nd of 1183)

Based on 3,705 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F63 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 270 Processor
Poor: 13%Average: 19.7% Great: 22%
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 35%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk

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Terrible average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 270 averaged 80.3% 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 57.6Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 109Pts

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 270 is just 9.64%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X2 270 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 115Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 114Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,705 samples)
Rank 77219.7%
Min Avg Max
36 1-Core 57.6 63.5
61.8 2-Core 109 126
39.5% 83.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
69.5 4-Core 111 127
78.5 8-Core 114 127
15.3% 112 Pts
Min Avg Max
77.3 64-Core 115 127
7.7% 115 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
26.5% Poor
1-Core 74.4
2-Core 150
53% 112 Pts
4-Core 150
8-Core 153
21% 151 Pts
64-Core 144
10% 144 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
22.3% Poor
1-Core 62.7
2-Core 125
44% 93.9 Pts
4-Core 127
8-Core 125
17% 126 Pts
64-Core 125
8% 125 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
22% Poor
1-Core 62.8
2-Core 126
44% 94.3 Pts
4-Core 125
8-Core 126
17% 125 Pts
64-Core 126
8% 126 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
22% Poor
1-Core 62.6
2-Core 126
44% 94.2 Pts
4-Core 124
8-Core 125
17% 125 Pts
64-Core 126
8% 126 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
19.9% Very poor
1-Core 57.6
2-Core 114
40% 85.9 Pts
4-Core 113
8-Core 111
15% 112 Pts
64-Core 114
8% 114 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
17.9% Very poor
1-Core 61.1
2-Core 108
41% 84.6 Pts
4-Core 89.8
8-Core 119
14% 105 Pts
64-Core 117
8% 117 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
16.9% Very poor
1-Core 59.8
2-Core 80.9
35% 70.3 Pts
4-Core 87.4
8-Core 113
13% 100 Pts
64-Core 119
8% 119 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
5.47% Terrible
1-Core 14.4
2-Core 27.3
10% 20.8 Pts
4-Core 28.5
8-Core 40.2
4% 34.3 Pts
64-Core 27.8
2% 27.8 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
4.75% Terrible
1-Core 14
2-Core 25.7
9% 19.9 Pts
4-Core 26.8
8-Core 27.5
4% 27.1 Pts
64-Core 28.7
2% 28.7 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,902,024 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 34%
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Workstation
Workstation 18%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 - $59

CPU
Athlon II X2 270AMD  $72Bench 20%, 3,705 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 434,138 samples563x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 0%, 12,864 samples433x
RX 460AMD  $105Bench 21%, 40,363 samples303x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 60%, 54,326 samples120x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $55Bench 105%, 476,799 samples86x
A400 240GBKingston  $31Bench 63%, 85,385 samples78x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 228,912 samples3,110x
2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 88,850 samples902x
1x8GBUnknownBench 33%, 79,740 samples831x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 39% - Below average Total price: $308

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Excellent

2 months ago.

Mi opinion es que para jugar dota y juegos no exageradamente exigente esta bien del 1 al 10 le doy un 8

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Good

6 months ago.

The best AMD CUP I've ever had so far.

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Good

2 years ago.

Awesome CPU for 2core tasks in 2017 for less than 10 usd

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