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Athlon II X2 270

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 42.6% (982nd of 1426)

Based on 6,369 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F63 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 270 Processor
Poor: 29%Average: 42.6% Great: 50%
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 270 averaged 57.4% 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 70.3Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 46.2Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 270 is 20.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X2 270 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 90.3Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 90.6Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,369 samples)
Rank 98242.6%
Min Avg Max
46 Memory 70.3 83.9
26.8 1-Core 46.2 52.4
47.2 2-Core 87.5 103
43.8% 68 Pts
Min Avg Max
54.5 4-Core 89.1 102
61.7 8-Core 90.6 102
12% 89.9 Pts
Min Avg Max
56.5 64-Core 90.3 103
5.6% 90.3 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
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)
46.8% Average
Memory 80.1
1-Core 47.7
2-Core 75.6
46% 67.8 Pts
4-Core 81.5
8-Core 86
11% 83.8 Pts
64-Core 84.2
5% 84.2 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
45.7% Average
Memory 77.8
1-Core 45.7
2-Core 78.1
45% 67.2 Pts
4-Core 82.2
8-Core 83.9
11% 83.1 Pts
64-Core 84.3
5% 84.3 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
44.8% Average
Memory 75.8
1-Core 26.6
2-Core 76.8
40% 59.7 Pts
4-Core 83.8
8-Core 82.4
11% 83.1 Pts
64-Core 80.5
5% 80.5 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
38.5% Below average
Memory 62.6
1-Core 45.7
2-Core 73.1
40% 60.5 Pts
4-Core 84.8
8-Core 89
12% 86.9 Pts
64-Core 90
6% 90 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
37.9% Below average
Memory 61.8
1-Core 45.2
2-Core 73.6
39% 60.2 Pts
4-Core 82.9
8-Core 90.5
11% 86.7 Pts
64-Core 87.3
5% 87.3 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
37.1% Below average
Memory 60.1
1-Core 46.8
2-Core 74.2
39% 60.4 Pts
4-Core 82.6
8-Core 90.1
11% 86.3 Pts
64-Core 89.8
6% 89.8 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
30.3% Below average
Memory 50.9
1-Core 30.9
2-Core 47.6
29% 43.1 Pts
4-Core 56.8
8-Core 70.4
8% 63.6 Pts
64-Core 68.6
4% 68.6 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
22.3% Poor
Memory 37.8
1-Core 19.3
2-Core 14.3
19% 23.8 Pts
4-Core 44.3
8-Core 24.9
5% 34.6 Pts
64-Core 42.3
3% 42.3 Pts
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop
Desktop 57%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 - $59

CPU
Athlon II X2 270AMD  $20Bench 43%, 6,369 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $100Bench 29%, 946,701 samples67x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples42x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples38x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $27Bench 66%, 424,288 samples33x
A400 480GBKingston  $34Bench 74%, 237,487 samples13x
A400 120GBKingston  $23Bench 61%, 166,392 samples12x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples336x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples255x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples94x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $206

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

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

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