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Athlon II X4 640

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 51.5% (690th of 1265)

Based on 13,501 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F53, , 178BFBFF00100FA0 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor
Poor: 41%Average: 51.5% Great: 59%
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 54%
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Workstation
Workstation 37%
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Average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X4 640 averaged 48.5% 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 68.4Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 53.6Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X4 640 is just 17.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X4 640 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 206Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 204Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 13,501 samples)
Rank 69051.5%
Min Avg Max
52.4 Memory 68.4 80.4
43 1-Core 53.6 59.7
80 2-Core 107 119
47.9% 76.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
124 4-Core 201 235
144 8-Core 204 236
27.6% 203 Pts
Min Avg Max
147 64-Core 206 235
13.9% 206 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
56% Above average
Memory 75.1
1-Core 55.2
2-Core 110
51% 80 Pts
4-Core 215
8-Core 215
29% 215 Pts
64-Core 216
14% 216 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
55.8% Above average
Memory 74.3
1-Core 54.8
2-Core 110
51% 79.7 Pts
4-Core 218
8-Core 220
30% 219 Pts
64-Core 217
15% 217 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
55.4% Above average
Memory 73.2
1-Core 55.7
2-Core 111
50% 79.8 Pts
4-Core 220
8-Core 219
30% 219 Pts
64-Core 221
15% 221 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
53.2% Above average
Memory 69.6
1-Core 53.3
2-Core 108
48% 77.1 Pts
4-Core 215
8-Core 212
29% 214 Pts
64-Core 214
14% 214 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz
52.9% Above average
Memory 67.9
1-Core 55.1
2-Core 107
48% 76.6 Pts
4-Core 221
8-Core 221
30% 221 Pts
64-Core 222
15% 222 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
48.1% Average
Memory 58.9
1-Core 54.6
2-Core 109
45% 74.1 Pts
4-Core 216
8-Core 214
30% 215 Pts
64-Core 210
14% 210 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
46.3% Average
Memory 55.8
1-Core 54.7
2-Core 110
44% 73.6 Pts
4-Core 215
8-Core 203
29% 209 Pts
64-Core 217
15% 217 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 33,600,508 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 4%
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Desktop
Desktop 46%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
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Motherboard: Asrock N68C-S UCC

CPU
Athlon II X4 640AMD  $230Bench 51%, 13,501 samples49x
GPU
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 6,416 samples93x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 60,225 samples26x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 44,291 samples24x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $69Bench 55%, 247,109 samples23x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 65%, 208,522 samples18x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 103,345 samples16x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 333,094 samples202x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 345,040 samples190x
1x4GBUnknownBench 24%, 120,611 samples51x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 43% - Average Total price: $299

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 Comments

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

Had an old Asus M3A78 MB, so installed this CPU with a Nvidia 745 graphics card, and a 250GB SSD to make a plex server. This thing is fast, and idle temp is 25c and rarely jumps over 35c. Rock solid with Windows 10. Oldie but goodie and cheap!

AUS-User
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2,934

Excellent

2 years ago.

Budget higher-end I bought back in ~2010, still used in the family PC to this day.

ARG-User
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2,602

Good

5 days ago.

anda joya

TheWildShadow55
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Average

2 years ago.

Considering how old it is, it works well even with a GTX 1050

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