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Athlon II X4 640

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 38.9% (516th of 1129)

Based on 7,446 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F53, , 178BFBFF00100FA0 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor
Poor: 30%Average: 38.9% Great: 46%
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 38%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard

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Poor average bench

The AMD Athlon II X4 640 averaged 61.0% 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

Quad Core Integer Speed 266Pts
Single Core Integer Speed 71.6Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X4 640 is just 15.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X4 640 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Multi Core Floating Point Speed 167Pts
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 207Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,446 samples)
Rank 51638.9%
Min Avg Max
60 SC Int 71.6 83.6
36.5 SC Float 43.2 50.1
43.8 SC Mixed 53.7 62.4
45% 56.1 Pts
Min Avg Max
183 QC Int 266 322
113 QC Float 161 193
140 QC Mixed 202 241
47.8% 210 Pts
Min Avg Max
202 MC Int 276 323
124 MC Float 167 195
155 MC Mixed 207 244
32.9% 217 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Single core Quad core Multi core
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz
42.1% Average
SC Int 73.7
SC Float 44.6
SC Mixed 55.5
46% 57.9 Pts
QC Int 294
QC Float 177
QC Mixed 222
53% 231 Pts
MC Int 294
MC Float 177
MC Mixed 221
35% 231 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
40.9% Average
SC Int 72.7
SC Float 43.4
SC Mixed 54.2
46% 56.8 Pts
QC Int 286
QC Float 172
QC Mixed 216
51% 225 Pts
MC Int 286
MC Float 168
MC Mixed 217
34% 224 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
40.8% Average
SC Int 72.9
SC Float 43.5
SC Mixed 54.9
46% 57.1 Pts
QC Int 290
QC Float 174
QC Mixed 214
52% 226 Pts
MC Int 287
MC Float 174
MC Mixed 212
34% 224 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
40.7% Average
SC Int 71.1
SC Float 44.3
SC Mixed 55.2
46% 56.9 Pts
QC Int 263
QC Float 173
QC Mixed 217
50% 218 Pts
MC Int 219
MC Float 178
MC Mixed 168
28% 188 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz
40.2% Average
SC Int 71.9
SC Float 44.4
SC Mixed 54.4
46% 56.9 Pts
QC Int 279
QC Float 171
QC Mixed 210
50% 220 Pts
MC Int 277
MC Float 161
MC Mixed 210
33% 216 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
37.4% Below average
SC Int 72.8
SC Float 43.9
SC Mixed 54.9
46% 57.2 Pts
QC Int 290
QC Float 174
QC Mixed 186
49% 217 Pts
MC Int 288
MC Float 174
MC Mixed 216
34% 226 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz
10.7% Very poor
SC Int 21.2
SC Float 12.8
SC Mixed 16.1
13% 16.7 Pts
QC Int 63.5
QC Float 42.9
QC Mixed 52.7
12% 53 Pts
MC Int 80
MC Float 48.4
MC Mixed 60
10% 62.8 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 11,526,517 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 11%
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Desktop
Desktop 34%
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Workstation
Workstation 16%
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Motherboard: Asrock N68C-S UCC

CPU
Athlon II X4 640AMD  $230Bench 39%, 7,446 samples133x
GPU
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 3,306 samples182x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 24,870 samples64x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 27,905 samples53x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $65Bench 54%, 130,276 samples18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $78Bench 104%, 285,868 samples13x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $207Bench 96%, 74,637 samples11x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 21%, 176,117 samples429x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 144,126 samples406x
1x4GBUnknownBench 26%, 56,095 samples181x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 42% - Average Total price: $295

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Excellent

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

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

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