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Phenom II X2 550

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 45.8% (913th of 1442)

Based on 3,836 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F42, 178BFBFF00100F43 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 Processor
Poor: 36%Average: 45.8% Great: 51%
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X2 550 averaged 54.2% 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 77.7Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 43.6Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X2 550 is just 14.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X2 550 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 85.2Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 85.1Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,836 samples)
Rank 91345.8%
Min Avg Max
63.3 Memory 77.7 88.1
29.4 1-Core 43.6 51
46.1 2-Core 82.8 101
45.2% 68 Pts
Min Avg Max
50.3 4-Core 83.8 101
55.5 8-Core 85.1 101
11.2% 84.4 Pts
Min Avg Max
56.6 64-Core 85.2 101
5.3% 85.2 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
49.5% Average
Memory 84.5
1-Core 45.2
2-Core 87.5
48% 72.4 Pts
4-Core 88.2
8-Core 88.3
12% 88.2 Pts
64-Core 87.3
5% 87.3 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
46.1% Average
Memory 77.7
1-Core 45.6
2-Core 87.9
46% 70.4 Pts
4-Core 87.1
8-Core 88.5
12% 87.8 Pts
64-Core 87.8
5% 87.8 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
45.8% Average
Memory 81.7
1-Core 41.8
2-Core 58.3
43% 60.6 Pts
4-Core 61.7
8-Core 62
8% 61.8 Pts
64-Core 54.3
3% 54.3 Pts
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
45.3% Average
Memory 76.3
1-Core 50.9
2-Core 67
45% 64.7 Pts
4-Core 85.7
8-Core 91.6
12% 88.6 Pts
64-Core 93.9
6% 93.9 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
43.1% Average
Memory 81
1-Core 37.4
2-Core 38.6
40% 52.3 Pts
4-Core 33.4
8-Core 43
5% 38.2 Pts
64-Core 39.8
2% 39.8 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
42.9% Average
Memory 75.9
1-Core 42.4
2-Core 58.6
42% 59 Pts
4-Core 62.3
8-Core 58.2
8% 60.2 Pts
64-Core 63
4% 63 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
36.6% Below average
Memory 65.1
1-Core 28.7
2-Core 44.1
33% 46 Pts
4-Core 49
8-Core 57.1
7% 53 Pts
64-Core 32
2% 32 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
18.1% Very poor
Memory 31.4
1-Core 14.8
2-Core 25.2
17% 23.8 Pts
4-Core 28.2
8-Core 35.4
4% 31.8 Pts
64-Core 25.5
2% 25.5 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,713,186 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H

CPU
Phenom II X2 550AMDBench 46%, 3,836 samples1x
GPU
Radeon HD 4200ATIBench 1%, 10,090 samples11x
R9 270XAMD  $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples6x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples4x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples5x
Trion 150 240GBOCZ  $196Bench 79%, 15,660 samples4x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples4x
RAM
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples14x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples14x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples13x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 8% - Terrible Total price: $37

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IDN-User
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Good

3 years ago.

its unlock and more stable in high temperature

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Excellent

3 years ago.

unlock to 4 core

lolo200825
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Good

3 years ago.

i overclocked it and was shocked by the power this thing had. Use it for XP and Win 7 gaming.

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