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Phenom II X4 973

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4 Cores, 4 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 53.6% (703rd of 1445)

Based on 15 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F42 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 973 Processor
Poor: 47%Average: 53.6% Great: 60%
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 37%
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Average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 973 averaged 46.4% 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 80Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 159Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 973 is just 13.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X4 973 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 161Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 164Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)
Rank 70353.6%
Min Avg Max
65.6 Memory 80 90.3
33.5 1-Core 42.2 46.9
66.7 2-Core 84 94
45.7% 68.7 Pts
Min Avg Max
124 4-Core 159 187
124 8-Core 164 188
21.5% 161 Pts
Min Avg Max
123 64-Core 161 188
10% 161 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
56.1% Above average
Memory 84.2
1-Core 40.9
2-Core 82.2
47% 69.1 Pts
4-Core 165
8-Core 164
22% 165 Pts
64-Core 162
10% 162 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
55.4% Above average
Memory 83.2
1-Core 41.2
2-Core 82.1
46% 68.8 Pts
4-Core 162
8-Core 165
22% 164 Pts
64-Core 165
10% 165 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
54.8% Above average
Memory 82.3
1-Core 41.2
2-Core 82.5
46% 68.7 Pts
4-Core 162
8-Core 156
21% 159 Pts
64-Core 146
9% 146 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
52.3% Above average
Memory 76.8
1-Core 41.1
2-Core 82.6
44% 66.8 Pts
4-Core 163
8-Core 164
22% 164 Pts
64-Core 164
10% 164 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
52.2% Above average
Memory 76.6
1-Core 41.1
2-Core 82.5
44% 66.7 Pts
4-Core 163
8-Core 165
22% 164 Pts
64-Core 164
10% 164 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
51.2% Above average
Memory 77.9
1-Core 45.7
2-Core 89.3
46% 71 Pts
4-Core 139
8-Core 173
20% 156 Pts
64-Core 172
11% 172 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
47.2% Average
Memory 71.4
1-Core 41.1
2-Core 81.6
42% 64.7 Pts
4-Core 134
8-Core 149
19% 142 Pts
64-Core 148
9% 148 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 5%
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Desktop
Desktop 48%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P - $260

CPU
Phenom II X4 973AMDBench 54%, 15 samples1x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples20x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples18x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples21x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples15x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples14x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples212x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples96x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples40x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $288

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