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CPU: AMD Opteron 6172

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 41% (1034th of 1442)

Based on 45 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F91 Model: 1st CPU: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6172
Poor: 30%Average: 41% Great: 51%
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski

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Below average average bench

The 1st CPU: AMD Opteron 6172 averaged 59.0% 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

Avg. Memory Latency 61.2Pts
Avg. Multi Core Speed 711Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: AMD Opteron 6172 is 21.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 1st CPU: AMD Opteron 6172 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Single Core Speed 27Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 56.2Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 45 samples)
Rank 103441%
Min Avg Max
22.9 Memory 61.2 81.8
11.6 1-Core 27 32.5
23.1 2-Core 56.2 63.1
32.9% 48.1 Pts
Min Avg Max
46.8 4-Core 114 130
112 8-Core 224 262
20% 169 Pts
Min Avg Max
110 64-Core 711 1,554
44% 711 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU1, 4 CPU, 48 cores, 48 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg)
49.5% Average
Memory 75.3
1-Core 32.5
2-Core 63.1
40% 57 Pts
4-Core 130
8-Core 262
23% 196 Pts
64-Core 1,554
96% 1,554 Pts
CPU 1, 2 CPU, 24 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.05 GHz (avg)
48.2% Average
Memory 74.3
1-Core 30.1
2-Core 61
38% 55.1 Pts
4-Core 122
8-Core 245
22% 183 Pts
64-Core 730
45% 730 Pts
CPU 1, 2 CPU, 24 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg)
48.2% Average
Memory 73.9
1-Core 31.1
2-Core 62
39% 55.7 Pts
4-Core 123
8-Core 247
22% 185 Pts
64-Core 741
46% 741 Pts
CPU 1, 4 CPU, 48 cores, 48 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg)
47% Average
Memory 71.3
1-Core 31.5
2-Core 62.8
38% 55.2 Pts
4-Core 125
8-Core 247
22% 186 Pts
64-Core 1,462
90% 1,462 Pts
CPU 1, 2 CPU, 24 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg)
39.1% Below average
Memory 55.2
1-Core 31.3
2-Core 62.7
33% 49.7 Pts
4-Core 125
8-Core 247
22% 186 Pts
64-Core 712
44% 712 Pts
Proc 1, 2 CPU, 24 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
31.7% Below average
Memory 41.3
1-Core 21.5
2-Core 59.7
25% 40.8 Pts
4-Core 119
8-Core 236
21% 178 Pts
64-Core 745
46% 745 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
15.8% Very poor
Memory 22.9
1-Core 11.8
2-Core 23.1
13% 19.3 Pts
4-Core 46.8
8-Core 122
10% 84.4 Pts
64-Core 460
28% 460 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,755,423 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 12%
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Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
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System: Asus KGP(M)E-D16

CPU
CPU: AMD Opteron 61721stBench 41%, 45 samples2x
GPU
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples1x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples1x
GTX 660Nvidia  $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples1x
SSD
Neutron GTX 240GBCorsair  $503Bench 81%, 3,421 samples1x
2+0 Stripe/RAID0 2TBAMDBench 46%, 247 samples1x
850 Pro 1TBSamsung  $210Bench 105%, 25,365 samples1x
RAM
M393B2G70QH0-YK0 8x16GBSamsungBench 88%, 60 samples1x
F3-10666CL9-8GBXL F3-10666CL9-8GBXL F3-10666CL9-8GBXL F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 32GBUnknownBench 41%, 13 samples1x
TS512MKR72V3N TS512MKR72V3N TS512MKR72V3N TS512MKR72V3N 16GBUnknownBench 23%, 4 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 3% - Terrible Total price: $503

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