AMD

Phenom II X4 840

Phenom II X4 840
BENCHMARKS (5,460)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $150

Effective Speed -86%Effective Speed -86%Average Score -169%1-Core -164%, 4-Core -161%, 2-Core -158%, 8-Core -332%, Memory -32%Overclocked Score -162%1-Core -153%, 2-Core -152%, 4-Core -156%, 8-Core -331%, Memory -19%Value & Sentiment -3,866%User Rating -85%, Market Share -15,378%, Price 64%, Value -63%Nice To Haves -470%64-Core -464%, 64-Core -481%, Age -464%

Average Bench: 50.8% (733^rd of 1323)

Based on 5,460 user benchmarks. Device: 178BFBFF00100F53 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840 Processor

Poor: 40%Average: 50.8% Great: 59%

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 37%

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Average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 840 averaged 49.2% 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 65Pts

Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 56.4Pts

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 840 is just 18.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X4 840 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 216Pts

Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 215Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 5,460 samples)

Rank 73350.8%

Min	Avg	Max
49	Memory 65	78.7
43.4	1-Core 56.4	62.3
86.8	2-Core 113	124
48.2% 78.2 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
138	4-Core 212	239
147	8-Core 215	239
29.1% 213 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
153	64-Core 216	241
14.5% 216 Pts

User Benchmarks

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

IDN-User, 13 hrs ago.Phenom II X4 840,

CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)

59.1% Above average

Memory 77.2

1-Core 60.2

2-Core 121

54% 86.2 Pts

4-Core 238

8-Core 239

33% 239 Pts

64-Core 237

16% 237 Pts

DNK-User, 12 hrs ago.Phenom II X4 840,

AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)

54% Above average

Memory 67.7

1-Core 57.5

2-Core 118

50% 81.2 Pts

4-Core 234

8-Core 234

32% 234 Pts

64-Core 235

16% 235 Pts

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.Phenom II X4 840,

Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)

53.5% Above average

Memory 73.5

1-Core 59.3

2-Core 114

52% 82.4 Pts

4-Core 201

8-Core 173

26% 187 Pts

64-Core 203

14% 203 Pts

TUR-User, 6 hrs ago.Phenom II X4 840,

CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)

50.6% Above average

Memory 60.9

1-Core 58.7

2-Core 119

48% 79.7 Pts

4-Core 237

8-Core 215

31% 226 Pts

64-Core 194

13% 194 Pts

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 48,385,474 CPUs tested.

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Asus M4N68T-M-V2

CPU
Phenom II X4 840AMD $150Bench 51%, 5,460 samples	52x

GPU
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 6,519 samples	40x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 83,719 samples	25x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $110Bench 18%, 281,675 samples	20x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 375,672 samples	15x
A400 120GBKingston $23Bench 60%, 142,711 samples	15x
SU 650 120GBAdataBench 57%, 299 samples	12x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 376,503 samples	261x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 412,543 samples	103x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 153,727 samples	54x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $178

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