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Athlon X4 950 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

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Average Bench: 48.2% (383rd of 1173)

Based on 1,919 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00660F51 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 35%Average: 48.2% Great: 56%
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core averaged 51.8% 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 279Pts
Single Core Integer Speed 78Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core is 20.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Multi Core Floating Point Speed 202Pts
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 249Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,919 samples)
Rank 38348.2%
Min Avg Max
57.9 SC Int 78 88.2
43.9 SC Float 63.9 72.8
51.3 SC Mixed 70.3 80.1
56.6% 70.7 Pts
Min Avg Max
168 QC Int 279 329
132 QC Float 197 230
154 QC Mixed 243 288
54.6% 240 Pts
Min Avg Max
201 MC Int 285 328
151 MC Float 202 230
179 MC Mixed 249 287
37.1% 245 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Single core Quad core Multi core
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
56.6% Above average
SC Int 84.3
SC Float 49.4
SC Mixed 80.5
57% 71.4 Pts
QC Int 329
QC Float 228
QC Mixed 290
64% 282 Pts
MC Int 328
MC Float 233
MC Mixed 290
43% 284 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
54.1% Above average
SC Int 85.6
SC Float 73.1
SC Mixed 78.6
63% 79.1 Pts
QC Int 309
QC Float 231
QC Mixed 274
62% 271 Pts
MC Int 326
MC Float 228
MC Mixed 283
42% 279 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
52.1% Above average
SC Int 84
SC Float 69.5
SC Mixed 74.9
61% 76.1 Pts
QC Int 313
QC Float 221
QC Mixed 266
61% 267 Pts
MC Int 308
MC Float 220
MC Mixed 258
40% 262 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
49.2% Average
SC Int 83.4
SC Float 68.8
SC Mixed 76
61% 76.1 Pts
QC Int 242
QC Float 172
QC Mixed 242
50% 219 Pts
MC Int 291
MC Float 210
MC Mixed 249
38% 250 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
49.1% Average
SC Int 84.9
SC Float 70.2
SC Mixed 58.2
57% 71.1 Pts
QC Int 313
QC Float 222
QC Mixed 270
61% 268 Pts
MC Int 305
MC Float 220
MC Mixed 271
40% 265 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
40.8% Average
SC Int 61.4
SC Float 61.6
SC Mixed 65.2
50% 62.7 Pts
QC Int 232
QC Float 174
QC Mixed 194
45% 200 Pts
MC Int 257
MC Float 200
MC Mixed 236
35% 231 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
40.3% Average
SC Int 29.6
SC Float 25.6
SC Mixed 27.7
22% 27.6 Pts
QC Int 166
QC Float 145
QC Mixed 254
43% 188 Pts
MC Int 284
MC Float 206
MC Mixed 253
38% 248 Pts
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Gaming 33%
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Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 27%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $61

CPU
Athlon X4 950 Quad CoreAMDBench 48%, 1,919 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 38%, 380,806 samples2,174x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 14%, 32,904 samples1,271x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 70%, 626,291 samples1,090x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $20Bench 61%, 45,044 samples774x
A400 240GBKingston  $30Bench 65%, 63,490 samples747x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 106%, 446,313 samples210x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 41%, 27,565 samples458x
1x8GBAdataBench 38%, 8,506 samples435x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair  $34Bench 42%, 24,331 samples314x
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Pros: Great processor for price. I got a steady 4GHz overclock out of it Cons: Would recommend getting a non stock cooler: A. The stock is very loud B. For overclock purposes

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