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Athlon X4 950 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 44.1% (437th of 1206)

Based on 2,566 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00660F51 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 31%Average: 44.1% Great: 51%
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core averaged 55.9% 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. Single Core Mixed Speed 69.3Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 136Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core is just 19.9%. 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

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 243Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 245Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,566 samples)
Rank 43744.1%
Min Avg Max
51.6 1-Core 69.3 79
99.6 2-Core 136 153
48.3% 103 Pts
Min Avg Max
145 4-Core 239 281
168 8-Core 245 282
33% 242 Pts
Min Avg Max
166 64-Core 243 281
16.3% 243 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
52.9% Above average
1-Core 82.6
2-Core 165
58% 124 Pts
4-Core 286
8-Core 303
40% 294 Pts
64-Core 295
20% 295 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
49% Average
1-Core 75.3
2-Core 145
52% 110 Pts
4-Core 274
8-Core 261
37% 267 Pts
64-Core 258
17% 258 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
46.1% Average
1-Core 72.7
2-Core 145
51% 109 Pts
4-Core 248
8-Core 262
34% 255 Pts
64-Core 265
18% 265 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
44.6% Average
1-Core 56.1
2-Core 142
45% 99.2 Pts
4-Core 277
8-Core 256
37% 267 Pts
64-Core 275
18% 275 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
44.3% Average
1-Core 71.7
2-Core 138
50% 105 Pts
4-Core 234
8-Core 243
32% 239 Pts
64-Core 248
17% 248 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
43.3% Average
1-Core 68.2
2-Core 141
49% 104 Pts
4-Core 230
8-Core 253
33% 242 Pts
64-Core 250
17% 250 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
39.8% Below average
1-Core 69.5
2-Core 132
48% 101 Pts
4-Core 197
8-Core 161
25% 179 Pts
64-Core 181
12% 181 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 24,085,753 CPUs tested.

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Typical Athlon X4 950 Quad Core Builds (Compare 22,066 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 28%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $61

CPU
Athlon X4 950 Quad CoreAMDBench 44%, 2,566 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 32%, 460,733 samples3,048x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 53,269 samples2,046x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples1,507x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 62%, 115,170 samples1,399x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 70,869 samples1,113x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $38Bench 46%, 44,862 samples337x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 41%, 33,893 samples646x
1x8GBAdataBench 39%, 11,767 samples643x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 42%, 30,022 samples434x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 43% - Average Total price: $248

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Good

15 months ago.

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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