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Athlon X4 950 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 49.3% (742nd of 1276)

Based on 3,459 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00660F51 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 32%Average: 49.3% Great: 58%
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core averaged 50.6% 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 58.4Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 68.4Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core is 25.7%. 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 239Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 239Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,459 samples)
Rank 74249.3%
Min Avg Max
35.3 Memory 58.4 71.6
46 1-Core 68.4 78.4
88.9 2-Core 133 151
51.2% 86.6 Pts
Min Avg Max
133 4-Core 232 279
154 8-Core 239 278
32.1% 236 Pts
Min Avg Max
160 64-Core 239 278
16.1% 239 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
57.3% Above average
Memory 66.9
1-Core 75.9
2-Core 148
58% 97 Pts
4-Core 276
8-Core 276
38% 276 Pts
64-Core 264
18% 264 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
53.2% Above average
Memory 58.1
1-Core 79.2
2-Core 153
56% 96.6 Pts
4-Core 284
8-Core 255
38% 269 Pts
64-Core 264
18% 264 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
49.1% Average
Memory 50.4
1-Core 76.7
2-Core 150
52% 92.5 Pts
4-Core 276
8-Core 276
38% 276 Pts
64-Core 274
18% 274 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
47.8% Average
Memory 48.6
1-Core 74.1
2-Core 148
51% 90.2 Pts
4-Core 271
8-Core 270
37% 270 Pts
64-Core 271
18% 271 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
46.9% Average
Memory 46.6
1-Core 77
2-Core 146
51% 89.9 Pts
4-Core 272
8-Core 275
37% 274 Pts
64-Core 272
18% 272 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
45.3% Average
Memory 62.5
1-Core 54.2
2-Core 96
45% 70.9 Pts
4-Core 167
8-Core 154
22% 160 Pts
64-Core 97.1
6% 97.1 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
44.2% Average
Memory 47
1-Core 72.2
2-Core 144
50% 87.9 Pts
4-Core 235
8-Core 260
33% 247 Pts
64-Core 250
17% 250 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
42.9% Average
Memory 55.4
1-Core 63.3
2-Core 141
50% 86.7 Pts
4-Core 184
8-Core 140
23% 162 Pts
64-Core 159
11% 159 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 15%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $60

CPU
Athlon X4 950 Quad CoreAMDBench 49%, 3,459 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 695,028 samples2,442x
RX 570AMD  $125Bench 47%, 285,807 samples2,419x
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 55%, 649,191 samples2,190x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 237,257 samples1,931x
A400 120GBKingston  $20Bench 60%, 110,776 samples918x
A400 480GBKingston  $47Bench 76%, 123,663 samples656x
RAM
1x8GBAdataBench 40%, 18,312 samples563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 86%, 396,183 samples563x
HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 23,913 samples511x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 43% - Average Total price: $243

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