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Athlon X4 950 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 44% (439th of 1206)

Based on 2,376 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00660F51 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 30%Average: 44% 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 56.0% 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. Single Core Mixed Speed 69Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 135Pts

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

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

(Based on 2,376 samples)
Rank 43944%
Min Avg Max
48.2 1-Core 69 79.3
97.2 2-Core 135 153
48.2% 102 Pts
Min Avg Max
138 4-Core 238 283
166 8-Core 245 283
32.9% 242 Pts
Min Avg Max
158 64-Core 243 283
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 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
51.9% Above average
1-Core 81.4
2-Core 149
55% 115 Pts
4-Core 286
8-Core 287
39% 287 Pts
64-Core 283
19% 283 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
50.1% Above average
1-Core 77.6
2-Core 145
53% 111 Pts
4-Core 278
8-Core 277
38% 277 Pts
64-Core 260
17% 260 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
48.9% Average
1-Core 74.5
2-Core 154
53% 114 Pts
4-Core 273
8-Core 217
35% 245 Pts
64-Core 260
17% 260 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
48.7% Average
1-Core 73.7
2-Core 146
52% 110 Pts
4-Core 273
8-Core 274
37% 273 Pts
64-Core 262
18% 262 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
48.4% Average
1-Core 77.5
2-Core 149
54% 113 Pts
4-Core 258
8-Core 273
36% 266 Pts
64-Core 277
19% 277 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
35.5% Below average
1-Core 57.7
2-Core 133
44% 95.2 Pts
4-Core 178
8-Core 198
25% 188 Pts
64-Core 122
8% 122 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
32.4% Below average
1-Core 49.2
2-Core 124
39% 86.6 Pts
4-Core 169
8-Core 214
25% 192 Pts
64-Core 208
14% 208 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 22,610,516 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 28%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $67

CPU
Athlon X4 950 Quad CoreAMDBench 44%, 2,376 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 463,263 samples2,807x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 47,820 samples1,860x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $259Bench 57%, 731,336 samples1,394x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $27Bench 65%, 93,217 samples1,211x
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 60%, 65,912 samples1,016x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $36Bench 45%, 35,997 samples291x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 41%, 29,393 samples617x
1x8GBAdataBench 39%, 10,594 samples584x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair  $35Bench 42%, 29,144 samples391x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $249

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Good

13 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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