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Athlon X4 950 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

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Average Bench: 39% (396th of 1182)

Based on 2,099 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00660F51 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 25%Average: 39% Great: 46%
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard

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Poor average bench

The AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core averaged 60.9% 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 69.6Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 136Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core is 20.2%. 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 246Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 246Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,099 samples)
Rank 39639%
Min Avg Max
48.5 1-Core 69.6 80.1
97.5 2-Core 136 155
48.6% 103 Pts
Min Avg Max
141 4-Core 241 287
164 8-Core 246 284
33.2% 244 Pts
Min Avg Max
173 64-Core 246 284
16.5% 246 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
44% Average
1-Core 77.5
2-Core 148
54% 113 Pts
4-Core 273
8-Core 277
38% 275 Pts
64-Core 268
18% 268 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
43.7% Average
1-Core 74.6
2-Core 149
52% 112 Pts
4-Core 272
8-Core 274
37% 273 Pts
64-Core 266
18% 266 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
42.6% Average
1-Core 71.2
2-Core 144
50% 108 Pts
4-Core 267
8-Core 263
36% 265 Pts
64-Core 261
18% 261 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
38.3% Below average
1-Core 68.4
2-Core 143
49% 106 Pts
4-Core 239
8-Core 229
32% 234 Pts
64-Core 246
16% 246 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
37.8% Below average
1-Core 66.9
2-Core 134
47% 101 Pts
4-Core 232
8-Core 240
32% 236 Pts
64-Core 232
16% 232 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
35.5% Below average
1-Core 67.2
2-Core 124
46% 95.4 Pts
4-Core 216
8-Core 228
30% 222 Pts
64-Core 217
14% 217 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
34.7% Below average
1-Core 71.4
2-Core 140
50% 106 Pts
4-Core 202
8-Core 231
29% 217 Pts
64-Core 254
17% 254 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
32.3% Below average
1-Core 62.4
2-Core 128
44% 95 Pts
4-Core 195
8-Core 203
27% 199 Pts
64-Core 201
14% 201 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,183,951 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 26%
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Desktop
Desktop 42%
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Workstation
Workstation 24%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $62

CPU
Athlon X4 950 Quad CoreAMDBench 39%, 2,099 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 31%, 392,263 samples2,411x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 42,041 samples1,493x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 56%, 646,599 samples1,209x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 63%, 83,619 samples911x
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 61%, 57,570 samples869x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $39Bench 45%, 30,229 samples222x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 41%, 29,519 samples518x
1x8GBAdataBench 38%, 9,083 samples484x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair  $38Bench 42%, 26,511 samples346x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 43% - Average Total price: $244

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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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