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Athlon X4 950 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 50.2% (718th of 1271)

Based on 3,128 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00660F51 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 33%Average: 50.2% Great: 59%
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski

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Average average bench

The AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core averaged 49.7% 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 60.3Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 68.7Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core is 26.1%. 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 237Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 238Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,128 samples)
Rank 71850.2%
Min Avg Max
34.3 Memory 60.3 72
49.8 1-Core 68.7 78.7
87.6 2-Core 133 151
51.9% 87.3 Pts
Min Avg Max
132 4-Core 232 278
141 8-Core 238 279
32.1% 235 Pts
Min Avg Max
141 64-Core 237 279
15.9% 237 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% Above average
Memory 66.9
1-Core 74.2
2-Core 144
57% 94.9 Pts
4-Core 275
8-Core 265
37% 270 Pts
64-Core 261
18% 261 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
56.5% Above average
Memory 66.1
1-Core 28.3
2-Core 110
42% 68 Pts
4-Core 273
8-Core 272
37% 272 Pts
64-Core 266
18% 266 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
55.2% Above average
Memory 65.3
1-Core 73.9
2-Core 142
56% 93.8 Pts
4-Core 260
8-Core 272
36% 266 Pts
64-Core 262
18% 262 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
53.7% Above average
Memory 64
1-Core 70.8
2-Core 136
54% 90.3 Pts
4-Core 250
8-Core 262
35% 256 Pts
64-Core 246
16% 246 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
51.6% Above average
Memory 62.6
1-Core 66.7
2-Core 111
50% 80 Pts
4-Core 234
8-Core 247
33% 240 Pts
64-Core 244
16% 244 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
46.2% Average
Memory 48.5
1-Core 72.5
2-Core 141
50% 87.4 Pts
4-Core 253
8-Core 259
35% 256 Pts
64-Core 219
15% 219 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
31.3% Below average
Memory 39.5
1-Core 65
2-Core 121
43% 75.3 Pts
4-Core 150
8-Core 50.5
16% 100 Pts
64-Core 186
12% 186 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 34,379,644 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 27%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 21%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $59

CPU
Athlon X4 950 Quad CoreAMDBench 50%, 3,128 samples1x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $159Bench 49%, 234,864 samples1,728x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $146Bench 32%, 620,743 samples1,667x
RX 580AMD  $170Bench 57%, 520,627 samples1,525x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 63%, 211,047 samples1,327x
A400 120GBKingston  $20Bench 61%, 97,089 samples676x
A400 480GBKingston  $47Bench 75%, 87,743 samples429x
RAM
1x8GBAdataBench 39%, 16,191 samples416x
HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 18,870 samples357x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 87%, 335,196 samples354x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $246

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