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Athlon X4 950 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 47.3% (827th of 1323)

Based on 3,928 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00660F51 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 32%Average: 47.3% Great: 58%
Gaming
Gaming 47%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core averaged 52.6% 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 53.9Pts
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 26.2%. 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 240Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 241Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,928 samples)
Rank 82747.3%
Min Avg Max
32.2 Memory 53.9 71
45.9 1-Core 68.7 78.6
88.6 2-Core 134 152
49.9% 85.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
140 4-Core 235 280
159 8-Core 241 280
32.5% 238 Pts
Min Avg Max
160 64-Core 240 279
16.1% 240 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)
58.3% Above average
Memory 68.8
1-Core 75.8
2-Core 150
58% 98.2 Pts
4-Core 279
8-Core 269
38% 274 Pts
64-Core 282
19% 282 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
56.3% Above average
Memory 68.1
1-Core 73.6
2-Core 142
57% 94.7 Pts
4-Core 258
8-Core 262
35% 260 Pts
64-Core 254
17% 254 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
56.3% Above average
Memory 62.8
1-Core 74.6
2-Core 157
57% 98.1 Pts
4-Core 288
8-Core 285
39% 287 Pts
64-Core 284
19% 284 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
55.3% Above average
Memory 66.8
1-Core 73
2-Core 144
56% 94.4 Pts
4-Core 255
8-Core 249
35% 252 Pts
64-Core 205
14% 205 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
52.8% Above average
Memory 62.4
1-Core 74.2
2-Core 147
56% 94.4 Pts
4-Core 247
8-Core 267
35% 257 Pts
64-Core 270
18% 270 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
49.6% Average
Memory 54.6
1-Core 74
2-Core 144
52% 91 Pts
4-Core 258
8-Core 260
35% 259 Pts
64-Core 234
16% 234 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz
45.3% Average
Memory 78.7
1-Core 20.4
2-Core 57
38% 52 Pts
4-Core 75.2
8-Core 60.8
10% 68 Pts
64-Core 101
7% 101 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
41.8% Average
Memory 71.8
1-Core 39.1
2-Core 74.9
42% 61.9 Pts
4-Core 67.3
8-Core 104
11% 85.7 Pts
64-Core 151
10% 151 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 48,528,079 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $65

CPU
Athlon X4 950 Quad CoreAMDBench 47%, 3,928 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 861,418 samples3,849x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 46%, 434,363 samples3,641x
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 108,615 samples3,082x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $30Bench 66%, 374,608 samples2,937x
A400 120GBKingston  $27Bench 59%, 154,515 samples1,332x
A400 480GBKingston  $49Bench 74%, 189,667 samples1,155x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $76Bench 85%, 566,994 samples934x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 82%, 66,468 samples860x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $81Bench 80%, 125,013 samples802x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $326

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