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Athlon X4 950 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 46.7% (868th of 1355)

Based on 4,006 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00660F51 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 31%Average: 46.7% Great: 58%
Gaming
Gaming 47%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core averaged 53.2% 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 51.6Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 71.1Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core is 26.3%. 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 248Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 248Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,006 samples)
Rank 86846.7%
Min Avg Max
30.2 Memory 51.6 69.7
49.2 1-Core 71.1 81.3
82.8 2-Core 137 157
50.1% 86.7 Pts
Min Avg Max
147 4-Core 242 289
157 8-Core 248 288
33.3% 245 Pts
Min Avg Max
157 64-Core 248 288
16.6% 248 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 65.6
1-Core 72.2
2-Core 149
56% 95.5 Pts
4-Core 285
8-Core 274
38% 280 Pts
64-Core 274
18% 274 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
54.3% Above average
Memory 68.7
1-Core 78.6
2-Core 146
59% 97.9 Pts
4-Core 231
8-Core 243
32% 237 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
Memory 51.2
1-Core 63.5
2-Core 128
47% 81 Pts
4-Core 267
8-Core 264
36% 265 Pts
64-Core 249
17% 249 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
46.1% Average
Memory 43
1-Core 78.8
2-Core 155
51% 92.4 Pts
4-Core 283
8-Core 284
39% 284 Pts
64-Core 287
19% 287 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
44.9% Average
Memory 46.2
1-Core 79.2
2-Core 146
51% 90.4 Pts
4-Core 250
8-Core 260
35% 255 Pts
64-Core 252
17% 252 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
41% Average
Memory 38
1-Core 73.3
2-Core 149
47% 86.8 Pts
4-Core 253
8-Core 254
35% 253 Pts
64-Core 234
16% 234 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
39.4% Below average
Memory 39.4
1-Core 70.9
2-Core 136
46% 82 Pts
4-Core 225
8-Core 243
32% 234 Pts
64-Core 268
18% 268 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
37% Below average
Memory 33.2
1-Core 74.1
2-Core 152
46% 86.4 Pts
4-Core 228
8-Core 264
33% 246 Pts
64-Core 266
18% 266 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,548,894 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 22%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $50

CPU
Athlon X4 950 Quad CoreAMDBench 47%, 4,006 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 967,143 samples4,498x
RX 570AMD  $170Bench 46%, 413,759 samples4,102x
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 125,997 samples3,503x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 68%, 368,669 samples3,394x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 163,559 samples1,507x
A400 480GBKingston  $55Bench 74%, 225,904 samples1,345x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 606,492 samples1,090x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 69,593 samples1,002x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $81Bench 80%, 135,576 samples941x
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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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