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Athlon X4 950 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 48.6% (787th of 1307)

Based on 3,738 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00660F51 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 33%Average: 48.6% Great: 58%
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core averaged 51.3% 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 56.9Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 68.8Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core is 25.6%. 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 239Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 239Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,738 samples)
Rank 78748.6%
Min Avg Max
35.3 Memory 56.9 72
48.3 1-Core 68.8 78.4
89.6 2-Core 134 152
50.8% 86.4 Pts
Min Avg Max
136 4-Core 233 279
151 8-Core 239 278
32.2% 236 Pts
Min Avg Max
159 64-Core 239 278
16% 239 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)
57.6% Above average
Memory 68.5
1-Core 78.6
2-Core 148
59% 98.5 Pts
4-Core 270
8-Core 277
37% 274 Pts
64-Core 270
18% 270 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
54.1% Above average
Memory 61.8
1-Core 76.1
2-Core 146
56% 94.6 Pts
4-Core 268
8-Core 274
37% 271 Pts
64-Core 281
19% 281 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
52.6% Above average
Memory 66
1-Core 50.9
2-Core 111
47% 76.1 Pts
4-Core 230
8-Core 220
31% 225 Pts
64-Core 226
15% 226 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
51% Above average
Memory 64
1-Core 71.9
2-Core 142
55% 92.5 Pts
4-Core 219
8-Core 235
31% 227 Pts
64-Core 231
16% 231 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
48.1% Average
Memory 47.3
1-Core 79.4
2-Core 153
52% 93.2 Pts
4-Core 281
8-Core 285
39% 283 Pts
64-Core 279
19% 279 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
35.5% Below average
Memory 52.3
1-Core 77.2
2-Core 147
53% 92 Pts
4-Core 103
8-Core 193
18% 148 Pts
64-Core 130
9% 130 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
31.2% Below average
Memory 29.3
1-Core 47.6
2-Core 97.8
32% 58.2 Pts
4-Core 188
8-Core 211
27% 199 Pts
64-Core 219
15% 219 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
28.2% Poor
Memory 39.3
1-Core 30.8
2-Core 61.9
28% 44 Pts
4-Core 93.6
8-Core 133
15% 113 Pts
64-Core 134
9% 134 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 42,155,897 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 20%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $64

CPU
Athlon X4 950 Quad CoreAMDBench 49%, 3,738 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 743,604 samples2,912x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 47%, 306,061 samples2,838x
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 55%, 635,960 samples2,506x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 66%, 270,305 samples2,274x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 141,629 samples1,039x
A400 480GBKingston  $49Bench 76%, 145,218 samples825x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 86%, 449,592 samples694x
1x8GBAdataBench 39%, 19,850 samples633x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 43,645 samples623x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $330

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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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