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Athlon X4 950 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 47.9% (809th of 1316)

Based on 3,814 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00660F51 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 33%Average: 47.9% Great: 58%
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core averaged 52.1% 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 55.3Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 68.9Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core is 25.3%. 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 240Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 240Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,814 samples)
Rank 80947.9%
Min Avg Max
34.7 Memory 55.3 71.1
47.9 1-Core 68.9 78.5
88.7 2-Core 134 151
50.3% 86 Pts
Min Avg Max
137 4-Core 234 279
154 8-Core 240 278
32.2% 237 Pts
Min Avg Max
158 64-Core 240 277
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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
55.6% Above average
Memory 67.5
1-Core 79.7
2-Core 152
59% 99.6 Pts
4-Core 254
8-Core 251
34% 252 Pts
64-Core 259
17% 259 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
52.7% Above average
Memory 60.2
1-Core 68.3
2-Core 144
53% 91 Pts
4-Core 261
8-Core 265
36% 263 Pts
64-Core 265
18% 265 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
44.2% Average
Memory 52
1-Core 70.8
2-Core 141
50% 87.8 Pts
4-Core 202
8-Core 255
30% 228 Pts
64-Core 255
17% 255 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
40.7% Average
Memory 49.9
1-Core 50
2-Core 95.6
40% 65.2 Pts
4-Core 183
8-Core 186
25% 185 Pts
64-Core 177
12% 177 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 45,063,040 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 - $55

CPU
Athlon X4 950 Quad CoreAMDBench 48%, 3,814 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 810,808 samples3,354x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 46%, 353,285 samples3,219x
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 54%, 707,004 samples2,791x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $31Bench 65%, 325,966 samples2,581x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 59%, 152,789 samples1,184x
A400 480GBKingston  $55Bench 74%, 165,237 samples969x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 437,643 samples798x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 79%, 55,276 samples721x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $81Bench 80%, 117,716 samples708x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $320

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