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Athlon X4 950 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 41.3% (1026th of 1442)

Based on 4,334 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00660F51 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 27%Average: 41.3% Great: 52%
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core averaged 58.6% 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 50.8Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 63.9Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core is 24.7%. 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 Speed 191Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 189Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,334 samples)
Rank 102641.3%
Min Avg Max
30.2 Memory 50.8 69.6
43.9 1-Core 63.9 73.1
69.1 2-Core 117 137
44.7% 77.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
109 4-Core 184 222
115 8-Core 189 222
24.9% 187 Pts
Min Avg Max
116 64-Core 191 222
11.8% 191 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
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)
46.4% Average
Memory 56.8
1-Core 66.2
2-Core 128
48% 83.7 Pts
4-Core 209
8-Core 209
28% 209 Pts
64-Core 208
13% 208 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
40.8% Average
Memory 46.8
1-Core 70.8
2-Core 131
46% 82.9 Pts
4-Core 198
8-Core 216
27% 207 Pts
64-Core 216
13% 216 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
39.1% Below average
Memory 44.6
1-Core 64.2
2-Core 122
43% 76.8 Pts
4-Core 194
8-Core 193
26% 194 Pts
64-Core 192
12% 192 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
36.8% Below average
Memory 45.2
1-Core 65.9
2-Core 130
45% 80.2 Pts
4-Core 157
8-Core 210
23% 184 Pts
64-Core 214
13% 214 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
28.5% Poor
Memory 31.5
1-Core 53.8
2-Core 86.5
32% 57.3 Pts
4-Core 144
8-Core 168
20% 156 Pts
64-Core 174
11% 174 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,762,870 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $70

CPU
Athlon X4 950 Quad CoreAMDBench 41%, 4,334 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples949x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples735x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples654x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples716x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $52Bench 45%, 156,194 samples284x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples293x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples226x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples204x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $202

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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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