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Athlon X4 950 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 51.3% (690th of 1255)

Based on 2,928 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00660F51 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 34%Average: 51.3% Great: 59%
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

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Average average bench

The AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core averaged 48.6% 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 61.8Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 69Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon X4 950 Quad Core is 24.8%. 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 2,928 samples)
Rank 69051.3%
Min Avg Max
38.3 Memory 61.8 71.8
50.4 1-Core 69 78.9
91 2-Core 134 152
52.6% 88.3 Pts
Min Avg Max
138 4-Core 236 280
154 8-Core 241 281
32.5% 239 Pts
Min Avg Max
151 64-Core 240 280
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)
57.1% Above average
Memory 64.4
1-Core 80.9
2-Core 155
59% 100 Pts
4-Core 288
8-Core 289
39% 288 Pts
64-Core 279
19% 279 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
56.7% Above average
Memory 66.2
1-Core 70.9
2-Core 148
56% 94.9 Pts
4-Core 274
8-Core 272
37% 273 Pts
64-Core 256
17% 256 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
56.7% Above average
Memory 66.4
1-Core 38.1
2-Core 132
47% 79 Pts
4-Core 272
8-Core 273
37% 273 Pts
64-Core 279
19% 279 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
56.6% Above average
Memory 66.2
1-Core 75.4
2-Core 150
57% 97.1 Pts
4-Core 271
8-Core 278
37% 274 Pts
64-Core 277
19% 277 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
52.9% Above average
Memory 62
1-Core 74.1
2-Core 140
54% 92 Pts
4-Core 254
8-Core 254
35% 254 Pts
64-Core 263
18% 263 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
52.4% Above average
Memory 67.6
1-Core 73.1
2-Core 140
56% 93.6 Pts
4-Core 213
8-Core 233
30% 223 Pts
64-Core 243
16% 243 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
50.7% Above average
Memory 59.4
1-Core 70.8
2-Core 135
52% 88.4 Pts
4-Core 240
8-Core 262
34% 251 Pts
64-Core 247
17% 247 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
38.4% Below average
Memory 51.4
1-Core 68
2-Core 101
45% 73.5 Pts
4-Core 138
8-Core 240
24% 189 Pts
64-Core 223
15% 223 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 30,456,840 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 31%
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Desktop
Desktop 47%
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Workstation
Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $64

CPU
Athlon X4 950 Quad CoreAMDBench 51%, 2,928 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 32%, 530,954 samples4,139x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 67,280 samples2,679x
RX 580AMD  $159Bench 57%, 463,420 samples2,450x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 63%, 181,343 samples2,176x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 61%, 93,925 samples1,515x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $38Bench 46%, 68,039 samples577x
RAM
1x8GBAdataBench 39%, 14,795 samples930x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 41%, 34,795 samples811x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair  $35Bench 42%, 34,813 samples561x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 43% - Average Total price: $251

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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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