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Athlon X4 840 Quad Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 45% (898th of 1406)

Based on 4,588 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00630F01 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 840 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 35%Average: 45% Great: 53%
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon X4 840 Quad Core averaged 55.0% 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 61.2Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 58.8Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon X4 840 Quad Core is just 17.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon X4 840 Quad Core performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 169Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 169Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,588 samples)
Rank 89845%
Min Avg Max
46.3 Memory 61.2 73.2
39.3 1-Core 58.8 66.5
70.3 2-Core 107 124
45.8% 75.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
101 4-Core 167 199
103 8-Core 169 198
22.5% 168 Pts
Min Avg Max
106 64-Core 169 199
10.5% 169 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
48.5% Average
Memory 67.9
1-Core 60.1
2-Core 112
49% 80.1 Pts
4-Core 169
8-Core 174
23% 171 Pts
64-Core 167
10% 167 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
48.4% Average
Memory 74.8
1-Core 54.6
2-Core 100
49% 76.6 Pts
4-Core 131
8-Core 126
17% 128 Pts
64-Core 132
8% 132 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
45.4% Average
Memory 61.7
1-Core 56.4
2-Core 107
46% 75 Pts
4-Core 171
8-Core 162
22% 166 Pts
64-Core 150
9% 150 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
43.6% Average
Memory 66.9
1-Core 54.5
2-Core 82.1
44% 67.8 Pts
4-Core 117
8-Core 135
16% 126 Pts
64-Core 136
8% 136 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
40.3% Average
Memory 53.5
1-Core 62.6
2-Core 112
45% 76.1 Pts
4-Core 157
8-Core 160
21% 159 Pts
64-Core 166
10% 166 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz
13.8% Very poor
Memory 10.7
1-Core 48.4
2-Core 84.5
24% 47.9 Pts
4-Core 96.5
8-Core 97.6
13% 97.1 Pts
64-Core 42.6
3% 42.6 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K

CPU
Athlon X4 840 Quad CoreAMDBench 45%, 4,588 samples66x
GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples54x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $146Bench 29%, 946,701 samples37x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples33x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples24x
A400 120GBKingston  $18Bench 61%, 166,392 samples21x
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples8x
RAM
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples103x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples55x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples46x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 26% - Poor Total price: $22

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