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Phenom X3 8450

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 39.3% (1086th of 1442)

Based on 1,789 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F23 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) 8450 Triple-Core Processor
Poor: 30%Average: 39.3% Great: 46%
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft

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Poor average bench

The AMD Phenom X3 8450 averaged 60.6% 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 64.7Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 29.3Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom X3 8450 is just 16%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom X3 8450 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 86.4Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 85Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,789 samples)
Rank 108639.3%
Min Avg Max
48.3 Memory 64.7 76.5
22.4 1-Core 29.3 31.8
42.7 2-Core 58.2 63.7
34.8% 50.7 Pts
Min Avg Max
55.4 4-Core 83.6 94
59.9 8-Core 85 94.1
11.2% 84.3 Pts
Min Avg Max
61.8 64-Core 86.4 94.3
5.3% 86.4 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
43.9% Average
Memory 76.3
1-Core 28.9
2-Core 57.2
38% 54.1 Pts
4-Core 70.6
8-Core 69.5
9% 70.1 Pts
64-Core 71.7
4% 71.7 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
42.9% Average
Memory 72.8
1-Core 30.1
2-Core 59.8
38% 54.2 Pts
4-Core 78.3
8-Core 77.8
10% 78.1 Pts
64-Core 75.4
5% 75.4 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
39.3% Below average
Memory 67.6
1-Core 30.5
2-Core 52.4
35% 50.2 Pts
4-Core 69.5
8-Core 51.5
8% 60.5 Pts
64-Core 22.7
1% 22.7 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
38.3% Below average
Memory 61.7
1-Core 29.7
2-Core 61.4
34% 50.9 Pts
4-Core 89.2
8-Core 89.6
12% 89.4 Pts
64-Core 88.7
6% 88.7 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
35.2% Below average
Memory 59.9
1-Core 30.5
2-Core 49.2
32% 46.5 Pts
4-Core 59.5
8-Core 84.5
9% 72 Pts
64-Core 85.7
5% 85.7 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
27.8% Poor
Memory 42.6
1-Core 30.1
2-Core 52.3
27% 41.7 Pts
4-Core 75.7
8-Core 82.7
10% 79.2 Pts
64-Core 74.7
5% 74.7 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
5.79% Terrible
Memory 5.44
1-Core 26.3
2-Core 28.3
11% 20 Pts
4-Core 33
8-Core 48.4
5% 40.7 Pts
64-Core 63.4
4% 63.4 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 4%
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Desktop
Desktop 37%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: ECS A780GM-A

CPU
Phenom X3 8450AMDBench 39%, 1,789 samples5x
GPU
Radeon HD 3200ATIBench 1%, 5,730 samples5x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples4x
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples3x
SSD
2.5 240GBRX7Bench 61%, 50 samples2x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples2x
Q-720 720GBBench 77%, 802 samples2x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples15x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples4x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples2x
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