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Athlon II X2 240

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 43.3% (863rd of 1264)

Based on 5,397 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F62, 178BFBFF00100F63 Models: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 240 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 240e Processor
Poor: 31%Average: 43.3% Great: 49%
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 240 averaged 56.6% 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 71.3Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 47.6Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 240 is just 18.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X2 240 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 94.4Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 93.5Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,397 samples)
Rank 86343.3%
Min Avg Max
49.4 Memory 71.3 82.1
28.4 1-Core 47.6 56.8
47.2 2-Core 90.2 111
45.6% 69.7 Pts
Min Avg Max
55.6 4-Core 91.7 110
63.8 8-Core 93.5 111
12.6% 92.6 Pts
Min Avg Max
59.9 64-Core 94.4 109
6.3% 94.4 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
48.5% Average
Memory 77.9
1-Core 57.7
2-Core 109
52% 81.5 Pts
4-Core 114
8-Core 114
16% 114 Pts
64-Core 115
8% 115 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
44.9% Average
Memory 74
1-Core 43.5
2-Core 97.2
46% 71.6 Pts
4-Core 94.5
8-Core 96.1
13% 95.3 Pts
64-Core 94.3
6% 94.3 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
43.3% Average
Memory 69.8
1-Core 50.9
2-Core 98.9
47% 73.2 Pts
4-Core 101
8-Core 100
14% 100 Pts
64-Core 99.9
7% 99.9 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
42.4% Average
Memory 70.7
1-Core 45.4
2-Core 70.5
42% 62.2 Pts
4-Core 86
8-Core 79.6
11% 82.8 Pts
64-Core 67.5
4% 67.5 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
37% Below average
Memory 57.9
1-Core 48.8
2-Core 90.1
41% 65.6 Pts
4-Core 95.2
8-Core 93.9
13% 94.6 Pts
64-Core 26.5
2% 26.5 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
31.1% Below average
Memory 47.6
1-Core 43.6
2-Core 38.5
31% 43.2 Pts
4-Core 88.3
8-Core 78.9
12% 83.6 Pts
64-Core 95.7
6% 95.7 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
20.8% Poor
Memory 35
1-Core 30.3
2-Core 44.7
24% 36.7 Pts
4-Core 40.2
8-Core 37.4
5% 38.8 Pts
64-Core 46.5
3% 46.5 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
15.2% Very poor
Memory 14.3
1-Core 50.7
2-Core 92
28% 52.3 Pts
4-Core 93.1
8-Core 92.8
13% 92.9 Pts
64-Core 94.9
6% 94.9 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M2N68-AM SE2

CPU
Athlon II X2 240AMDBench 43%, 5,397 samples43x
GPU
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 6,441 samples82x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 63,747 samples16x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 21,027 samples10x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $24Bench 60%, 90,949 samples8x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 62%, 191,427 samples6x
CS90 0 120GB SSDPNYBench 57%, 245 samples3x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 352,432 samples151x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 61,558 samples43x
1x2GBUnknownBench 15%, 76,059 samples30x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 13% - Very poor Total price: $24

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