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Athlon II X2 240

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 41.9% (932nd of 1316)

Based on 6,813 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F62, 178BFBFF00100F63 Models: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 240 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 240e Processor
Poor: 30%Average: 41.9% Great: 49%
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 240 averaged 58.0% 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 68.6Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 47.4Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 240 is just 19.6%. 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 93.5Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 93.5Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,813 samples)
Rank 93241.9%
Min Avg Max
47.6 Memory 68.6 82.2
28.2 1-Core 47.4 53.6
47.6 2-Core 89.8 106
44.6% 68.6 Pts
Min Avg Max
53.5 4-Core 91.7 105
60.6 8-Core 93.5 105
12.6% 92.6 Pts
Min Avg Max
59.6 64-Core 93.5 106
6.3% 93.5 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
49.7% Average
Memory 82.4
1-Core 51.4
2-Core 103
52% 78.9 Pts
4-Core 102
8-Core 103
14% 103 Pts
64-Core 103
7% 103 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
47.7% Average
Memory 78.9
1-Core 49.8
2-Core 95.8
49% 74.8 Pts
4-Core 98.6
8-Core 97.4
13% 98 Pts
64-Core 101
7% 101 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
46.8% Average
Memory 78.5
1-Core 51.3
2-Core 67.1
46% 65.6 Pts
4-Core 92.1
8-Core 88.2
12% 90.1 Pts
64-Core 88.1
6% 88.1 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
44.7% Average
Memory 74.7
1-Core 46.4
2-Core 91.6
47% 70.9 Pts
4-Core 89.1
8-Core 88.8
12% 88.9 Pts
64-Core 83.4
6% 83.4 Pts
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
40.5% Average
Memory 63.3
1-Core 53.5
2-Core 101
46% 72.7 Pts
4-Core 105
8-Core 105
14% 105 Pts
64-Core 105
7% 105 Pts
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
40.2% Average
Memory 63.7
1-Core 50.9
2-Core 104
45% 72.8 Pts
4-Core 99.7
8-Core 102
14% 101 Pts
64-Core 98.3
7% 98.3 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
39.8% Below average
Memory 66.8
1-Core 35.1
2-Core 71.7
39% 57.9 Pts
4-Core 75.3
8-Core 84
11% 79.7 Pts
64-Core 83.5
6% 83.5 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
36.7% Below average
Memory 57.4
1-Core 48.5
2-Core 95.1
42% 67 Pts
4-Core 99.8
8-Core 71.1
12% 85.4 Pts
64-Core 87.4
6% 87.4 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 46,571,206 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M2N68-AM SE2

CPU
Athlon II X2 240AMDBench 42%, 6,813 samples81x
GPU
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 6,689 samples149x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 82,335 samples33x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 23,967 samples23x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 66%, 307,480 samples12x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 59%, 152,637 samples11x
A400 480GBKingston  $53Bench 74%, 154,322 samples4x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 397,171 samples310x
1x2GBUnknownBench 16%, 98,057 samples65x
3GBUnknownBench 15%, 74,040 samples62x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $29

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