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Athlon II X2 240

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 42.8% (882nd of 1276)

Based on 5,745 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F62, 178BFBFF00100F63 Models: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 240 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 240e Processor
Poor: 32%Average: 42.8% Great: 49%
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 240 averaged 57.2% 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 70.2Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 48.1Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 240 is just 17.3%. 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 94.3Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 94.2Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,745 samples)
Rank 88242.8%
Min Avg Max
49.4 Memory 70.2 81.7
32.6 1-Core 48.1 57.1
51.3 2-Core 91.1 111
45.4% 69.8 Pts
Min Avg Max
55.3 4-Core 92.2 110
62.2 8-Core 94.2 112
12.7% 93.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
57.8 64-Core 94.3 112
6.3% 94.3 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
46.9% Average
Memory 78.7
1-Core 51.4
2-Core 104
50% 78 Pts
4-Core 88.4
8-Core 102
13% 95.4 Pts
64-Core 102
7% 102 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
46.7% Average
Memory 76.7
1-Core 50.2
2-Core 99.3
49% 75.4 Pts
4-Core 100
8-Core 100
14% 100 Pts
64-Core 100
7% 100 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
45.6% Average
Memory 75.5
1-Core 50.5
2-Core 95.5
48% 73.8 Pts
4-Core 94.3
8-Core 93.4
13% 93.9 Pts
64-Core 90.7
6% 90.7 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
45.2% Average
Memory 73.7
1-Core 50.6
2-Core 97.9
48% 74.1 Pts
4-Core 101
8-Core 93.8
14% 97.4 Pts
64-Core 101
7% 101 Pts
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
44.2% Average
Memory 72.7
1-Core 50.8
2-Core 97.2
48% 73.6 Pts
4-Core 93.9
8-Core 98.2
13% 96.1 Pts
64-Core 97.9
7% 97.9 Pts
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
43.4% Average
Memory 74
1-Core 50.3
2-Core 97.6
48% 74 Pts
4-Core 73.7
8-Core 98.6
11% 86.1 Pts
64-Core 98.3
7% 98.3 Pts
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
38.4% Below average
Memory 64.4
1-Core 42.5
2-Core 73.4
40% 60.1 Pts
4-Core 76
8-Core 67.5
10% 71.8 Pts
64-Core 78.2
5% 78.2 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
35.4% Below average
Memory 55.7
1-Core 48.7
2-Core 85.5
40% 63.3 Pts
4-Core 89.5
8-Core 90.5
12% 90 Pts
64-Core 92.7
6% 92.7 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 38,679,051 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 43%, 5,745 samples60x
GPU
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 6,740 samples111x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 69,352 samples20x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 21,783 samples14x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 119,014 samples10x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 66%, 271,645 samples9x
CS90 0 120GB SSDPNYBench 59%, 268 samples3x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 356,872 samples217x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,590 samples56x
1x2GBUnknownBench 15%, 81,845 samples43x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 13% - Very poor Total price: $25

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