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Athlon II X4 740K

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 48.8% (793rd of 1404)

Based on 4,318 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00610F01 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 740 Quad Core Processor
Poor: 37%Average: 48.8% Great: 57%
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X4 740K averaged 51.2% 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 71.3Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 55Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X4 740K is just 19.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X4 740K performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 159Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 157Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,318 samples)
Rank 79348.8%
Min Avg Max
53 Memory 71.3 83.8
30.8 1-Core 55 65.3
55 2-Core 98.6 119
47.4% 75 Pts
Min Avg Max
82.5 4-Core 154 188
93.6 8-Core 157 188
20.8% 156 Pts
Min Avg Max
89.5 64-Core 159 190
9.8% 159 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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
52.5% Above average
Memory 79.8
1-Core 58.9
2-Core 105
52% 81.1 Pts
4-Core 148
8-Core 154
20% 151 Pts
64-Core 152
9% 152 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
48.1% Average
Memory 75.7
1-Core 52.2
2-Core 91.4
47% 73.1 Pts
4-Core 124
8-Core 117
16% 120 Pts
64-Core 116
7% 116 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
44.5% Average
Memory 65.7
1-Core 49.8
2-Core 96.6
44% 70.7 Pts
4-Core 136
8-Core 138
18% 137 Pts
64-Core 94.8
6% 94.8 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
43.7% Average
Memory 64.2
1-Core 55.2
2-Core 87.4
44% 68.9 Pts
4-Core 135
8-Core 144
18% 140 Pts
64-Core 145
9% 145 Pts
FM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
41.9% Average
Memory 65.3
1-Core 58.6
2-Core 78.1
44% 67.3 Pts
4-Core 103
8-Core 144
16% 124 Pts
64-Core 139
9% 139 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
31.7% Below average
Memory 45.7
1-Core 53.3
2-Core 94.5
38% 64.5 Pts
4-Core 98.1
8-Core 134
15% 116 Pts
64-Core 137
8% 137 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
12.5% Very poor
Memory 18.5
1-Core 14.3
2-Core 30.9
13% 21.2 Pts
4-Core 36
8-Core 50
5% 43 Pts
64-Core 91.4
6% 91.4 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 60,295,160 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 - $75

CPU
Athlon II X4 740KAMDBench 49%, 4,318 samples25x
GPU
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples25x
Radeon HD 7540DAMDBench 3%, 4,337 samples16x
Radeon HD 7560DAMDBench 4%, 10,029 samples9x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples9x
A400 120GBKingston  $15Bench 61%, 166,392 samples5x
Green 120GB (2018)WD  $62Bench 43%, 69,933 samples3x
RAM
1x4GBAdataBench 31%, 5,816 samples4x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples4x
SP004GBLTU133 1x4GBUnknownBench 19%, 13 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 31% - Below average Total price: $92

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Excellent

23 months ago.

BEST LIKE RYZEN 5 WITH GEFORCE GTX 1050 TI

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Excellent

4 months ago.

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HUN-User
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Good

3 years ago.

Actually not a bad processor! Pretty good price and quality!

LTU-User
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Good

22 months ago.

Have this one for a pc that I got as a punishment, still works as a minimum requirement for GTA5 :D

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