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Athlon II X4 740K

▲ 51205 ▼

2 Cores, 4 Threads.
Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 48.8% (857th of 1468)

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

Average Bench

(Based on 4,318 samples)
Rank 85748.8%
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 BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
FM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
54.8% Above average
Memory 81
1-Core 60.5
2-Core 107
53% 82.9 Pts
4-Core 169
8-Core 168
22% 168 Pts
64-Core 168
10% 168 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
54.1% Above average
Memory 78.8
1-Core 61.1
2-Core 110
53% 83.2 Pts
4-Core 173
8-Core 174
23% 173 Pts
64-Core 173
11% 173 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
51.5% Above average
Memory 81.2
1-Core 60.5
2-Core 106
53% 82.5 Pts
4-Core 130
8-Core 131
18% 130 Pts
64-Core 126
8% 126 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
48.7% Average
Memory 70
1-Core 58.1
2-Core 102
48% 76.6 Pts
4-Core 161
8-Core 162
22% 161 Pts
64-Core 162
10% 162 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
46.5% Average
Memory 66.4
1-Core 54.6
2-Core 101
46% 73.9 Pts
4-Core 154
8-Core 162
21% 158 Pts
64-Core 166
10% 166 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
45.1% Average
Memory 61.3
1-Core 59.9
2-Core 111
47% 77.3 Pts
4-Core 169
8-Core 167
22% 168 Pts
64-Core 167
10% 167 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
42.8% Average
Memory 67.7
1-Core 48.5
2-Core 64.9
41% 60.4 Pts
4-Core 102
8-Core 123
15% 113 Pts
64-Core 112
7% 112 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
34.3% Below average
Memory 46.5
1-Core 46.9
2-Core 68.1
34% 53.8 Pts
4-Core 128
8-Core 136
18% 132 Pts
64-Core 130
8% 130 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 69,050,071 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 - $75

CPU
Athlon II X4 740KAMDBench 49%, 4,318 samples28x
GPU
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples26x
Radeon HD 7540DAMDBench 3%, 4,337 samples19x
Radeon HD 7560DAMDBench 4%, 10,029 samples10x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples11x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples5x
870 Evo 250GBSamsung  $48Bench 101%, 14,082 samples4x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples4x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples4x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 23% - Poor Total price: $100

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Excellent

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Excellent

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Good

5 years ago.

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

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Good

3 years 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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