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Athlon II X2 260

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 45.5% (817th of 1264)

Based on 3,904 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F63 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 260 Processor
Poor: 32%Average: 45.5% Great: 51%
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 260 averaged 54.4% 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 73.9Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 53.7Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 260 is just 19.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X2 260 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 104Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 104Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,904 samples)
Rank 81745.5%
Min Avg Max
49.6 Memory 73.9 83.4
34.8 1-Core 53.7 59.3
53.4 2-Core 100 118
49% 76 Pts
Min Avg Max
62.1 4-Core 103 118
65.6 8-Core 104 118
14.1% 103 Pts
Min Avg Max
61.6 64-Core 104 119
7% 104 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 3.2 GHz
51.5% Above average
Memory 83.4
1-Core 58.2
2-Core 116
55% 85.9 Pts
4-Core 118
8-Core 116
16% 117 Pts
64-Core 111
8% 111 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
49.6% Average
Memory 79.8
1-Core 58.4
2-Core 116
54% 84.6 Pts
4-Core 117
8-Core 115
16% 116 Pts
64-Core 114
8% 114 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
49% Average
Memory 79.3
1-Core 56.7
2-Core 106
52% 80.6 Pts
4-Core 112
8-Core 107
15% 110 Pts
64-Core 110
7% 110 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
47.1% Average
Memory 74.9
1-Core 56.7
2-Core 92.9
49% 74.8 Pts
4-Core 116
8-Core 111
16% 114 Pts
64-Core 114
8% 114 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
46% Average
Memory 73.3
1-Core 58
2-Core 114
52% 81.8 Pts
4-Core 114
8-Core 96.7
15% 106 Pts
64-Core 112
8% 112 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
46% Average
Memory 73
1-Core 55.6
2-Core 115
51% 81.1 Pts
4-Core 112
8-Core 115
16% 114 Pts
64-Core 113
8% 113 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
45.6% Average
Memory 76.5
1-Core 37.8
2-Core 65.5
42% 59.9 Pts
4-Core 89.7
8-Core 86.3
12% 88 Pts
64-Core 102
7% 102 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
43.8% Average
Memory 72.2
1-Core 54.7
2-Core 85.9
47% 70.9 Pts
4-Core 90.3
8-Core 103
13% 96.5 Pts
64-Core 106
7% 106 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
42.3% Average
Memory 71
1-Core 47.8
2-Core 37.5
39% 52.1 Pts
4-Core 76.2
8-Core 109
12% 92.6 Pts
64-Core 97.8
7% 97.8 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 33,215,785 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 4%
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Desktop
Desktop 46%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $82

CPU
Athlon II X2 260AMDBench 46%, 3,904 samples1x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 0%, 17,905 samples109x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 105,584 samples25x
RX 570AMD  $140Bench 49%, 256,094 samples23x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 62%, 191,427 samples37x
A400 120GBKingston  $24Bench 61%, 109,630 samples21x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $28Bench 60%, 59,743 samples20x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 299,782 samples350x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 119,775 samples116x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 345,040 samples87x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 20% - Poor Total price: $110

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Poor

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