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Athlon II X2 260

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 45.1% (855th of 1305)

Based on 4,376 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F63 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 260 Processor
Poor: 34%Average: 45.1% Great: 51%
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 260 averaged 54.9% 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 72.8Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 54.1Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 260 is just 17.8%. 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 105Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 105Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,376 samples)
Rank 85545.1%
Min Avg Max
52.5 Memory 72.8 83.3
34.2 1-Core 54.1 59.2
56.1 2-Core 102 118
49% 76.4 Pts
Min Avg Max
64.7 4-Core 104 118
67 8-Core 105 118
14.3% 104 Pts
Min Avg Max
67 64-Core 105 118
7.1% 105 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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
50.5% Above average
Memory 81.7
1-Core 59.6
2-Core 119
55% 86.7 Pts
4-Core 115
8-Core 120
16% 117 Pts
64-Core 117
8% 117 Pts
Socket 938, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
49.3% Average
Memory 79.3
1-Core 58.6
2-Core 114
54% 84.1 Pts
4-Core 115
8-Core 116
16% 115 Pts
64-Core 118
8% 118 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
49.1% Average
Memory 79.8
1-Core 58.1
2-Core 113
54% 83.8 Pts
4-Core 114
8-Core 88.8
14% 102 Pts
64-Core 71.1
5% 71.1 Pts
Socket M2/S1G1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
46.1% Average
Memory 72.6
1-Core 58.4
2-Core 115
52% 82 Pts
4-Core 117
8-Core 114
16% 116 Pts
64-Core 113
8% 113 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
44.8% Average
Memory 69.8
1-Core 58.7
2-Core 112
50% 80.3 Pts
4-Core 117
8-Core 119
16% 118 Pts
64-Core 115
8% 115 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
41.8% Average
Memory 64.1
1-Core 59.1
2-Core 116
49% 79.9 Pts
4-Core 115
8-Core 118
16% 116 Pts
64-Core 117
8% 117 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 41,983,607 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 5%
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Desktop
Desktop 46%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $82

CPU
Athlon II X2 260AMDBench 45%, 4,376 samples1x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 17,279 samples197x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 48,948 samples42x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 743,604 samples38x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 68%, 291,555 samples52x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 132,270 samples30x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $40Bench 56%, 91,116 samples26x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 331,252 samples613x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 140,931 samples193x
2x2GBUnknownBench 19%, 384,766 samples139x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 20% - Poor Total price: $114

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