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Athlon II X2 260

Average Bench: 26.5% (776th of 1197)

Based on 3,331 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F63 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 260 Processor
Poor: 18%Average: 26.5% Great: 29%
Gaming
Gaming 27%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 33%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

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Very poor average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 260 averaged 73.4% 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. Single Core Mixed Speed 54.3Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 102Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 260 is just 11.3%. 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 108Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 106Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,331 samples)
Rank 77626.5%
Min Avg Max
37.3 1-Core 54.3 59.3
54.5 2-Core 102 118
37.1% 78.1 Pts
Min Avg Max
66.8 4-Core 104 118
74.7 8-Core 106 119
14.4% 105 Pts
Min Avg Max
74.8 64-Core 108 119
7.2% 108 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
29.4% Poor
1-Core 58.7
2-Core 116
41% 87.3 Pts
4-Core 118
8-Core 116
16% 117 Pts
64-Core 118
8% 118 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
29.4% Poor
1-Core 58.8
2-Core 116
41% 87.6 Pts
4-Core 118
8-Core 117
16% 117 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)
29.1% Poor
1-Core 58.7
2-Core 113
41% 85.8 Pts
4-Core 116
8-Core 114
16% 115 Pts
64-Core 115
8% 115 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
28.7% Poor
1-Core 58.3
2-Core 106
39% 82.2 Pts
4-Core 116
8-Core 116
16% 116 Pts
64-Core 117
8% 117 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
28.7% Poor
1-Core 58
2-Core 114
41% 86.2 Pts
4-Core 113
8-Core 109
15% 111 Pts
64-Core 106
7% 106 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
27.6% Poor
1-Core 56.6
2-Core 117
40% 86.6 Pts
4-Core 105
8-Core 101
14% 103 Pts
64-Core 96
6% 96 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
25.6% Poor
1-Core 47.4
2-Core 106
35% 76.7 Pts
4-Core 110
8-Core 112
15% 111 Pts
64-Core 113
8% 113 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
25.6% Poor
1-Core 57.6
2-Core 113
40% 85.3 Pts
4-Core 79.9
8-Core 108
12% 93.9 Pts
64-Core 102
7% 102 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 21,719,163 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 32%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $82

CPU
Athlon II X2 260AMDBench 27%, 3,331 samples1x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 0%, 13,754 samples285x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $90Bench 17%, 175,355 samples113x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $148Bench 31%, 449,329 samples82x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $20Bench 58%, 50,320 samples68x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $70Bench 54%, 201,282 samples59x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 63%, 93,790 samples48x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 256,412 samples1,181x
1x4GBUnknownBench 26%, 90,094 samples407x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 263,267 samples243x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 15% - Very poor Total price: $102

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Poor

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it can't even run 720p video with a gtx1050 without stuttering

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