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Athlon II X2 260

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 42.4% (963rd of 1404)

Based on 5,317 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F63 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 260 Processor
Poor: 31%Average: 42.4% Great: 49%
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 260 averaged 57.5% 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 70.9Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 43.9Pts

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 Speed 85.3Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 85.3Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,317 samples)
Rank 96342.4%
Min Avg Max
51.9 Memory 70.9 83.1
27.3 1-Core 43.9 49.2
43.3 2-Core 82.8 96.1
43% 65.9 Pts
Min Avg Max
55.3 4-Core 84 96.2
56.6 8-Core 85.3 96.4
11.3% 84.7 Pts
Min Avg Max
54.5 64-Core 85.3 96.6
5.3% 85.3 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)
44.8% Average
Memory 77.8
1-Core 43.5
2-Core 74.2
44% 65.2 Pts
4-Core 70.2
8-Core 79.4
10% 74.8 Pts
64-Core 77.1
5% 77.1 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
43.1% Average
Memory 76.7
1-Core 42.9
2-Core 55
42% 58.2 Pts
4-Core 59.3
8-Core 60.2
8% 59.8 Pts
64-Core 69.2
4% 69.2 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
42.7% Average
Memory 75.6
1-Core 40.3
2-Core 66.2
42% 60.7 Pts
4-Core 58.1
8-Core 75.3
8% 66.7 Pts
64-Core 75.9
5% 75.9 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
36.9% Below average
Memory 65.3
1-Core 31.2
2-Core 44.2
34% 46.9 Pts
4-Core 51.9
8-Core 56.4
7% 54.2 Pts
64-Core 55.5
3% 55.5 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
34.7% Below average
Memory 58.1
1-Core 41.5
2-Core 67.1
36% 55.6 Pts
4-Core 67.5
8-Core 70.6
9% 69.1 Pts
64-Core 67.1
4% 67.1 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
32.4% Below average
Memory 55.6
1-Core 42.4
2-Core 57.3
35% 51.8 Pts
4-Core 55.9
8-Core 59.6
8% 57.8 Pts
64-Core 61.4
4% 61.4 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
30.6% Below average
Memory 53.3
1-Core 29.4
2-Core 40.4
29% 41 Pts
4-Core 46.5
8-Core 59.5
7% 53 Pts
64-Core 61.1
4% 61.1 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 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $200

CPU
Athlon II X2 260AMDBench 42%, 5,317 samples1x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples28x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $80Bench 17%, 309,423 samples12x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $120Bench 29%, 946,701 samples11x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples13x
Sata III 128GBIntensoBench 67%, 2,059 samples7x
A400 120GBKingston  $15Bench 61%, 166,392 samples5x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples132x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples28x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples23x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 31% - Below average Total price: $217

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