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Athlon II X2 260

Average Bench: 26.5% (787th of 1206)

Based on 3,379 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F63 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 260 Processor
Poor: 17%Average: 26.5% Great: 29%
Gaming
Gaming 26%
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 73.5% 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. Single Core Mixed Speed 54Pts
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 12.1%. 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 107Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,379 samples)
Rank 78726.5%
Min Avg Max
35.9 1-Core 54 59.2
52.6 2-Core 102 118
37% 78 Pts
Min Avg Max
65.5 4-Core 104 118
75.1 8-Core 107 118
14.4% 105 Pts
Min Avg Max
72.6 64-Core 108 118
7.2% 108 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
34.9% Below average
1-Core 70.1
2-Core 139
49% 104 Pts
4-Core 139
8-Core 136
19% 137 Pts
64-Core 139
9% 139 Pts
Socket AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
29.4% Poor
1-Core 58.9
2-Core 117
41% 87.9 Pts
4-Core 117
8-Core 117
16% 117 Pts
64-Core 118
8% 118 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
29.1% Poor
1-Core 58.4
2-Core 114
41% 86.1 Pts
4-Core 117
8-Core 117
16% 117 Pts
64-Core 116
8% 116 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
28.9% Poor
1-Core 58.7
2-Core 116
41% 87.4 Pts
4-Core 112
8-Core 116
16% 114 Pts
64-Core 116
8% 116 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
28.8% Poor
1-Core 57.7
2-Core 116
41% 86.9 Pts
4-Core 115
8-Core 116
16% 115 Pts
64-Core 115
8% 115 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
27.8% Poor
1-Core 55.6
2-Core 111
39% 83.2 Pts
4-Core 111
8-Core 111
15% 111 Pts
64-Core 108
7% 108 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 24,130,765 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 26%, 3,379 samples1x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 0%, 14,655 samples321x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $110Bench 19%, 194,838 samples116x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 32%, 493,701 samples90x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 59%, 69,150 samples76x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $74Bench 54%, 226,067 samples60x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 62%, 121,626 samples60x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 248,634 samples1,282x
1x4GBUnknownBench 24%, 94,810 samples440x
2x2GBUnknownBench 19%, 275,905 samples259x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 12% - Very poor Total price: $107

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Poor

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