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Athlon II X2 260

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 44.6% (909th of 1355)

Based on 5,149 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F63 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 260 Processor
Poor: 34%Average: 44.6% Great: 51%
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 260 averaged 55.3% 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 71.4Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 54.9Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 260 is just 17.1%. 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 5,149 samples)
Rank 90944.6%
Min Avg Max
53.2 Memory 71.4 83.2
37.8 1-Core 54.9 60.3
57.8 2-Core 104 119
49% 76.9 Pts
Min Avg Max
68.5 4-Core 106 119
73.5 8-Core 107 119
14.5% 107 Pts
Min Avg Max
74.4 64-Core 108 119
7.2% 108 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
50.4% Above average
Memory 81.4
1-Core 59.2
2-Core 114
54% 84.8 Pts
4-Core 116
8-Core 116
16% 116 Pts
64-Core 116
8% 116 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
48.5% Average
Memory 76.7
1-Core 60.7
2-Core 120
54% 85.7 Pts
4-Core 121
8-Core 121
16% 121 Pts
64-Core 121
8% 121 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
42.9% Average
Memory 64.8
1-Core 64.1
2-Core 125
51% 84.6 Pts
4-Core 124
8-Core 122
17% 123 Pts
64-Core 127
8% 127 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
40.5% Average
Memory 61.1
1-Core 57.4
2-Core 116
48% 78.2 Pts
4-Core 118
8-Core 116
16% 117 Pts
64-Core 117
8% 117 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
40.3% Average
Memory 65.4
1-Core 46.5
2-Core 83
42% 65 Pts
4-Core 89
8-Core 100
13% 94.8 Pts
64-Core 113
8% 113 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
40.2% Average
Memory 64.9
1-Core 55.9
2-Core 109
48% 76.6 Pts
4-Core 95.7
8-Core 80.6
12% 88.1 Pts
64-Core 78.8
5% 78.8 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
40.1% Average
Memory 60.4
1-Core 58.6
2-Core 114
47% 77.7 Pts
4-Core 117
8-Core 118
16% 118 Pts
64-Core 116
8% 116 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
38.5% Below average
Memory 65.4
1-Core 51.8
2-Core 37
38% 51.4 Pts
4-Core 70.6
8-Core 67
10% 68.8 Pts
64-Core 64.4
4% 64.4 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,522,714 CPUs tested.

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

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $240

CPU
Athlon II X2 260AMDBench 45%, 5,149 samples1x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,688 samples287x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $110Bench 18%, 297,217 samples67x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 967,143 samples59x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 68%, 368,669 samples78x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 163,559 samples45x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $33Bench 54%, 145,522 samples40x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 411,145 samples910x
1x4GBUnknownBench 27%, 153,244 samples271x
2x2GBUnknownBench 19%, 443,674 samples189x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $269

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