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Phenom 9650

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 43% (987th of 1442)

Based on 2,698 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F23 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor
Poor: 33%Average: 43% Great: 50%
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 44%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Phenom 9650 averaged 57.0% 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 65Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 123Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom 9650 is just 17.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom 9650 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 127Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 125Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,698 samples)
Rank 98743%
Min Avg Max
45.9 Memory 65 78.6
27.4 1-Core 32.8 35.4
54.2 2-Core 65.4 70.5
36.5% 54.4 Pts
Min Avg Max
75.5 4-Core 123 139
82.9 8-Core 125 139
16.5% 124 Pts
Min Avg Max
91.1 64-Core 127 140
7.9% 127 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
54.3% Above average
Memory 89.1
1-Core 38.6
2-Core 74.6
47% 67.4 Pts
4-Core 116
8-Core 121
16% 119 Pts
64-Core 120
7% 120 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
52.7% Above average
Memory 87.3
1-Core 37.1
2-Core 73.3
46% 65.9 Pts
4-Core 107
8-Core 119
15% 113 Pts
64-Core 120
7% 120 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
50.3% Above average
Memory 81.8
1-Core 36.6
2-Core 71.6
44% 63.3 Pts
4-Core 112
8-Core 116
15% 114 Pts
64-Core 118
7% 118 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
47.7% Average
Memory 73.7
1-Core 32.8
2-Core 67.2
40% 57.9 Pts
4-Core 128
8-Core 128
17% 128 Pts
64-Core 131
8% 131 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
39.7% Below average
Memory 61.7
1-Core 33.8
2-Core 68.5
36% 54.7 Pts
4-Core 104
8-Core 112
14% 108 Pts
64-Core 111
7% 111 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
36.2% Below average
Memory 55.6
1-Core 34.2
2-Core 68.5
34% 52.8 Pts
4-Core 98.9
8-Core 101
13% 99.8 Pts
64-Core 98.7
6% 98.7 Pts
AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
34.4% Below average
Memory 48.8
1-Core 32.2
2-Core 64.9
31% 48.6 Pts
4-Core 116
8-Core 122
16% 119 Pts
64-Core 124
8% 124 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
33.3% Below average
Memory 48.6
1-Core 33.9
2-Core 67.2
32% 49.9 Pts
4-Core 105
8-Core 109
14% 107 Pts
64-Core 107
7% 107 Pts
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
14.8% Very poor
Memory 16.7
1-Core 22.2
2-Core 35.9
15% 24.9 Pts
4-Core 72.8
8-Core 82.7
10% 77.8 Pts
64-Core 72.8
4% 72.8 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Hp-pavilion FL406AA-ABZ a6652it

CPU
Phenom 9650AMD  $125Bench 43%, 2,698 samples9x
GPU
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples6x
HD 3650ATIBench 2%, 4,070 samples4x
GTX 460Nvidia  $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples8x
7GBUnknownBench 24%, 8,824 samples2x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 48% - Average Total price: $153

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