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Phenom II X4 980

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4 Cores, 4 Threads.
Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 58% (637th of 1468)

Based on 1,088 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F43 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 980 Processor
Poor: 48%Average: 58% Great: 64%
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

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Average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 980 averaged 42.0% 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 81.7Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 200Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 980 is just 16.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X4 980 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 205Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 203Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 1,088 samples)
Rank 63758%
Min Avg Max
66.8 Memory 81.7 91.6
42.8 1-Core 52.9 58.3
84.1 2-Core 106 118
51.2% 80.1 Pts
Min Avg Max
129 4-Core 200 231
142 8-Core 203 231
26.9% 202 Pts
Min Avg Max
145 64-Core 205 230
12.7% 205 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
61.5% Good
Memory 87.5
1-Core 53.2
2-Core 107
53% 82.6 Pts
4-Core 210
8-Core 200
28% 205 Pts
64-Core 204
13% 204 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
58.2% Above average
Memory 81.9
1-Core 53.4
2-Core 108
52% 81.2 Pts
4-Core 202
8-Core 204
27% 203 Pts
64-Core 204
13% 204 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
57.1% Above average
Memory 78.7
1-Core 51.5
2-Core 106
50% 78.7 Pts
4-Core 207
8-Core 207
28% 207 Pts
64-Core 209
13% 209 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
56.1% Above average
Memory 80.9
1-Core 51.1
2-Core 100
50% 77.5 Pts
4-Core 184
8-Core 184
25% 184 Pts
64-Core 180
11% 180 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
55.4% Above average
Memory 74.3
1-Core 54.1
2-Core 108
49% 78.9 Pts
4-Core 213
8-Core 214
28% 214 Pts
64-Core 215
13% 215 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
54.7% Above average
Memory 78.4
1-Core 47.2
2-Core 117
50% 80.9 Pts
4-Core 181
8-Core 188
24% 184 Pts
64-Core 196
12% 196 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
47.9% Average
Memory 67.1
1-Core 50.2
2-Core 98.7
45% 72 Pts
4-Core 167
8-Core 175
23% 171 Pts
64-Core 171
11% 171 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
46.3% Average
Memory 67
1-Core 47.6
2-Core 89
43% 67.9 Pts
4-Core 147
8-Core 168
21% 158 Pts
64-Core 178
11% 178 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 69,048,723 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 23%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 - $75

CPU
Phenom II X4 980AMDBench 58%, 1,088 samples1x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples18x
RX 580AMD  $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples16x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples12x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples11x
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples134x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples86x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples33x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 49% - Average Total price: $355

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