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Phenom II X4 980

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 62.9% (457th of 1316)

Based on 1,072 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F43 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 980 Processor
Poor: 52%Average: 62.9% Great: 69%
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht

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Above average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 980 averaged 37.1% 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 82.6Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 66Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 980 is just 16.8%. 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 Mixed Speed 256Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 255Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,072 samples)
Rank 45762.9%
Min Avg Max
67.7 Memory 82.6 91.4
53.6 1-Core 66 72.8
104 2-Core 132 145
58.6% 93.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
175 4-Core 251 282
180 8-Core 255 287
34.5% 253 Pts
Min Avg Max
183 64-Core 256 286
17.2% 256 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz
66.4% Good
Memory 86.1
1-Core 68.5
2-Core 136
61% 96.9 Pts
4-Core 273
8-Core 272
37% 272 Pts
64-Core 273
18% 273 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
66.4% Good
Memory 87.5
1-Core 67
2-Core 134
61% 96.3 Pts
4-Core 264
8-Core 268
36% 266 Pts
64-Core 266
18% 266 Pts
AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
65.4% Good
Memory 84.2
1-Core 67.9
2-Core 134
60% 95.3 Pts
4-Core 272
8-Core 271
37% 271 Pts
64-Core 266
18% 266 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
60.7% Good
Memory 85.3
1-Core 68
2-Core 134
60% 95.8 Pts
4-Core 208
8-Core 223
29% 216 Pts
64-Core 242
16% 242 Pts
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
58.6% Above average
Memory 80
1-Core 73.6
2-Core 145
61% 99.4 Pts
4-Core 208
8-Core 267
31% 237 Pts
64-Core 289
19% 289 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
57.1% Above average
Memory 78
1-Core 59.3
2-Core 129
55% 88.8 Pts
4-Core 202
8-Core 255
30% 229 Pts
64-Core 253
17% 253 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
48.1% Average
Memory 49.6
1-Core 18.7
2-Core 67.9
29% 45.4 Pts
4-Core 270
8-Core 268
37% 269 Pts
64-Core 268
18% 268 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 46,582,809 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 - $89

CPU
Phenom II X4 980AMDBench 63%, 1,072 samples1x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 51%, 731,766 samples83x
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 54%, 736,931 samples82x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 47%, 356,810 samples74x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 609,576 samples57x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 827,550 samples46x
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 67%, 337,354 samples38x
RAM
16GBUnknownBench 40%, 67,444 samples618x
8GBUnknownBench 33%, 109,440 samples602x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 76,562 samples150x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 34% - Below average Total price: $509

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