AMD

Phenom II X4 980

Phenom II X4 980
BENCHMARKS (1,088)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -83%Effective Speed -83%Average Score -244%Memory -2%, 1-Core -250%, 2-Core -242%, 4-Core -247%, 8-Core -480%Overclocked Score -229%1-Core -235%, 2-Core -227%, 4-Core -226%, 8-Core -454%, Memory -1%Value & Sentiment -4,743%User Rating -86%, Market Share -9,400%Nice To Haves -633%64-Core -777%, 64-Core -822%, Age -300%

Average Bench: 58% (612^th of 1442)

Based on 1,088 user benchmarks. Device: 178BFBFF00100F43 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 980 Processor

Poor: 48%Average: 58% Great: 64%

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

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

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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 61258%

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

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

FRA-User, 10 days ago.Phenom II X4 980,

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

ITA-User, 15 days ago.Phenom II X4 980,

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

ESP-User, 2 months ago.Phenom II X4 980,

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

FRA-User, 1 month ago.Phenom II X4 980,

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

USA-User, 4 months ago.Phenom II X4 980,

Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

52.6% Above average

Memory 77.7

1-Core 47

2-Core 107

49% 77.2 Pts

4-Core 160

8-Core 170

22% 165 Pts

64-Core 181

11% 181 Pts

USA-User, 1 day ago.Phenom II X4 980,

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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Gaming 31%

Sail boat

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 - $89

CPU
Phenom II X4 980AMDBench 58%, 1,088 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	133x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	85x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	31x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $369

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