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Athlon II X2 255

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 25.7% (801st of 1206)

Based on 2,552 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F63, 178BFBFF00100F62 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 255 Processor
Poor: 19%Average: 25.7% Great: 29%
Gaming
Gaming 26%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 32%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

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Very poor average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 255 averaged 74.2% 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. Single Core Mixed Speed 52.6Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 99.3Pts

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 255 is just 9.86%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X2 255 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 105Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 103Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,552 samples)
Rank 80125.7%
Min Avg Max
36.9 1-Core 52.6 57.4
56.3 2-Core 99.3 114
36% 75.9 Pts
Min Avg Max
68.3 4-Core 101 114
77.8 8-Core 103 115
13.9% 102 Pts
Min Avg Max
76.5 64-Core 105 115
7% 105 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
28.1% Poor
1-Core 56.4
2-Core 113
40% 84.8 Pts
4-Core 111
8-Core 113
15% 112 Pts
64-Core 113
8% 113 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz
27.6% Poor
1-Core 54.9
2-Core 111
39% 83 Pts
4-Core 110
8-Core 112
15% 111 Pts
64-Core 109
7% 109 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz
26.1% Poor
1-Core 54.2
2-Core 107
38% 80.5 Pts
4-Core 98.6
8-Core 100
14% 99.3 Pts
64-Core 105
7% 105 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
23.2% Poor
1-Core 37.7
2-Core 110
33% 73.6 Pts
4-Core 109
8-Core 97.6
14% 104 Pts
64-Core 106
7% 106 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
20.5% Poor
1-Core 46.6
2-Core 58.1
27% 52.3 Pts
4-Core 74.8
8-Core 92.8
11% 83.8 Pts
64-Core 87.8
6% 87.8 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
13.9% Very poor
1-Core 15.5
2-Core 49.1
14% 32.3 Pts
4-Core 87.8
8-Core 107
13% 97.5 Pts
64-Core 102
7% 102 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 24,128,478 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 31%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire X3400G

CPU
Athlon II X2 255AMDBench 26%, 2,552 samples63x
GPU
GeForce 9200NvidiaBench 0%, 1,144 samples37x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 35,625 samples3x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 50,728 samples3x
SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk  $22Bench 59%, 54,695 samples3x
0 480GBCt480bx2Bench 88%, 276 samples2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $74Bench 54%, 226,067 samples1x
RAM
ACR256X64D3U1333C9 2x2GBKingstonBench 31%, 912 samples20x
M378B5773CH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 2,130 samples9x
CM3X2G1333C9 4x2GBCorsairBench 45%, 479 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 14% - Very poor Total price: $22

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