AMD

Athlon II X2 255

Athlon II X2 255
BENCHMARKS (2,941)
MKT (0%)
BUILDS
(1)

Effective Speed -95%Effective Speed -95%Average Score -270%1-Core -147%, 4-Core -384%, 2-Core -158%, 8-Core -644%, Memory -18%Overclocked Score -258%1-Core -135%, 2-Core -140%, 4-Core -371%, 8-Core -629%, Memory -13%Value & Sentiment User Rating -278%, Market Share -14,444%Nice To Haves -686%64-Core -807%, 64-Core -832%, Age -419%

Average Bench: 45.4% (830^th of 1271)

Based on 2,941 user benchmarks. Devices: 178BFBFF00100F63, 178BFBFF00100F62 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 255 Processor

Poor: 33%Average: 45.4% Great: 51%

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 255 averaged 54.5% 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 73.9Pts

Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 52.8Pts

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 255 is just 18.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X2 255 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 103Pts

Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 103Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 2,941 samples)

Rank 83045.4%

Min	Avg	Max
52.7	Memory 73.9	83.2
36.5	1-Core 52.8	59.2
55.1	2-Core 99.5	115
48.7% 75.4 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
61.9	4-Core 101	115
70.9	8-Core 103	117
13.9% 102 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
69	64-Core 103	115
6.9% 103 Pts

User Benchmarks

Bench

Normal

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Server

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

TUR-User, 21 hrs ago.Athlon II X2 255,

AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz

51.2% Above average

Memory 83.4

1-Core 55.2

2-Core 112

54% 83.7 Pts

4-Core 114

8-Core 114

16% 114 Pts

64-Core 114

8% 114 Pts

CAN-User, 3 days ago.Athlon II X2 255,

CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

48.7% Average

Memory 78.6

1-Core 56.8

2-Core 113

53% 82.9 Pts

4-Core 112

8-Core 115

15% 114 Pts

64-Core 114

8% 114 Pts

RUS-User, 2 days ago.Athlon II X2 255,

AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz

48.1% Average

Memory 82.6

1-Core 48.2

2-Core 72.1

47% 67.6 Pts

4-Core 82.2

8-Core 83.9

11% 83.1 Pts

64-Core 97.5

6% 97.5 Pts

COL-User, 1 day ago.Athlon II X2 255,

CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz

47.7% Average

Memory 78.6

1-Core 55.2

2-Core 90.1

50% 74.6 Pts

4-Core 102

8-Core 99.4

14% 100 Pts

64-Core 110

7% 110 Pts

USA-User, 12 hrs ago.Athlon II X2 255,

AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

44.2% Average

Memory 72.5

1-Core 50.2

2-Core 97.7

48% 73.5 Pts

4-Core 94.9

8-Core 97.7

13% 96.3 Pts

64-Core 88.3

6% 88.3 Pts

GRC-User, 1 day ago.Athlon II X2 255,

CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz

42.3% Average

Memory 67

1-Core 54.3

2-Core 97.3

46% 72.9 Pts

4-Core 108

8-Core 89.2

14% 98.7 Pts

64-Core 94.7

6% 94.7 Pts

ARG-User, 1 day ago.Athlon II X2 255,

AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

40.9% Average

Memory 62.8

1-Core 54.5

2-Core 111

47% 76.1 Pts

4-Core 113

8-Core 111

15% 112 Pts

64-Core 107

7% 107 Pts

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 34,393,400 CPUs tested.

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 45%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A78LT-M-LE

CPU
Athlon II X2 255AMDBench 45%, 2,941 samples	22x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 0%, 17,905 samples	76x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 21,038 samples	14x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 85,219 samples	10x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $20Bench 61%, 97,089 samples	14x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $50Bench 103%, 166,971 samples	12x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 62%, 223,655 samples	9x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 312,123 samples	99x
2x2GBUnknownBench 19%, 354,364 samples	79x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 109,572 samples	53x

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Value: 15% - Very poor

Total price: $20

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Athlon II X2 255