AMD

Athlon II X2 255

Athlon II X2 255
BENCHMARKS (3,532)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -125%Effective Speed -125%Average Score -376%1-Core -218%, 4-Core -505%, 2-Core -228%, 8-Core -912%, Memory -18%Overclocked Score -359%1-Core -205%, 2-Core -207%, 4-Core -484%, 8-Core -885%, Memory -12%Value & Sentiment User Rating -90%, Market Share -10,400%Nice To Haves -1,065%64-Core -1,224%, 64-Core -1,282%, Age -688%

Average Bench: 43.6% (932^nd of 1355)

Based on 3,532 user benchmarks. Devices: 178BFBFF00100F63, 178BFBFF00100F62 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 255 Processor

Poor: 30%Average: 43.6% Great: 51%

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 29%

Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 255 averaged 56.4% 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 70.4Pts

Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 52.2Pts

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 255 is 20.4%. 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 102Pts

Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 102Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 3,532 samples)

Rank 93243.6%

Min	Avg	Max
46.9	Memory 70.4	82.8
33.8	1-Core 52.2	57.8
50.4	2-Core 98.4	114
47.3% 73.7 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
60.2	4-Core 99.9	115
66.4	8-Core 102	115
13.8% 101 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
63.5	64-Core 102	115
6.8% 102 Pts

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 4 days ago.Athlon II X2 255,

CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

51.1% Above average

Memory 81.8

1-Core 67.9

2-Core 128

58% 92.6 Pts

4-Core 121

8-Core 123

17% 122 Pts

64-Core 125

8% 125 Pts

DEU-User, 8 hrs ago.Athlon II X2 255,

CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz

50.2% Above average

Memory 81.5

1-Core 57.6

2-Core 114

54% 84.2 Pts

4-Core 113

8-Core 111

15% 112 Pts

64-Core 115

8% 115 Pts

HKG-User, 5 days ago.Athlon II X2 255,

Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

45.5% Average

Memory 73.3

1-Core 55.4

2-Core 106

50% 78.4 Pts

4-Core 106

8-Core 106

14% 106 Pts

64-Core 104

7% 104 Pts

SWE-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)

43.5% Average

Memory 68.7

1-Core 56.1

2-Core 102

48% 75.5 Pts

4-Core 109

8-Core 111

15% 110 Pts

64-Core 108

7% 108 Pts

NZL-User, 7 days ago.Athlon II X2 255,

AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

41.5% Average

Memory 64

1-Core 58.6

2-Core 118

49% 80.1 Pts

4-Core 113

8-Core 113

15% 113 Pts

64-Core 101

7% 101 Pts

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

CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

39.9% Below average

Memory 61.4

1-Core 54.9

2-Core 86.8

44% 67.7 Pts

4-Core 109

8-Core 112

15% 111 Pts

64-Core 109

7% 109 Pts

POL-User, 5 days ago.Athlon II X2 255,

Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

38.9% Below average

Memory 62.9

1-Core 52.7

2-Core 113

47% 76.2 Pts

4-Core 83.5

8-Core 114

13% 98.9 Pts

64-Core 111

8% 111 Pts

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,521,701 CPUs tested.

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M4A78LT-M-LE

CPU
Athlon II X2 255AMDBench 44%, 3,532 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,688 samples	167x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $110Bench 18%, 297,217 samples	31x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 164,425 samples	28x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $29Bench 68%, 368,669 samples	25x
A400 120GBKingston $25Bench 60%, 163,559 samples	21x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 102%, 273,993 samples	15x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 411,145 samples	257x
2x2GBUnknownBench 19%, 443,674 samples	192x
1x4GBUnknownBench 27%, 153,244 samples	113x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $29

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Athlon II X2 255