AMD

Athlon II X2 255

Athlon II X2 255
BENCHMARKS (3,508)
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Effective Speed -154%Effective Speed -154%Average Score -557%Memory -19%, 1-Core -337%, 2-Core -352%, 4-Core -752%, 8-Core -1,323%Overclocked Score -527%1-Core -312%, 2-Core -317%, 4-Core -710%, 8-Core -1,282%, Memory -12%Value & Sentiment User Rating -89%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,583%64-Core -2,084%, 64-Core -2,205%, Age -459%

Average Bench: 41.8% (978^th of 1406)

Based on 3,508 user benchmarks. Devices: 178BFBFF00100F63, 178BFBFF00100F62 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 255 Processor

Poor: 30%Average: 41.8% Great: 49%

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 28%

Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 255 averaged 58.1% 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 70.2Pts

Avg. Single Core Speed 42.3Pts

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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 Speed 82.5Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 82.6Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 3,508 samples)

Rank 97841.8%

Min	Avg	Max
47.1	Memory 70.2	82.8
26.5	1-Core 42.3	47.2
47.1	2-Core 80	92.2
42% 64.1 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
54.4	4-Core 81.4	92.1
56.5	8-Core 82.6	92.2
10.9% 82 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
56.1	64-Core 82.5	92.5
5.1% 82.5 Pts

User Benchmarks

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

LVA-User, 16 hrs ago.Athlon II X2 255,

CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

40.3% Average

Memory 70.1

1-Core 41.2

2-Core 62.8

40% 58 Pts

4-Core 63.4

8-Core 67.1

9% 65.2 Pts

64-Core 68.7

4% 68.7 Pts

SVK-User, 9 days ago.Athlon II X2 255,

AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

37.2% Below average

Memory 67.5

1-Core 26.3

2-Core 23.7

31% 39.2 Pts

4-Core 42

8-Core 53.2

6% 47.6 Pts

64-Core 46.3

3% 46.3 Pts

TTO-User, 29 days ago.Athlon II X2 255,

CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

37.2% Below average

Memory 62

1-Core 45.8

2-Core 61.9

38% 56.6 Pts

4-Core 74.2

8-Core 74.9

10% 74.6 Pts

64-Core 71.3

4% 71.3 Pts

LVA-User, 16 hrs ago.Athlon II X2 255,

CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

35.5% Below average

Memory 61.1

1-Core 33.6

2-Core 60.7

35% 51.8 Pts

4-Core 60.7

8-Core 61.8

8% 61.2 Pts

64-Core 62

4% 62 Pts

LVA-User, 29 days ago.Athlon II X2 255,

CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

35.2% Below average

Memory 60.3

1-Core 38.6

2-Core 61.4

36% 53.4 Pts

4-Core 62.5

8-Core 60.9

8% 61.7 Pts

64-Core 64.9

4% 64.9 Pts

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

Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

34.9% Below average

Memory 62.2

1-Core 41.4

2-Core 76.7

39% 60.1 Pts

4-Core 47.4

8-Core 48.2

6% 47.8 Pts

64-Core 53.1

3% 53.1 Pts

USA-User, 11 days ago.Athlon II X2 255,

AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

34.2% Below average

Memory 59

1-Core 37.6

2-Core 57.3

35% 51.3 Pts

4-Core 57.3

8-Core 58.5

8% 57.9 Pts

64-Core 60.7

4% 60.7 Pts

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 61,870,331 CPUs tested.

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4N68T-M-V2

CPU
Athlon II X2 255AMDBench 42%, 3,508 samples	1x

GPU
R7 240AMDBench 5%, 58,337 samples	7x
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 5,527 samples	7x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $80Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	6x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
SS D 128GBNetacBench 59%, 10 samples	3x
SUV400S3712 120GBKingstonBench 34%, 503 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	48x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	11x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	10x

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Value: 26% - Poor

Total price: $22

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Athlon II X2 255