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Athlon II X2 255

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 44.3% (883rd of 1316)

Based on 3,658 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F63, 178BFBFF00100F62 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 255 Processor
Poor: 32%Average: 44.3% Great: 51%
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 255 averaged 55.7% 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 71.6Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 52.3Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 255 is just 18.5%. 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 102Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,658 samples)
Rank 88344.3%
Min Avg Max
51.8 Memory 71.6 83.1
35.7 1-Core 52.3 57.5
52 2-Core 99.1 114
47.8% 74.3 Pts
Min Avg Max
61.5 4-Core 101 115
69.3 8-Core 102 115
13.9% 102 Pts
Min Avg Max
63.6 64-Core 103 115
6.9% 103 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz
51.8% Above average
Memory 84.4
1-Core 57.5
2-Core 115
55% 85.6 Pts
4-Core 114
8-Core 115
16% 115 Pts
64-Core 112
8% 112 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz
50.7% Above average
Memory 83
1-Core 56.9
2-Core 109
54% 82.9 Pts
4-Core 112
8-Core 102
15% 107 Pts
64-Core 114
8% 114 Pts
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
49.9% Average
Memory 80.8
1-Core 57.4
2-Core 115
54% 84.3 Pts
4-Core 114
8-Core 115
16% 114 Pts
64-Core 114
8% 114 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
46.5% Average
Memory 74
1-Core 57
2-Core 112
51% 80.8 Pts
4-Core 114
8-Core 114
16% 114 Pts
64-Core 112
8% 112 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
41.6% Average
Memory 64.3
1-Core 52.7
2-Core 104
46% 73.5 Pts
4-Core 113
8-Core 108
15% 110 Pts
64-Core 106
7% 106 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
40.2% Average
Memory 68.9
1-Core 51.7
2-Core 51.9
41% 57.5 Pts
4-Core 66.3
8-Core 90.8
10% 78.6 Pts
64-Core 97.2
6% 97.2 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 46,442,765 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A78LT-M-LE

CPU
Athlon II X2 255AMDBench 44%, 3,658 samples1x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 20,188 samples140x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $110Bench 18%, 270,336 samples24x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 23,967 samples22x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 66%, 307,480 samples19x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 59%, 152,637 samples18x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $52Bench 101%, 227,198 samples14x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 40%, 379,160 samples210x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 397,171 samples159x
1x4GBUnknownBench 26%, 153,892 samples96x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $29

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