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FX-8300

Average Bench: 43% (458th of 1206)

Based on 30,644 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00600F20 Model: AMD FX(tm)-8300 Eight-Core Processor
Poor: 34%Average: 43% Great: 52%
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 44%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD FX-8300 averaged 57.0% 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 66.8Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 127Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD FX-8300 is just 17.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD FX-8300 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 390Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 383Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 30,644 samples)
Rank 45843%
Min Avg Max
49.1 1-Core 66.8 78.5
97.4 2-Core 127 151
45.9% 96.8 Pts
Min Avg Max
175 4-Core 230 290
271 8-Core 383 489
38.8% 307 Pts
Min Avg Max
300 64-Core 390 494
26.2% 390 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
52.3% Above average
1-Core 75.5
2-Core 148
53% 112 Pts
4-Core 297
8-Core 490
50% 394 Pts
64-Core 483
32% 483 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
49.1% Average
1-Core 76.1
2-Core 140
52% 108 Pts
4-Core 266
8-Core 397
43% 332 Pts
64-Core 402
27% 402 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
48% Average
1-Core 78
2-Core 151
54% 114 Pts
4-Core 245
8-Core 387
40% 316 Pts
64-Core 409
28% 409 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
47.7% Average
1-Core 77.3
2-Core 148
53% 113 Pts
4-Core 245
8-Core 411
41% 328 Pts
64-Core 401
27% 401 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
47.4% Average
1-Core 70.5
2-Core 150
51% 110 Pts
4-Core 259
8-Core 395
42% 327 Pts
64-Core 414
28% 414 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz
44.6% Average
1-Core 68.1
2-Core 131
47% 99.4 Pts
4-Core 242
8-Core 402
41% 322 Pts
64-Core 386
26% 386 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
41.5% Average
1-Core 64.3
2-Core 118
44% 91.2 Pts
4-Core 227
8-Core 295
34% 261 Pts
64-Core 345
23% 345 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
34.2% Below average
1-Core 55.2
2-Core 106
38% 80.8 Pts
4-Core 176
8-Core 322
31% 249 Pts
64-Core 318
21% 318 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 24,085,345 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 28%
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Desktop
Desktop 40%
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Workstation
Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $84

CPU
FX-8300AMD  $130Bench 43%, 30,644 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 32%, 460,733 samples2,412x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples2,022x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 252,542 samples1,466x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $74Bench 54%, 226,067 samples1,138x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $85Bench 106%, 532,443 samples1,014x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 70,869 samples689x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 47%, 6,928 samples1,022x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 42%, 5,666 samples957x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 3,389 samples762x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 41% - Average Total price: $443

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 Comments

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USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

9 days ago.

its just slower than a amd athlon 200ge

BRA-User
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3,107

Excellent

5 days ago.

SUCH A CRAP CPU. TOO SLOW, LOSES EVEN TO INTEL 2ND GEN

IDN-User
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2,987

Good

2 months ago.

cpu 8 core cheapest and performance like ryzen 7 but old than ryzen 7

THA-User
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2,052

Excellent

3 months ago.

OC to 4.5ghz 1.4 voltage stable

ZAF-User
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1,794

Poor

1 month ago.

Over priced, old and outdated

CYP-User
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978

Good

13 months ago.

I am happy with it overclocked

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