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Phenom II X4 B55

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 54% (694th of 1442)

Based on 3,005 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F43, 178BFBFF00100F53 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 B55 Processor
Poor: 44%Average: 54% Great: 62%
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

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Average average bench

The AMD Phenom II X4 B55 averaged 46.0% 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. Memory Latency 76.5Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 184Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom II X4 B55 is just 17.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom II X4 B55 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 187Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 186Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,005 samples)
Rank 69454%
Min Avg Max
56.9 Memory 76.5 89.3
41.4 1-Core 48.8 55.8
79.3 2-Core 97.3 110
47.6% 74.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
113 4-Core 184 216
127 8-Core 186 215
24.8% 185 Pts
Min Avg Max
133 64-Core 187 217
11.6% 187 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
57.7% Above average
Memory 84
1-Core 47
2-Core 93.2
49% 74.7 Pts
4-Core 184
8-Core 184
25% 184 Pts
64-Core 184
11% 184 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
55% Above average
Memory 82.8
1-Core 46.4
2-Core 92.9
49% 74 Pts
4-Core 159
8-Core 168
22% 164 Pts
64-Core 167
10% 167 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
53.7% Above average
Memory 77.6
1-Core 46.4
2-Core 92.9
47% 72.3 Pts
4-Core 174
8-Core 176
23% 175 Pts
64-Core 183
11% 183 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
51.5% Above average
Memory 72.8
1-Core 47.1
2-Core 93.7
46% 71.2 Pts
4-Core 177
8-Core 178
24% 177 Pts
64-Core 174
11% 174 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
51.3% Above average
Memory 77.2
1-Core 49.2
2-Core 97.6
48% 74.7 Pts
4-Core 149
8-Core 156
20% 153 Pts
64-Core 156
10% 156 Pts
, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz
51.1% Above average
Memory 86.2
1-Core 50.2
2-Core 99.3
51% 78.6 Pts
4-Core 97.1
8-Core 94.1
13% 95.6 Pts
64-Core 102
6% 102 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
43.4% Average
Memory 54.8
1-Core 47.8
2-Core 97.8
40% 66.8 Pts
4-Core 186
8-Core 186
25% 186 Pts
64-Core 186
12% 186 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
42.5% Average
Memory 60.2
1-Core 46.3
2-Core 93.4
41% 66.6 Pts
4-Core 144
8-Core 152
20% 148 Pts
64-Core 150
9% 150 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
39.7% Below average
Memory 54.8
1-Core 46.3
2-Core 94.9
40% 65.3 Pts
4-Core 142
8-Core 159
20% 150 Pts
64-Core 170
10% 170 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 63%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
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Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P23(FX) (MS-7641)

CPU
Phenom II X4 B55AMDBench 54%, 3,005 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples54x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples33x
GTX 1050Nvidia  $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples16x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples20x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples16x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples11x
RAM
2x4GBAdataBench 60%, 13,050 samples12x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples9x
99U5471-054.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 12,132 samples9x
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