AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE: unityofsaints Breaks wPrime Records

The title of this news piece isn't hyperbole. Consider this: the last significant AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE processor benchmark was posted over 10 years ago. We're talking about popular disciplines like wPrime - 32m or its more demanding sibling, wPrime- 1024m.

It's in these two specific disciplines that Australian enthusiast unityofsaints made his mark today, setting two model-specific records for the aging AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE:

For wPrime - 32m, the chip ran at 5749MHz, achieving a result of 6 seconds, 281 milliseconds:

In the more challenging wPrime- 1024m discipline, the chip's frequency dropped by just over 100MHz to 5625MHz, resulting in a time of 3 minutes, 25 seconds, and 438 milliseconds:

The Australian's test bench comprised the following components:

Motherboard — GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P
RAM — a single stick of an unknown Corsair Dominator DDR2 model
Graphics card — GIGABYTE GeForce GT 710

Below, thanks to the shared photos, you can see the Australian's workspace for yourself:

Photo source: unityofsaints' HWBot profile

Besides the photos, unityofsaints also shared a rather cute and interesting meme directly related to the chip he used:

In short, it suggests only old-timers remember the last record set with an AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE. And it's true; this chip was designed for the AM2+ platform. It doesn't support DDR3, its revision is limited to the relatively unsuccessful and hot C2, and overall, the Phenom II X4 940 BE wasn't very popular among enthusiasts in its heyday. However, it gained considerable popularity among budget-conscious users, as it allowed them to breathe new life into an old AM2+ socket-based computer for a small price.

Source: unityofsaints' HWBot profile