AMD Athlon X4 840 Forza Motorsport 7 Benchmarks - Can Athlon X4 840 Run Forza Motorsport 7?

Entry-level Desktop processor released in 2015 with 4 cores and 4 threads. With base clock at 3.1GHz, max speed at 3.8GHz, and a 65W power rating. Athlon X4 840 is based on the Kaveri 28nm family and part of the Athlon X4 series.
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Athlon X4 840 - 1080p - R9 380 - Forza Motorsport 7 Benchmarks

Core i3-8100B
52.6
Core i3-8100
52.6
Ryzen 3 1200
52.6
Ryzen 3 1300X
52.6
Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G
52.6
Core i3-8350K
52.6
Ryzen 3 2200G
52.6
Core i3-8300
52.6
Ryzen 3 2300X
52.6
Core i3-7320
49.5
Core i3-7300
49.5
Core i3-7100
49.5
Core i3-4370
49.5
Core i3-4350
49.5
Core i3-4360
49.5
Core i3-7350K
49.5
Core i3-4340
36.6
Core i3-4330
36.3
Athlon II X4 740
36.2
A8-5500B
36.2
A8-7670K
36.1
Core i3-6320
36.1
Core i3-6300
36
A8-6500
35.9
A8-7650K
35.9
Core i3-4170
35.8
Athlon X4 970
35.8
A8-6600K
35.8
Core i3-6100
35.8
Pentium Gold G5600
35.7
A8-5600K
35.6
A8-7600
35.6
Core i3-4160
35.6
Core i3-6098P
35.6
Core i3-4150
35.5
Pro A8-7600B
35.5
Athlon II X4 860K
35.4
Athlon X4 950
35.4
A8-9600
35.4
Athlon X4 835
35.4
Athlon X4 845
35.4
Athlon X4 840
35.4
A8-5500
35.2
Athlon X4 940
35.2
Core i3-4130
35.1
Athlon X4 880K
35
Athlon II X4 760K
35
Athlon X4 760K
35
Athlon X4 740
35
Athlon X4 750K
34.9
Athlon X4 870K
34.8
Core i3-3250
34.8
Athlon X4 860K
34.6
Core i3-3245
34.6
Core i3-3240
34.6
Core i3-3225
34.5
Pentium Gold G5400
34.5
Pentium Gold G5500
34.5
Core i3-3220
34.5
Pentium G4620
34.2
Athlon II X4 750K
34.2
Pentium G4600
34
Pentium G4560
33.8
Core i3-3210
33.6
Athlon II X2 280
33.1
Pentium G3470
33.1
Pentium G4520
33.1
Pentium G3258
32.9
Pentium G3450
32.9
Pentium G3460
32.9
Pentium G3250
32.7
A6-9550
32.7
Pentium G4500
32.7
Athlon II X2 370K
32.7
Athlon X2 370K
32.7
A6-6420K
32.7
A6-7470K
32.6
Athlon X2 350
32.5
A6-9500
32.5
Pentium G3260
32.5
Pentium G870
32.5
A6-6400K
32.5
Pentium G3420
32.4
Pentium G3440
32.4
Pro A6-7400B
32.4
Pentium G3430
32.4
A6-7400K
32.4
Pentium G4400
32.4
A6-5400B
32.4
Pentium G2130
32.3
Pentium G2140
32.2
Athlon X2 340
32.2
Athlon X2 450
32.2
Pentium G3240
32
Pentium G3220
31.9
Pentium G2120
31.6
Pentium G2030
31.6
Pentium G640
31.4
Pentium G2020
31.3
Pentium E5800
31.3
Pentium G645
31.2
Pentium G2010
30.7
A6-5400K
30.7
Athlon II X2 340
30.4
Athlon X4 840 - 1080p - R9 380 - Can Athlon X4 840 run Forza Motorsport 7?

The Athlon X4 840 sits between Athlon X4 845 and A8-5500. It is 0% lower than the Athlon X4 845 while being 0.6% higher than the A8-5500. The Athlon X4 840 takes a comfortable 28.5% lead over the Core i3-4370. In this benchmark, the Athlon X4 840 has an impressive performance, which is way ahead of the last generation Athlon X4 740 by 1.1%. Again, the Athlon X4 740 tumbles down the chart, falling behind its Steamroller-based successor. That's a ~1.1% generational speed-up in this title. The Athlon X4 740 clearly shows how significantly the entry-level Richland-based CPUs fall behind the Steamroller models. The Athlon X4 840's performance earns it the 42nd place. AMD's Athlon X4 840 notches a small win over the Athlon X4 740, but opens up an impressive lead over the stock Core i3-4370. Overall, the Athlon X4 840 is an average performer with its 4-cores and 4-threads in this benchmark.

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Critics Reviews

The return of Phenom II X4 800 marks AMD's yet another push to secure its dominance in the budget market, and its first representative, the Phenom II X4 840 has all of the features to continue the legacy of legendary Athlon II X4 620 - the first $100 quad processor. Clocked at high 3.20 GHz, and priced at $102, Phenom II X4 840 is going to compete nicely in this segment.
We are going to compare the new Phenom II X4 840 (3.2 GHz) to the Athlon II X4 635 (2.9 GHz), since both are in the same price range. In the tables below you can see a brief comparison between the ...
The AMD Athlon X4 840 Processor retails at RM 270, a very affordable processor and coupled with a motherboard it costs around RM 500 which is pretty much the cheapest quad-core setup you can get. That seems favorable, until you consider the fact that Intel’s dual-core setup costs similar and in some tasks could actually perform faster.
In looking at the market, the X4 840 seems like a great value 4-core solution with 100 MHz higher clock speed and priced $17 less than the Athlon II X4 645. For a 2% increase in price, or $2 more than the Athlon II X4 640, the X4 840 offers a solid 200 MHz boost, or 6% increase in clock speed.