AMD Athlon X4 840 Total War: Rome 2 Benchmarks - Can Athlon X4 840 Run Total War: Rome 2?

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 - Total War: Rome 2 Benchmarks

Core i3-8350K
41
Core i3-8300
40.4
Core i3-8100
40.1
Core i3-8100B
40
Ryzen 3 2300X
37.5
Ryzen 3 2200G
37.2
Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G
37.2
Ryzen 3 1300X
36.8
Ryzen 3 1200
36.6
Core i3-7350K
35.8
Core i3-7320
35.4
Core i3-7300
35.3
Core i3-7100
34.7
Core i3-4370
34
Core i3-4360
33.8
Core i3-4350
33.5
Core i3-4340
33.1
Core i3-4330
32.7
Athlon II X4 740
32.6
A8-5500B
32.6
A8-7670K
32.5
Core i3-6320
32.5
Core i3-6300
32.4
A8-6500
32.3
A8-7650K
32.3
Core i3-4170
32.2
Athlon X4 970
32.2
A8-6600K
32.2
Core i3-6100
32.2
Pentium Gold G5600
32.1
Core i3-6098P
32
Core i3-4160
32
A8-5600K
31.9
A8-7600
31.9
Core i3-4150
31.8
Pro A8-7600B
31.8
Athlon II X4 860K
31.7
Athlon X4 950
31.7
A8-9600
31.7
Athlon X4 835
31.7
Athlon X4 845
31.7
Athlon X4 840
31.7
A8-5500
31.5
Core i3-4130
31.5
Athlon X4 940
31.5
Athlon X4 880K
31.4
Athlon X4 740
31.4
Athlon II X4 760K
31.3
Athlon X4 760K
31.3
Athlon X4 750K
31.2
Athlon X4 870K
31.1
Core i3-3250
31.1
Core i3-3245
31
Core i3-3240
31
Athlon X4 860K
30.8
Core i3-3225
30.7
Pentium Gold G5400
30.7
Pentium Gold G5500
30.7
Core i3-3220
30.7
Pentium G4620
30.4
Athlon II X4 750K
30.4
Pentium G4600
30.2
Pentium G4560
30
Core i3-3210
29.7
Athlon II X2 280
29.2
Pentium G3470
29.2
Pentium G4520
29.2
Pentium G3258
29
Pentium G3450
29
Pentium G3460
29
Pentium G3250
28.8
Athlon II X2 370K
28.8
A6-9550
28.8
Athlon X2 370K
28.8
A6-6420K
28.8
Pentium G4500
28.8
A6-7470K
28.7
Athlon X2 350
28.5
A6-9500
28.5
Pentium G3260
28.5
Pentium G870
28.5
A6-6400K
28.5
Pentium G2130
28.4
A6-5400B
28.4
Pentium G3420
28.4
Pentium G4400
28.4
Pentium G3430
28.4
A6-7400K
28.4
Pro A6-7400B
28.4
Pentium G3440
28.4
Athlon X2 450
28.3
Athlon X2 340
28.3
Pentium G2140
28.3
Pentium G3240
28.1
Pentium G3220
28
Pentium G2030
27.6
Pentium G2120
27.6
Pentium G640
27.3
Pentium G2020
27.2
Pentium E5800
27.2
Pentium G645
27.2
Pentium G2010
26.6
A6-5400K
26.6
Athlon II X2 340
26.2
Athlon X4 840 - 1080p - R9 380 - Can Athlon X4 840 run Total War: Rome 2?

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 6.8% 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%. Again, the Athlon X4 740 tumbles down the chart, falling behind its Steamroller-based successor. That's a ~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.