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Xeon E5-1603 v3

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 66% (480th of 1442)

Based on 1,588 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306F2 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1603 v3 @ 2.80GHz
Poor: 56%Average: 66% Great: 72%
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht

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Above average average bench

The Intel Xeon E5-1603 v3 averaged 33.9% 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 82.2Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 155Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon E5-1603 v3 is just 16.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon E5-1603 v3 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 297Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 294Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,588 samples)
Rank 48066%
Min Avg Max
72.6 Memory 82.2 89.4
58.9 1-Core 77.2 83.6
124 2-Core 155 166
62.4% 105 Pts
Min Avg Max
204 4-Core 289 328
220 8-Core 294 327
39% 292 Pts
Min Avg Max
229 64-Core 297 327
18.4% 297 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
66.5% Good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 77.3
2-Core 147
62% 103 Pts
4-Core 280
8-Core 281
38% 280 Pts
64-Core 283
18% 283 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
66.4% Good
Memory 80.3
1-Core 77.5
2-Core 154
62% 104 Pts
4-Core 305
8-Core 305
41% 305 Pts
64-Core 305
19% 305 Pts
SOCKET 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
66% Good
Memory 84.3
1-Core 74.9
2-Core 149
62% 103 Pts
4-Core 281
8-Core 265
37% 273 Pts
64-Core 267
16% 267 Pts
SOCKET 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
64.6% Good
Memory 81.4
1-Core 75.3
2-Core 151
61% 103 Pts
4-Core 276
8-Core 287
37% 281 Pts
64-Core 285
18% 285 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
62.6% Good
Memory 76.5
1-Core 74.6
2-Core 145
59% 98.7 Pts
4-Core 284
8-Core 280
38% 282 Pts
64-Core 276
17% 276 Pts
SOCKET 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
58.5% Above average
Memory 73.8
1-Core 74.8
2-Core 143
58% 97.3 Pts
4-Core 252
8-Core 250
34% 251 Pts
64-Core 253
16% 253 Pts
SOCKET 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
54.1% Above average
Memory 81.2
1-Core 77.9
2-Core 130
59% 96.3 Pts
4-Core 148
8-Core 300
26% 224 Pts
64-Core 301
19% 301 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
49.3% Average
Memory 70.1
1-Core 21.3
2-Core 89.5
38% 60.3 Pts
4-Core 163
8-Core 186
23% 174 Pts
64-Core 155
10% 155 Pts
SOCKET 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
30.9% Below average
Memory 40
1-Core 35.7
2-Core 96.4
32% 57.4 Pts
4-Core 135
8-Core 90.4
16% 113 Pts
64-Core 131
8% 131 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 29%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 24%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 5810

CPU
Xeon E5-1603 v3IntelBench 66%, 1,588 samples1x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples414x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples385x
Quadro M2000NvidiaBench 21%, 5,678 samples287x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples108x
SM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 94%, 1,320 samples105x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples62x
RAM
HMA451R7MFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 90%, 1,961 samples348x
HMA41GR7MFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 96%, 1,319 samples208x
9ASF1G72PZ-2G3B1 4x8GBMicronBench 93%, 857 samples193x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 27% - Poor Total price: $80

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