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Core i7 X 940

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 60.4% (576th of 1442)

Based on 592 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000106E5 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 940 @ 2.13GHz
Poor: 41%Average: 60.4% Great: 70%
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

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Above average average bench

The Intel Core i7 X 940 averaged 39.5% 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 87.5Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 68.2Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i7 X 940 is 29.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i7 X 940 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 253Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 249Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 592 samples)
Rank 57660.4%
Min Avg Max
63.1 Memory 87.5 95.1
28.4 1-Core 68.2 84.5
48.7 2-Core 121 167
58.3% 92.1 Pts
Min Avg Max
83.8 4-Core 186 256
109 8-Core 249 317
27.6% 218 Pts
Min Avg Max
112 64-Core 253 318
15.7% 253 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
66% Good
Memory 92.8
1-Core 78.1
2-Core 141
65% 104 Pts
4-Core 224
8-Core 262
32% 243 Pts
64-Core 264
16% 264 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
64.2% Good
Memory 92.8
1-Core 72.8
2-Core 116
60% 93.8 Pts
4-Core 198
8-Core 265
29% 232 Pts
64-Core 271
17% 271 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg)
61.5% Good
Memory 86.6
1-Core 75.1
2-Core 141
62% 101 Pts
4-Core 203
8-Core 268
30% 236 Pts
64-Core 270
17% 270 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
59.3% Above average
Memory 85.8
1-Core 70.4
2-Core 117
58% 91.1 Pts
4-Core 184
8-Core 238
27% 211 Pts
64-Core 244
15% 244 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg)
57.8% Above average
Memory 82.1
1-Core 72.8
2-Core 120
58% 91.8 Pts
4-Core 186
8-Core 252
28% 219 Pts
64-Core 256
16% 256 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg)
56% Above average
Memory 80.9
1-Core 75.4
2-Core 130
59% 95.6 Pts
4-Core 173
8-Core 234
26% 203 Pts
64-Core 231
14% 231 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
55.3% Above average
Memory 90
1-Core 62.7
2-Core 114
57% 89.1 Pts
4-Core 120
8-Core 146
17% 133 Pts
64-Core 142
9% 142 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
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System: Dell Precision M6500

CPU
Core i7 X 940Intel  $79Bench 60%, 592 samples1x
GPU
Quadro FX 2800MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,135 samples81x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples46x
Quadro FX 3800MNvidiaBench 7%, 388 samples28x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples9x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,594 samples7x
PM800 Series 2.5" 256GBSamsungBench 24%, 1,200 samples5x
RAM
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 4x2GBUnknownBench 38%, 37 samples6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 44%, 427 samples6x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 318 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 45% - Average Total price: $179

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