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Xeon E5-2696 v3

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 72.2% (356th of 1442)

Based on 1,038 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306F2 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2696 v3 @ 2.30GHz
Poor: 62%Average: 72.2% Great: 83%
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier

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Good average bench

The Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 averaged 27.7% 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. Multi Core Speed 1,828Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 80.1Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 is 20.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 665Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 182Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,038 samples)
Rank 35672.2%
Min Avg Max
72.1 Memory 80.1 90.1
68.3 1-Core 93.5 108
137 2-Core 182 214
68.5% 118 Pts
Min Avg Max
266 4-Core 346 424
544 8-Core 665 819
60% 506 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,206 64-Core 1,828 2,199
113% 1,828 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg)
80.2% Excellent
Memory 83.5
1-Core 98.9
2-Core 205
73% 129 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 810
72% 611 Pts
64-Core 2,227
138% 2,227 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
75.9% Very good
Memory 79.4
1-Core 97.4
2-Core 210
72% 129 Pts
4-Core 389
8-Core 741
67% 565 Pts
64-Core 2,242
139% 2,242 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
74.8% Very good
Memory 79.4
1-Core 103
2-Core 202
73% 128 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 755
67% 566 Pts
64-Core 2,265
140% 2,265 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
69.2% Good
Memory 75.1
1-Core 94.4
2-Core 184
67% 118 Pts
4-Core 341
8-Core 610
57% 475 Pts
64-Core 1,866
116% 1,866 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
67.7% Good
Memory 76.3
1-Core 95.5
2-Core 185
68% 119 Pts
4-Core 318
8-Core 615
55% 467 Pts
64-Core 1,846
114% 1,846 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
65.1% Good
Memory 74.8
1-Core 96.7
2-Core 173
66% 115 Pts
4-Core 297
8-Core 610
53% 454 Pts
64-Core 1,858
115% 1,858 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg)
63.4% Good
Memory 67.3
1-Core 90.7
2-Core 173
63% 110 Pts
4-Core 319
8-Core 606
55% 463 Pts
64-Core 1,849
114% 1,849 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,716,243 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 26%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 29%
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System: Default string

CPU
Xeon E5-2696 v3IntelBench 72%, 1,038 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples485x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples457x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples331x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples171x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples150x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples1,363x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples486x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples354x
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