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CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

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32 Cores, 64 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 69.8% (404th of 1445)

Based on 417 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306F2 Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2696 v3 @ 2.30GHz
Poor: 57%Average: 69.8% Great: 80%
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier

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Above average average bench

The 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 averaged 30.1% 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 2,185Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 74.4Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 is 22.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 655Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 351Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 417 samples)
Rank 40469.8%
Min Avg Max
58.4 Memory 74.4 83.5
66.9 1-Core 96.3 114
134 2-Core 189 226
68% 120 Pts
Min Avg Max
263 4-Core 351 421
456 8-Core 655 817
60% 503 Pts
Min Avg Max
531 64-Core 2,185 3,553
135% 2,185 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 2.95 GHz (avg)
71.3% Very good
Memory 79.4
1-Core 97.6
2-Core 194
71% 124 Pts
4-Core 340
8-Core 610
57% 475 Pts
64-Core 1875
116% 1875 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
71.1% Very good
Memory 81
1-Core 98.1
2-Core 182
70% 121 Pts
4-Core 329
8-Core 613
56% 471 Pts
64-Core 1,867
116% 1,867 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg)
70.7% Very good
Memory 78.4
1-Core 84.9
2-Core 195
68% 119 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 625
58% 482 Pts
64-Core 1,872
116% 1,872 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
63.5% Good
Memory 73.3
1-Core 73.8
2-Core 145
58% 97.5 Pts
4-Core 289
8-Core 577
51% 433 Pts
64-Core 1,484
92% 1,484 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
62.1% Good
Memory 72.9
1-Core 94.5
2-Core 158
64% 108 Pts
4-Core 276
8-Core 574
50% 425 Pts
64-Core 1,881
116% 1,881 Pts
SOCKET 0, 2 CPU, 32 cores, 64 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
59.3% Above average
Memory 66.1
1-Core 95.3
2-Core 185
65% 116 Pts
4-Core 284
8-Core 416
44% 350 Pts
64-Core 414
26% 414 Pts
SOCKET 0, 2 CPU, 32 cores, 64 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg)
52.9% Above average
Memory 62.7
1-Core 80.4
2-Core 144
56% 95.8 Pts
4-Core 235
8-Core 327
35% 281 Pts
64-Core 377
23% 377 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
46.5% Average
Memory 28.3
1-Core 86.1
2-Core 175
49% 96.5 Pts
4-Core 345
8-Core 628
58% 486 Pts
64-Core 1,895
117% 1,895 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 41%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 49%
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Motherboard: Intel X99

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v31stBench 70%, 417 samples1x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples140x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples117x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples98x
SSD
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples47x
NE-256 256GBBench 159%, 6,044 samples45x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples37x
RAM
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples231x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples134x
Atermiter 2x16GBUnknownBench 65%, 839 samples89x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $130

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