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4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.4 GHz, Sandy Bridge.
Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

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4 Cores, 4 Threads.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Effective Speed 
+63%
Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 85% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 60% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 60% Great: 85%
SPEED RANK: 343rd / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
5,306 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 53% Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 36% Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
Poor: 36% Great: 53%
SPEED RANK: 949th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		73.9 % Much faster effective speed.
+63% 		45.3 %
Average Score 
+107%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		87.4 Pts Much lower memory latency.
+37% 		64 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		94.9 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+128% 		41.7 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		188 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+125% 		83.7 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		349 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+124% 		156 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		355 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+125% 		158 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+125%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		95.5 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+24% 		77.2 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		117 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+152% 		46.5 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		234 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+152% 		92.8 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		451 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+148% 		182 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		456 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+151% 		182 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % +2% 51 %
Nice To Haves 
+93%
Age
Newest 		128+ Months +2% 131+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		460 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+153% 		182 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		356 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+124% 		159 Pts
Conclusion 
Average Bench 73.9%
Average Bench 45.3%

I have been running an i5-2550k since 2012. With modest overclocking it is only 20% slower in single core processing than the 8th Gen i5's, giving me no reason, even 5 years later, to upgrade. [Oct '17 usbserial]

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This CPU is still very capable for its age. It is a four core-four thread CPU that works very well for productivity. It even can edit videos and live stream with a background CPU of about 40%. I have it set up in an old church computer paired with 16GB of ram and an SSD used for live streaming church services and it surprisingly performs very well when streaming with OBS Studio. If you have an older prebuilt with this CPU, it is still very well capable. [May '23 AsianPCGeek]

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