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@ 2.90GHz

▲ 500 ▼

8 Cores, 16 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 70.6% (397th of 1456)

Based on 39 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000206D5 Model: Genuine Intel(R) CPU @ 2.90GHz
Poor: 59%Average: 70.6% Great: 78%
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer

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Good average bench

The Intel @ 2.90GHz averaged 29.3% 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 81.8Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 320Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel @ 2.90GHz is just 18.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel @ 2.90GHz performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 765Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 568Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 39 samples)
Rank 39770.6%
Min Avg Max
45.5 Memory 81.8 94.6
31.3 1-Core 79.8 99.2
60.2 2-Core 161 191
63.7% 108 Pts
Min Avg Max
113 4-Core 320 370
220 8-Core 568 734
53.5% 444 Pts
Min Avg Max
431 64-Core 765 946
47.3% 765 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
76.4% Very good
Memory 86.9
1-Core 89.2
2-Core 160
67% 112 Pts
4-Core 355
8-Core 651
60% 503 Pts
64-Core 863
53% 863 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
76.3% Very good
Memory 87.9
1-Core 75.9
2-Core 152
64% 105 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 663
60% 506 Pts
64-Core 861
53% 861 Pts
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
75.7% Very good
Memory 86.6
1-Core 88
2-Core 177
69% 117 Pts
4-Core 350
8-Core 583
57% 467 Pts
64-Core 844
52% 844 Pts
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
72.6% Very good
Memory 81.3
1-Core 88.3
2-Core 152
64% 107 Pts
4-Core 345
8-Core 608
58% 476 Pts
64-Core 831
51% 831 Pts
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
71.7% Very good
Memory 80.6
1-Core 86.1
2-Core 173
66% 113 Pts
4-Core 339
8-Core 541
54% 440 Pts
64-Core 834
52% 834 Pts
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
69.9% Good
Memory 78.8
1-Core 85.1
2-Core 157
63% 107 Pts
4-Core 329
8-Core 568
54% 448 Pts
64-Core 762
47% 762 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
66.3% Good
Memory 74.7
1-Core 82
2-Core 162
62% 106 Pts
4-Core 312
8-Core 521
51% 416 Pts
64-Core 817
51% 817 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 68,122,976 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
@ 2.90GHzIntelBench 71%, 39 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples105x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples102x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples65x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples63x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples31x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $532

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