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Core i5-9500

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 85.2% (177th of 1443)

Based on 15 user benchmarks.  Device: 0000000000000000 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
Poor: 79%Average: 85.2% Great: 90%
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser

Very good average bench

The Intel Core i5-9500 averaged just 14.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i5-9500 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Quad Core Speed 508Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 268Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-9500 is just 10.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-9500 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 539Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 535Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)
Rank 17785.2%
Min Avg Max
57 Memory 81.4 90.1
99.4 1-Core 134 142
235 2-Core 268 280
87.8% 161 Pts
Min Avg Max
436 4-Core 508 544
470 8-Core 535 687
69.1% 522 Pts
Min Avg Max
491 64-Core 539 736
33.4% 539 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
None, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 82.6
1-Core 140
2-Core 280
91% 168 Pts
4-Core 544
8-Core 547
73% 546 Pts
64-Core 525
32% 525 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
88% Excellent
Memory 83.8
1-Core 140
2-Core 275
91% 166 Pts
4-Core 531
8-Core 534
71% 532 Pts
64-Core 529
33% 529 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
87.9% Excellent
Memory 81.9
1-Core 142
2-Core 279
91% 167 Pts
4-Core 541
8-Core 541
72% 541 Pts
64-Core 523
32% 523 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
87.7% Excellent
Memory 82.4
1-Core 141
2-Core 278
91% 167 Pts
4-Core 537
8-Core 536
72% 536 Pts
64-Core 545
34% 545 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 80.5
1-Core 133
2-Core 254
86% 156 Pts
4-Core 534
8-Core 535
72% 535 Pts
64-Core 527
33% 527 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 81.8
1-Core 139
2-Core 277
90% 166 Pts
4-Core 526
8-Core 488
69% 507 Pts
64-Core 534
33% 534 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 83.4
1-Core 99.4
2-Core 265
80% 149 Pts
4-Core 473
8-Core 501
64% 487 Pts
64-Core 502
31% 502 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
79.1% Very good
Memory 79.6
1-Core 135
2-Core 265
87% 160 Pts
4-Core 451
8-Core 470
61% 460 Pts
64-Core 491
30% 491 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
68.5% Good
Memory 57
1-Core 116
2-Core 235
72% 136 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 579
65% 508 Pts
64-Core 591
37% 591 Pts
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