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Core i9-10900

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 98.9% (80th of 1442)

Based on 33 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000A0654 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900 CPU @ 2.80GHz
Poor: 95%Average: 98.9% Great: 105%
Gaming
Gaming 99%
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Desktop
Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 105%
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Excellent average bench

The Intel Core i9-10900 averaged just 1.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i9-10900 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,831Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 572Pts

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i9-10900 is just 10%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i9-10900 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 91.1Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 1,075Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 33 samples)
Rank 8098.9%
Min Avg Max
80.7 Memory 91.1 97.4
120 1-Core 149 166
255 2-Core 294 320
97.4% 178 Pts
Min Avg Max
510 4-Core 572 630
964 8-Core 1,075 1,180
98.2% 823 Pts
Min Avg Max
1338 64-Core 1,831 2,072
113% 1,831 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
101% Outstanding
Memory 95.5
1-Core 146
2-Core 290
98% 177 Pts
4-Core 575
8-Core 1,118
100% 846 Pts
64-Core 1,843
114% 1,843 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
101% Outstanding
Memory 93
1-Core 150
2-Core 283
97% 176 Pts
4-Core 582
8-Core 1,114
101% 848 Pts
64-Core 1,880
116% 1,880 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
97.9% Outstanding
Memory 90
1-Core 146
2-Core 292
96% 176 Pts
4-Core 567
8-Core 1,046
97% 806 Pts
64-Core 1,820
113% 1,820 Pts
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
97.5% Outstanding
Memory 89.2
1-Core 143
2-Core 285
94% 172 Pts
4-Core 567
8-Core 1,060
97% 813 Pts
64-Core 1,778
110% 1,778 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
95.7% Outstanding
Memory 93.4
1-Core 142
2-Core 270
94% 169 Pts
4-Core 525
8-Core 1,024
92% 774 Pts
64-Core 1,685
104% 1,685 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
95.1% Outstanding
Memory 93.5
1-Core 145
2-Core 284
96% 174 Pts
4-Core 518
8-Core 982
89% 750 Pts
64-Core 1,798
111% 1,798 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
94.6% Outstanding
Memory 90
1-Core 137
2-Core 275
92% 167 Pts
4-Core 532
8-Core 976
90% 754 Pts
64-Core 1,737
108% 1,737 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,807,933 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 182%
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Desktop
Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 193%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS PRO AX

CPU
Core i9-10900IntelBench 99%, 33 samples1x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples310x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples306x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples186x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples251x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples120x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples75x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples73x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $102Bench 88%, 110,884 samples48x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $1,120

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