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Xeon E5-2678 v3

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 71.3% (374th of 1442)

Based on 6,301 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306F2 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz
Poor: 64%Average: 71.3% Great: 79%
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship

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Good average bench

The Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 averaged 28.6% 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 1,334Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 80.3Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 is just 14.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 664Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 170Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,301 samples)
Rank 37471.3%
Min Avg Max
71.7 Memory 80.3 89.5
65.6 1-Core 85.7 94.7
135 2-Core 170 189
65.4% 112 Pts
Min Avg Max
276 4-Core 335 378
540 8-Core 664 754
59% 500 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,095 64-Core 1,334 1,514
82.6% 1,334 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
78.1% Very good
Memory 91
1-Core 92.2
2-Core 184
72% 122 Pts
4-Core 351
8-Core 732
63% 542 Pts
64-Core 1,463
91% 1,463 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
73.3% Very good
Memory 83.1
1-Core 90.7
2-Core 171
68% 115 Pts
4-Core 342
8-Core 679
60% 510 Pts
64-Core 1,462
90% 1,462 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
71.8% Very good
Memory 77.1
1-Core 89
2-Core 186
67% 117 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 712
63% 534 Pts
64-Core 1,023
63% 1,023 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
70.1% Very good
Memory 73.3
1-Core 92
2-Core 184
66% 116 Pts
4-Core 360
8-Core 668
61% 514 Pts
64-Core 1,352
84% 1,352 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
70% Very good
Memory 83.8
1-Core 79.5
2-Core 149
63% 104 Pts
4-Core 303
8-Core 558
52% 430 Pts
64-Core 1,194
74% 1,194 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
69.5% Good
Memory 71.5
1-Core 92.4
2-Core 176
65% 113 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 698
63% 530 Pts
64-Core 1466
91% 1466 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
66.7% Good
Memory 76.4
1-Core 83.2
2-Core 157
62% 106 Pts
4-Core 307
8-Core 621
55% 464 Pts
64-Core 1,280
79% 1,280 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
66.6% Good
Memory 75.2
1-Core 80.9
2-Core 158
61% 105 Pts
4-Core 312
8-Core 564
53% 438 Pts
64-Core 1,462
90% 1,462 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
65.8% Good
Memory 79.6
1-Core 64.8
2-Core 148
58% 97.3 Pts
4-Core 280
8-Core 595
51% 437 Pts
64-Core 1,248
77% 1,248 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 41%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 43%
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CPU
Xeon E5-2678 v3IntelBench 71%, 6,301 samples458x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples73x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples53x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples45x
SSD
NE-512 512GBBench 177%, 5,933 samples30x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples25x
NE-256 256GBBench 159%, 6,044 samples24x
RAM
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples28x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples25x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 4x16GBSamsungBench 92%, 1,230 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $130

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