Intel

Core i5-9400F

Core i5-9400F
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Effective Speed -81%Effective Speed -81%Average Score -116%Memory -22%, 1-Core -66%, 2-Core -64%, 4-Core -147%, 8-Core -282%Overclocked Score -52%1-Core -53%, 2-Core -51%, 4-Core -56%, 8-Core -84%, Memory -17%Value & Sentiment User Rating -90%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -232%64-Core -177%, 64-Core -488%, Age -31%

Average Bench: 58.7% (611^th of 1456)

Based on 9 user benchmarks. Device: 1F8BFBFF000906ED Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9400F CPU @ 2.90GHz

Poor: 38%Average: 58.7% Great: 81%

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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Average average bench

The Intel Core i5-9400F averaged 41.3% 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. Single Core Speed 110Pts

Avg. Dual Core Speed 219Pts

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-9400F is 43.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-9400F performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 304Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 308Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)

Rank 61158.7%

Min	Avg	Max
47.3	Memory 68.2	78.9
34.9	1-Core 110	126
71.7	2-Core 219	253
72.6% 133 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
159	4-Core 280	479
192	8-Core 308	692
38.7% 294 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
194	64-Core 304	688
18.8% 304 Pts

User Benchmarks

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

CZE-User, 3 years ago.Core i5-9400F,

CPU #000, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

80.9% Excellent

Memory 72.6

1-Core 122

2-Core 244

80% 146 Pts

4-Core 479

8-Core 692

73% 586 Pts

64-Core 688

43% 688 Pts

CAN-User, 2 years ago.Core i5-9400F,

CPU 0, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

69.6% Good

Memory 75.2

1-Core 126

2-Core 249

82% 150 Pts

4-Core 371

8-Core 367

49% 369 Pts

64-Core 372

23% 372 Pts

CZE-User, 3 years ago.Core i5-9400F,

CPU 0, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

64.3% Good

Memory 71.6

1-Core 119

2-Core 237

78% 143 Pts

4-Core 329

8-Core 338

44% 334 Pts

64-Core 329

20% 329 Pts

CAN-User, 3 years ago.Core i5-9400F,

CPU #000, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz

59.2% Above average

Memory 78.9

1-Core 117

2-Core 235

80% 144 Pts

4-Core 229

8-Core 238

31% 233 Pts

64-Core 230

14% 230 Pts

CAN-User, 2 years ago.Core i5-9400F,

CPU 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

57.1% Above average

Memory 72

1-Core 126

2-Core 253

81% 151 Pts

4-Core 247

8-Core 238

33% 242 Pts

64-Core 245

15% 245 Pts

CAN-User, 2 years ago.Core i5-9400F,

CPU 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

55.6% Above average

Memory 69.1

1-Core 119

2-Core 237

77% 142 Pts

4-Core 246

8-Core 234

32% 240 Pts

64-Core 243

15% 243 Pts

IDN-User, 3 years ago.Core i5-9400F,

CPU 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

53.9% Above average

Memory 66.4

1-Core 115

2-Core 245

76% 142 Pts

4-Core 240

8-Core 245

32% 242 Pts

64-Core 194

12% 194 Pts

CAN-User, 2 years ago.Core i5-9400F,

CPU 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

49.6% Average

Memory 60.7

1-Core 114

2-Core 201

69% 125 Pts

4-Core 222

8-Core 232

30% 227 Pts

64-Core 222

14% 222 Pts

CAN-User, 3 years ago.Core i5-9400F,

CPU #000, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

37.8% Below average

Memory 47.3

1-Core 34.9

2-Core 71.7

32% 51.3 Pts

4-Core 159

8-Core 192

23% 175 Pts

64-Core 215

13% 215 Pts

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 2%

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CPU
Core i5-9400FIntelBench 59%, 9 samples	1x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,145x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,060x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	829x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	458x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	432x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	521x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	379x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	300x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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