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Core i5-10400F

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5 Cores, 5 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 64.5% (510th of 1445)

Based on 33 user benchmarks.  Device: 0F8BFBFF000A0653 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHz
Poor: 34%Average: 64.5% Great: 83%
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht

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Above average average bench

The Intel Core i5-10400F averaged 35.5% 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 111Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 73.2Pts

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-10400F is 49.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-10400F performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 503Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 462Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 33 samples)
Rank 51064.5%
Min Avg Max
13.7 Memory 73.2 85.2
30 1-Core 111 128
27.3 2-Core 180 253
69.9% 121 Pts
Min Avg Max
35.7 4-Core 305 495
33.5 8-Core 462 846
47.5% 383 Pts
Min Avg Max
10.7 64-Core 503 958
31.1% 503 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 78.5
1-Core 118
2-Core 230
79% 142 Pts
4-Core 455
8-Core 694
71% 574 Pts
64-Core 683
42% 683 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
81.1% Excellent
Memory 77.1
1-Core 121
2-Core 237
80% 145 Pts
4-Core 460
8-Core 647
70% 554 Pts
64-Core 708
44% 708 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 81.6
1-Core 108
2-Core 228
78% 139 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 736
71% 584 Pts
64-Core 923
57% 923 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
78.4% Very good
Memory 70.6
1-Core 114
2-Core 240
76% 141 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 737
74% 600 Pts
64-Core 958
59% 958 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
76.4% Very good
Memory 75.6
1-Core 115
2-Core 213
75% 135 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 718
69% 566 Pts
64-Core 858
53% 858 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 5 cores, 10 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
76.3% Very good
Memory 77.9
1-Core 118
2-Core 220
78% 139 Pts
4-Core 402
8-Core 671
65% 536 Pts
64-Core 755
47% 755 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 5 cores, 5 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
28.2% Poor
Memory 13.7
1-Core 65.1
2-Core 158
37% 78.8 Pts
4-Core 226
8-Core 462
40% 344 Pts
64-Core 377
23% 377 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,897,133 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship

System: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntelBench 64%, 33 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples37x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples29x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples28x
SSD
HARDDISK 2TBQemuBench 65%, 24 samples19x
HARDDISK 500GBQemuBench 59%, 94 samples18x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples16x
RAM
1x16GBQEMUBench 91%, 3,887 samples140x
1x8GBQEMUBench 78%, 5,342 samples74x
1x12GBQEMUBench 78%, 4,175 samples66x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $485

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