Intel

Core i5-10400

Core i5-10400
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Effective Speed -58%Effective Speed -58%Average Score -83%Memory -16%, 1-Core -73%, 2-Core -82%, 4-Core -101%, 8-Core -142%Overclocked Score -43%1-Core -49%, 2-Core -54%, 4-Core -53%, 8-Core -58%, Memory 1%Value & Sentiment User Rating -94%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -137%64-Core -103%, 64-Core -279%, Age -27%

Average Bench: 67.3% (455^th of 1442)

Based on 30 user benchmarks. Device: 0F8BFBFF000A0655 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400 CPU @ 2.90GHz

Poor: 17%Average: 67.3% Great: 86%

Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 55%

Gunboat

Popular builds with this CPU

QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) (3)

Above average average bench

The Intel Core i5-10400 averaged 32.7% 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 107Pts

Avg. Memory Latency 71.6Pts

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-10400 is 68.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-10400 performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 498Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 487Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 30 samples)

Rank 45567.3%

Min	Avg	Max
19.5	Memory 71.6	93.4
24.5	1-Core 107	131
44	2-Core 199	251
70.6% 126 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
42.9	4-Core 345	493
40.6	8-Core 487	808
52.2% 416 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
4.9	64-Core 498	994
30.8% 498 Pts

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 16 months ago.Core i5-10400,

CPU 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

79.8% Very good

Memory 75.7

1-Core 120

2-Core 241

80% 146 Pts

4-Core 450

8-Core 781

75% 616 Pts

64-Core 773

48% 773 Pts

USA-User, 13 months ago.Core i5-10400,

, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

79.4% Very good

Memory 76.7

1-Core 119

2-Core 240

80% 145 Pts

4-Core 441

8-Core 765

73% 603 Pts

64-Core 780

48% 780 Pts

USA-User, 15 months ago.Core i5-10400,

CPU 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

78.8% Very good

Memory 76.1

1-Core 108

2-Core 230

76% 138 Pts

4-Core 438

8-Core 762

73% 600 Pts

64-Core 762

47% 762 Pts

CAN-User, 12 months ago.Core i5-10400,

CPU 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

73.4% Very good

Memory 80.1

1-Core 118

2-Core 229

79% 143 Pts

4-Core 376

8-Core 431

53% 404 Pts

64-Core 414

26% 414 Pts

CAN-User, 12 months ago.Core i5-10400,

CPU 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

72.5% Very good

Memory 80.9

1-Core 118

2-Core 194

76% 131 Pts

4-Core 369

8-Core 380

50% 374 Pts

64-Core 382

24% 382 Pts

HUN-User, 18 months ago.Core i5-10400,

CPU 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)

44.5% Average

Memory 53.8

1-Core 79.9

2-Core 136

51% 89.9 Pts

4-Core 196

8-Core 247

28% 221 Pts

64-Core 211

13% 211 Pts

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Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i5-10400IntelBench 67%, 30 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	37x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x

SSD
HARDDISK 2TBQemuBench 65%, 24 samples	19x
HARDDISK 500GBQemuBench 59%, 94 samples	18x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	16x

RAM
1x16GBQEMUBench 91%, 3,887 samples	140x
1x8GBQEMUBench 78%, 5,342 samples	73x
1x12GBQEMUBench 78%, 4,175 samples	66x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $485

Popular Core i5-10400 systems:

QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) (3)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Core i5-10400

Average Bench: 67.3% (455^th of 1442)

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Average Bench: 67.3% (455^th of 1442)