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Core i5-10400

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 87.4% (155th of 1442)

Based on 139 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400 CPU @ 2.90GHz
Poor: 79%Average: 87.4% Great: 94%
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
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Very good average bench

The Intel Core i5-10400 averaged just 12.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i5-10400 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 89.7Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 458Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-10400 is just 14.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-10400 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 953Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 750Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 139 samples)
Rank 15587.4%
Min Avg Max
80.8 Memory 89.7 95.9
100 1-Core 122 133
208 2-Core 238 261
84.5% 150 Pts
Min Avg Max
383 4-Core 458 516
654 8-Core 750 837
73.8% 604 Pts
Min Avg Max
806 64-Core 953 1,059
59% 953 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
92.4% Outstanding
Memory 94.1
1-Core 126
2-Core 248
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 488
8-Core 799
79% 643 Pts
64-Core 993
62% 993 Pts
, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
89.8% Excellent
Memory 90.1
1-Core 125
2-Core 248
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 481
8-Core 791
78% 636 Pts
64-Core 984
61% 984 Pts
, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
89.6% Excellent
Memory 88.2
1-Core 124
2-Core 247
85% 153 Pts
4-Core 489
8-Core 786
78% 638 Pts
64-Core 989
61% 989 Pts
, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
88.8% Excellent
Memory 89.5
1-Core 123
2-Core 243
85% 152 Pts
4-Core 474
8-Core 749
75% 611 Pts
64-Core 958
59% 958 Pts
, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
81.4% Excellent
Memory 83.7
1-Core 118
2-Core 241
82% 148 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 688
68% 557 Pts
64-Core 922
57% 922 Pts
, 1 CPU, 5 cores, 5 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
32.1% Below average
Memory 28.8
1-Core 64.4
2-Core 110
37% 67.6 Pts
4-Core 198
8-Core 236
28% 217 Pts
64-Core 291
18% 291 Pts
, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
16.2% Very poor
Memory 11.9
1-Core 51.1
2-Core 94.1
26% 52.4 Pts
4-Core 119
8-Core 114
16% 116 Pts
64-Core 122
8% 122 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,806,831 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B460M DS3H V2

CPU
Core i5-10400IntelBench 87%, 139 samples1x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples349x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples244x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples233x
SSD
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples96x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD  $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples82x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples74x
RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples140x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples103x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples92x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $288

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