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Core i5-10500

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4 Cores, 4 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 68.2% (438th of 1445)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Device: 1F8BFBFF000A0653 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10500 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Poor: 56%Average: 68.2% Great: 83%
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht

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Above average average bench

The Intel Core i5-10500 averaged 31.7% 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 126Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 243Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-10500 is 27.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-10500 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 422Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 409Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 43868.2%
Min Avg Max
60.3 Memory 75.2 81.5
113 1-Core 126 134
126 2-Core 243 272
81.2% 148 Pts
Min Avg Max
247 4-Core 345 515
250 8-Core 409 757
48.9% 377 Pts
Min Avg Max
254 64-Core 422 855
26.1% 422 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
87.7% Excellent
Memory 79.7
1-Core 132
2-Core 248
84% 153 Pts
4-Core 515
8-Core 757
79% 636 Pts
64-Core 739
46% 739 Pts
CPU Socket #0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 78.1
1-Core 122
2-Core 253
82% 151 Pts
4-Core 493
8-Core 607
71% 550 Pts
64-Core 592
37% 592 Pts
CPU Socket #0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
81.2% Excellent
Memory 76.9
1-Core 126
2-Core 247
82% 150 Pts
4-Core 477
8-Core 572
68% 524 Pts
64-Core 563
35% 563 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
76.2% Very good
Memory 76.3
1-Core 113
2-Core 126
65% 105 Pts
4-Core 409
8-Core 660
66% 534 Pts
64-Core 855
53% 855 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
71.8% Very good
Memory 78.8
1-Core 124
2-Core 248
82% 150 Pts
4-Core 364
8-Core 426
51% 395 Pts
64-Core 403
25% 403 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
65.4% Good
Memory 73.3
1-Core 114
2-Core 234
77% 141 Pts
4-Core 335
8-Core 323
44% 329 Pts
64-Core 336
21% 336 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
63.5% Good
Memory 81.5
1-Core 130
2-Core 266
87% 159 Pts
4-Core 268
8-Core 250
35% 259 Pts
64-Core 278
17% 278 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
56.1% Above average
Memory 69
1-Core 131
2-Core 262
82% 154 Pts
4-Core 249
8-Core 257
34% 253 Pts
64-Core 254
16% 254 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
51.8% Above average
Memory 60.3
1-Core 126
2-Core 257
78% 148 Pts
4-Core 247
8-Core 265
34% 256 Pts
64-Core 268
17% 268 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,899,954 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i5-10500IntelBench 68%, 12 samples1x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,050x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples826x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples457x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples427x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples518x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples378x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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