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Intel BX8070811600

Core i5-11600

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 97% (88th of 1426)

Based on 2,296 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000A0671 Model: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11600 @ 2.80GHz
Poor: 89%Average: 97% Great: 104%
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 88%
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Excellent average bench

The Intel Core i5-11600 averaged just 3.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i5-11600 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 156Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 303Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-11600 is just 14.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-11600 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,072Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 875Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,296 samples)
Rank 8897%
Min Avg Max
76.3 Memory 88.1 95.1
139 1-Core 156 166
270 2-Core 303 324
99.2% 183 Pts
Min Avg Max
501 4-Core 569 624
806 8-Core 875 932
89.3% 722 Pts
Min Avg Max
922 64-Core 1,072 1,136
66.3% 1,072 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
104% Outstanding
Memory 95.2
1-Core 168
2-Core 315
105% 193 Pts
4-Core 603
8-Core 944
95% 774 Pts
64-Core 1,120
69% 1,120 Pts
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
103% Outstanding
Memory 94.9
1-Core 159
2-Core 315
103% 190 Pts
4-Core 597
8-Core 902
93% 749 Pts
64-Core 1,078
67% 1,078 Pts
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
101% Outstanding
Memory 94
1-Core 150
2-Core 304
100% 183 Pts
4-Core 582
8-Core 902
92% 742 Pts
64-Core 1,124
70% 1,124 Pts
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
101% Outstanding
Memory 93.9
1-Core 145
2-Core 292
97% 177 Pts
4-Core 577
8-Core 897
91% 737 Pts
64-Core 1,123
70% 1,123 Pts
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
98.9% Outstanding
Memory 85.4
1-Core 164
2-Core 320
102% 190 Pts
4-Core 606
8-Core 860
92% 733 Pts
64-Core 1,047
65% 1,047 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
97.9% Outstanding
Memory 83.2
1-Core 164
2-Core 316
101% 188 Pts
4-Core 605
8-Core 894
93% 749 Pts
64-Core 1,078
67% 1,078 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
89.4% Excellent
Memory 70.2
1-Core 161
2-Core 313
95% 181 Pts
4-Core 582
8-Core 886
91% 734 Pts
64-Core 1,085
67% 1,085 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
88.8% Excellent
Memory 77.9
1-Core 150
2-Core 299
94% 176 Pts
4-Core 534
8-Core 890
87% 712 Pts
64-Core 1091
68% 1091 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
87.5% Excellent
Memory 88.3
1-Core 166
2-Core 297
101% 184 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 644
71% 558 Pts
64-Core 727
45% 727 Pts
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Gaming 100%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B560-PLUS WIFI

CPU
Core i5-11600Intel  $217Bench 97%, 2,296 samples1x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $300Bench 100%, 447,556 samples630x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples476x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $420Bench 148%, 619,642 samples331x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $76Bench 260%, 140,876 samples219x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $45Bench 226%, 56,204 samples130x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $60Bench 310%, 455,997 samples124x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples191x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $54Bench 85%, 346,786 samples169x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $592

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