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Pentium N3540

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4 Cores, 4 Threads @2.16 GHz, Bay Trail.
Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 37.7% (1040th of 1316)

Based on 15,195 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF00030678 Model: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N3540 @ 2.16GHz
Poor: 28%Average: 37.7% Great: 43%
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 39%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft

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Poor average bench

The Intel Pentium N3540 averaged 62.2% 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. Memory Latency 56.3Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 29.8Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Pentium N3540 is just 14.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Pentium N3540 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 115Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 114Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 15,195 samples)
Rank 104037.7%
Min Avg Max
39.1 Memory 56.3 65.4
21.5 1-Core 29.8 32.1
43.8 2-Core 59.9 64.3
32.8% 48.7 Pts
Min Avg Max
70.5 4-Core 112 128
72.8 8-Core 114 129
15.4% 113 Pts
Min Avg Max
74 64-Core 115 129
7.7% 115 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
42.7% Average
Memory 63.6
1-Core 31.9
2-Core 64.5
36% 53.3 Pts
4-Core 128
8-Core 129
18% 129 Pts
64-Core 129
9% 129 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
41.5% Average
Memory 61.7
1-Core 31.7
2-Core 63.3
36% 52.2 Pts
4-Core 126
8-Core 126
17% 126 Pts
64-Core 126
8% 126 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
39.5% Below average
Memory 62
1-Core 31.8
2-Core 63.4
36% 52.4 Pts
4-Core 98.4
8-Core 116
14% 107 Pts
64-Core 101
7% 101 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
35.2% Below average
Memory 48.9
1-Core 31.6
2-Core 64
31% 48.2 Pts
4-Core 126
8-Core 127
17% 126 Pts
64-Core 127
9% 127 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
33.7% Below average
Memory 45.7
1-Core 32.2
2-Core 64.5
30% 47.5 Pts
4-Core 127
8-Core 129
18% 128 Pts
64-Core 130
9% 130 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 45,062,155 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 35%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP 15 Notebook PC

CPU
Pentium N3540IntelBench 38%, 15,195 samples923x
GPU
HD Graphics (Bay Trail 0.667 - 0.854 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 86,363 samples1,855x
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 268,056 samples1,531x
Radeon R5AMDBench 2%, 37,708 samples1,115x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $31Bench 65%, 325,966 samples120x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $58Bench 107%, 190,857 samples77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 679,494 samples71x
RAM
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 43,369 samples979x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 36,807 samples804x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 57,735 samples547x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 19% - Very poor Total price: $31

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 Specifications

Essentials

DescriptionIntel® Pentium® Processor N3540 (2M Cache, up to 2.66 GHz)
Code NameBay Trail
Launch DateQ3'14
Processor NumberN3540
# of Cores4
# of Threads4
Burst Frequency2.66 GHz
Cache2 MB L2
Instruction Set64-bit
Embedded Options AvailableNo
Lithography22 nm
Recommended Price$161.00
Clock Speed2.16 GHz
Max TDP7.5 W
Scenario Design Power4.5 W

Graphics

Processor GraphicsIntel® HD Graphics
Graphics Base Frequency313 MHz
Graphics Burst Frequency896 MHz
Wireless DisplayYes
# of Displays Supported2
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency896 MHz
Quick Sync VideoYes
InTru 3D TechNo
Clear Video HD TechNo
Intel InsiderNo

Memory

Max Memory Size8 GB
Memory TypesDDR3L 1333
Memory Channels2
Memory Bandwidth21.32 GB/s
ECC Memory SupportedNo

I/O

USB Revision3.0 and 2.0
# of USB Ports5
Total # of SATA Ports2

Expansion Options

PCI Express Revision2.0
PCI Express Configurations1x4
Max # of PCI Express Lanes4

Data Protection

AES New InstructionsNo
Secure KeyYes

Advanced Technologies

Virtualization Tech (VT-x)Yes
Intel 64Yes
Idle StatesYes
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® TechYes
Turbo Boost TechNo
Hyper-Threading TechNo
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d)No
vPro TechNo
Smart Connect TechYes

Package

Package Size25mm x 27mm
Max CPU Configuration1
Sockets SupportedFCBGA1170

Platform Protection

Execute Disable BitYes
Anti-Theft TechNo

 Comments

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USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

4 months ago.

Not worth the money for so little processing power in today's task-heavy software platforms

CZE-User
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2,794

Good

2 months ago.

Works quite well with Ubuntu. As a very low budget IT student I can work with it.

ExecutableFiles
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124

Average

19 months ago.

It runs my grandma's laptop so...

Drakorvich
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48

Terrible

17 months ago.

Very very poor quality. Got this in a laptop bundle for free, this was the most powerful of the three. 0/5 would not recommend unless the only thing you want to do is browse the internet.

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