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CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 66.1% (476th of 1442)

Based on 606 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306F2 Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz
Poor: 54%Average: 66.1% Great: 74%
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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Above average average bench

The 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 averaged 33.8% 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. Multi Core Speed 1,638Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 70.8Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 is 20.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 626Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 172Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 606 samples)
Rank 47666.1%
Min Avg Max
51.2 Memory 70.8 84.2
55.5 1-Core 87.1 102
117 2-Core 172 202
62.8% 110 Pts
Min Avg Max
232 4-Core 330 371
504 8-Core 626 685
57% 478 Pts
Min Avg Max
882 64-Core 1,638 1,778
101% 1,638 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU0, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
69.5% Good
Memory 78.8
1-Core 90.2
2-Core 171
66% 113 Pts
4-Core 324
8-Core 612
56% 468 Pts
64-Core 1,630
101% 1,630 Pts
SOCKET 0, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)
69% Good
Memory 80.9
1-Core 89.6
2-Core 172
67% 114 Pts
4-Core 308
8-Core 564
52% 436 Pts
64-Core 1,640
102% 1,640 Pts
SOCKET 1, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)
69% Good
Memory 78.3
1-Core 84
2-Core 157
63% 106 Pts
4-Core 321
8-Core 584
54% 453 Pts
64-Core 1,544
96% 1,544 Pts
SOCKET 1, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
68.1% Good
Memory 79.1
1-Core 78.1
2-Core 151
61% 103 Pts
4-Core 308
8-Core 598
54% 453 Pts
64-Core 1,640
102% 1,640 Pts
CPU1, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
67.4% Good
Memory 83.1
1-Core 71.9
2-Core 143
60% 99.2 Pts
4-Core 279
8-Core 528
48% 404 Pts
64-Core 1602
99% 1602 Pts
LGA2011-3 SOCKET 0, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
65.4% Good
Memory 79.5
1-Core 78.6
2-Core 153
62% 104 Pts
4-Core 276
8-Core 601
51% 438 Pts
64-Core 1,541
95% 1,541 Pts
SOCKET 0, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
65.1% Good
Memory 75.5
1-Core 77.8
2-Core 148
60% 100 Pts
4-Core 294
8-Core 622
53% 458 Pts
64-Core 1,623
100% 1,623 Pts
CPU0, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
62.3% Good
Memory 72.6
1-Core 72.6
2-Core 141
57% 95.4 Pts
4-Core 280
8-Core 568
50% 424 Pts
64-Core 1,506
93% 1,506 Pts
Proc 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
60% Above average
Memory 75.3
1-Core 63.1
2-Core 126
54% 88.1 Pts
4-Core 241
8-Core 506
44% 374 Pts
64-Core 831
51% 831 Pts
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Gaming 32%
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Desktop 78%
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Workstation 34%
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CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v31stBench 66%, 606 samples1x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples150x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples103x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples94x
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970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples52x
MTFDDAK512MBF-1A 512GBCrucialBench 89%, 258 samples48x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples38x
RAM
M393A2K40BB1-CRC 8x16GBSamsungBench 113%, 218 samples43x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 8x16GBSamsungBench 112%, 591 samples39x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples39x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $95

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