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Gen Intel Core i7-12700K

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5 Cores, 10 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 104% (64th of 1456)

Based on 26 user benchmarks.  Device: 0000000000000000 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700K
Poor: 83%Average: 104% Great: 118%
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 106%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 101%
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Outstanding average bench

The 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K averaged 3.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Quad Core Speed 723Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 188Pts

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K is 34.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 74.5Pts
Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,400Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 26 samples)
Rank 64104%
Min Avg Max
38.6 Memory 74.5 89.2
64.7 1-Core 188 213
142 2-Core 372 423
110% 212 Pts
Min Avg Max
361 4-Core 723 837
628 8-Core 1,122 1,589
114% 923 Pts
Min Avg Max
655 64-Core 1,400 2,381
86.6% 1,400 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
None, 1 CPU, 5 cores, 10 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
114% Outstanding
Memory 77.5
1-Core 201
2-Core 403
117% 227 Pts
4-Core 808
8-Core 1,372
132% 1,090 Pts
64-Core 1,509
93% 1,509 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
108% Outstanding
Memory 71.5
1-Core 196
2-Core 390
112% 219 Pts
4-Core 775
8-Core 1328
128% 1,051 Pts
64-Core 2269
140% 2269 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
104% Outstanding
Memory 68.3
1-Core 194
2-Core 378
110% 213 Pts
4-Core 743
8-Core 1,122
116% 933 Pts
64-Core 1,178
73% 1,178 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 5 cores, 10 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
98.1% Outstanding
Memory 65.6
1-Core 163
2-Core 338
97% 189 Pts
4-Core 699
8-Core 1,116
112% 908 Pts
64-Core 1,104
68% 1,104 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
97.5% Outstanding
Memory 76
1-Core 190
2-Core 325
105% 197 Pts
4-Core 695
8-Core 628
90% 662 Pts
64-Core 705
44% 705 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
86.4% Excellent
Memory 51.8
1-Core 175
2-Core 348
96% 192 Pts
4-Core 645
8-Core 1,123
107% 884 Pts
64-Core 2,115
131% 2,115 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 68,161,548 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Gen Intel Core i7-12700K12thBench 104%, 26 samples1x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,145x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,060x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples830x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples458x
A400 480GBKingston  $31Bench 74%, 237,487 samples433x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples521x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples379x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples300x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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