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@ 2.90GHz

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 69.8% (403rd of 1442)

Based on 171 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306F1 Model: Genuine Intel(R) CPU @ 2.90GHz
Poor: 60%Average: 69.8% Great: 77%
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser

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Above average average bench

The Intel @ 2.90GHz averaged 30.2% 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 77.4Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 335Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel @ 2.90GHz is just 16.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel @ 2.90GHz performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 644Pts
Avg. Multi Core Speed 912Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 171 samples)
Rank 40369.8%
Min Avg Max
61.9 Memory 77.4 89.5
60.5 1-Core 84.6 94.1
133 2-Core 168 184
64% 110 Pts
Min Avg Max
199 4-Core 335 365
404 8-Core 644 713
58.1% 489 Pts
Min Avg Max
662 64-Core 912 983
56.5% 912 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
75.3% Very good
Memory 88.3
1-Core 82
2-Core 156
66% 109 Pts
4-Core 336
8-Core 636
58% 486 Pts
64-Core 878
54% 878 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
72% Very good
Memory 81.8
1-Core 84.6
2-Core 167
65% 111 Pts
4-Core 336
8-Core 578
55% 457 Pts
64-Core 866
54% 866 Pts
SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
69.4% Good
Memory 77
1-Core 83.3
2-Core 159
63% 107 Pts
4-Core 333
8-Core 634
58% 483 Pts
64-Core 909
56% 909 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
67.7% Good
Memory 77.3
1-Core 79.9
2-Core 160
62% 106 Pts
4-Core 313
8-Core 552
52% 432 Pts
64-Core 871
54% 871 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
67.4% Good
Memory 74.9
1-Core 81.7
2-Core 159
62% 105 Pts
4-Core 323
8-Core 532
52% 428 Pts
64-Core 852
53% 852 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
66.6% Good
Memory 73.5
1-Core 79.3
2-Core 160
61% 104 Pts
4-Core 322
8-Core 526
52% 424 Pts
64-Core 856
53% 856 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
63.4% Good
Memory 77.1
1-Core 82.2
2-Core 144
61% 101 Pts
4-Core 268
8-Core 507
46% 388 Pts
64-Core 862
53% 862 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,722,355 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 71%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING - $300

CPU
@ 2.90GHzIntelBench 70%, 171 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples282x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples173x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples153x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples55x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples41x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples41x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples20x
CT8G4DFS824A.C8FHD1 2x8GBCrucialBench 71%, 3,272 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $809

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