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Intel BX8071512300

Core i3-12300

Average Bench: 95.9% (106th of 1442)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF00090675 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-12300
Poor: 88%Average: 95.9% Great: 104%
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 103%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier

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Excellent average bench

The Intel Core i3-12300 averaged just 4.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i3-12300 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 181Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 345Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i3-12300 is just 16.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i3-12300 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 848Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 843Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 10695.9%
Min Avg Max
64.4 Memory 83.1 92.6
161 1-Core 181 187
309 2-Core 345 374
108% 203 Pts
Min Avg Max
548 4-Core 588 700
770 8-Core 843 878
89.6% 715 Pts
Min Avg Max
784 64-Core 848 879
52.5% 848 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
95.6% Outstanding
Memory 89.3
1-Core 177
2-Core 351
110% 206 Pts
4-Core 557
8-Core 745
83% 651 Pts
64-Core 800
50% 800 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
94.4% Outstanding
Memory 85.8
1-Core 174
2-Core 315
104% 192 Pts
4-Core 554
8-Core 792
84% 673 Pts
64-Core 794
49% 794 Pts
LGA1700, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
90.1% Outstanding
Memory 77
1-Core 156
2-Core 334
99% 189 Pts
4-Core 558
8-Core 778
84% 668 Pts
64-Core 776
48% 776 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
89.1% Excellent
Memory 76.5
1-Core 170
2-Core 312
99% 186 Pts
4-Core 549
8-Core 775
83% 662 Pts
64-Core 786
49% 786 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 71.9
1-Core 177
2-Core 325
101% 191 Pts
4-Core 551
8-Core 803
85% 677 Pts
64-Core 801
50% 801 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
77.2% Very good
Memory 56.3
1-Core 170
2-Core 298
91% 175 Pts
4-Core 532
8-Core 725
79% 628 Pts
64-Core 740
46% 740 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg)
68.3% Good
Memory 73.4
1-Core 178
2-Core 333
102% 195 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 119
42% 266 Pts
64-Core 183
11% 183 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,722,069 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 178%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 106%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 155%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-A WIFI (MS-7D43)

CPU
Core i3-12300IntelBench 96%, 25 samples1x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples28x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples25x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples21x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples28x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples19x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples13x
RAM
KF552C40-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 134%, 3,266 samples21x
Vengeance LPX 4800 C40 2x16GBCorsairBench 147%, 3,747 samples16x
KF552C40-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 155%, 10,661 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $1,008

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