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Gen Intel Core i7-12700

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10 Cores, 20 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 90.5% (136th of 1445)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Device: 0F8BFBFF00090672 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700
Poor: 36%Average: 90.5% Great: 114%
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier

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Excellent average bench

The 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700 averaged just 9.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 169Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 317Pts

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700 is 77.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700 performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 71.3Pts
Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,236Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 13690.5%
Min Avg Max
48.6 Memory 71.3 87.4
60.8 1-Core 169 198
69.9 2-Core 317 388
97.9% 186 Pts
Min Avg Max
88.4 4-Core 595 765
100 8-Core 959 1,476
95.3% 777 Pts
Min Avg Max
110 64-Core 1,236 2,292
76.5% 1,236 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
107% Outstanding
Memory 76.3
1-Core 189
2-Core 377
111% 214 Pts
4-Core 731
8-Core 1,393
126% 1,062 Pts
64-Core 1,378
85% 1,378 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
103% Outstanding
Memory 72.3
1-Core 186
2-Core 352
106% 203 Pts
4-Core 715
8-Core 1,286
120% 1,001 Pts
64-Core 1,856
115% 1,856 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
102% Outstanding
Memory 76.8
1-Core 188
2-Core 358
109% 207 Pts
4-Core 681
8-Core 1,148
111% 915 Pts
64-Core 1,330
82% 1,330 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 20 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
99.3% Outstanding
Memory 61.7
1-Core 184
2-Core 366
104% 204 Pts
4-Core 730
8-Core 1,332
124% 1,031 Pts
64-Core 2,101
130% 2,101 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
94% Outstanding
Memory 79.5
1-Core 184
2-Core 346
107% 203 Pts
4-Core 583
8-Core 834
89% 709 Pts
64-Core 829
51% 829 Pts
, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
90.5% Outstanding
Memory 73.2
1-Core 152
2-Core 292
92% 172 Pts
4-Core 576
8-Core 1,147
102% 861 Pts
64-Core 2,060
128% 2,060 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 78.3
1-Core 176
2-Core 340
105% 198 Pts
4-Core 531
8-Core 672
77% 601 Pts
64-Core 633
39% 633 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 111%
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System: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)

CPU
Gen Intel Core i7-1270012thBench 91%, 25 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples37x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples29x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples28x
SSD
HARDDISK 2TBQemuBench 65%, 24 samples19x
HARDDISK 500GBQemuBench 59%, 94 samples18x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples16x
RAM
1x16GBQEMUBench 91%, 3,887 samples140x
1x8GBQEMUBench 78%, 5,342 samples73x
1x12GBQEMUBench 78%, 4,175 samples66x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $485

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