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CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 63.7% (523rd of 1445)

Based on 166 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000406F1 Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz
Poor: 53%Average: 63.7% Great: 73%
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier

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Above average average bench

The 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 averaged 36.2% 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. Multi Core Speed 2,622Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 68.7Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 is 20.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 606Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 316Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 166 samples)
Rank 52363.7%
Min Avg Max
48.7 Memory 68.7 82.1
52.5 1-Core 86.7 105
112 2-Core 168 206
61.6% 108 Pts
Min Avg Max
244 4-Core 316 374
510 8-Core 606 650
54.7% 461 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,615 64-Core 2,622 2,898
162% 2,622 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 0, 2 CPU, 28 cores, 56 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg)
66.6% Good
Memory 76.4
1-Core 94.7
2-Core 176
67% 116 Pts
4-Core 305
8-Core 597
54% 451 Pts
64-Core 2,709
168% 2,709 Pts
Proc 1, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
64.2% Good
Memory 75.7
1-Core 72
2-Core 143
58% 96.9 Pts
4-Core 283
8-Core 572
50% 428 Pts
64-Core 2,622
162% 2,622 Pts
SOCKET 1, 2 CPU, 28 cores, 56 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
62.7% Good
Memory 66.5
1-Core 97.4
2-Core 185
65% 116 Pts
4-Core 317
8-Core 593
54% 455 Pts
64-Core 2,713
168% 2,713 Pts
SOCKET 0, 2 CPU, 28 cores, 56 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
61.4% Good
Memory 69.6
1-Core 74.2
2-Core 145
56% 96.4 Pts
4-Core 286
8-Core 592
51% 439 Pts
64-Core 2,471
153% 2,471 Pts
LGA2011-3 SOCKET 0, 2 CPU, 28 cores, 56 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
61.3% Good
Memory 69.7
1-Core 79
2-Core 142
57% 97 Pts
4-Core 285
8-Core 572
50% 429 Pts
64-Core 1,148
71% 1,148 Pts
Proc 1, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
57.6% Above average
Memory 74.3
1-Core 54.5
2-Core 107
49% 78.7 Pts
4-Core 221
8-Core 434
39% 327 Pts
64-Core 1,385
86% 1,385 Pts
SOCKET 0, 2 CPU, 28 cores, 56 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
55.7% Above average
Memory 55.5
1-Core 85.8
2-Core 165
57% 102 Pts
4-Core 300
8-Core 607
53% 453 Pts
64-Core 2,711
168% 2,711 Pts
CPU1, 2 CPU, 28 cores, 56 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
39.8% Below average
Memory 44
1-Core 52.4
2-Core 75.5
35% 57.3 Pts
4-Core 192
8-Core 350
32% 271 Pts
64-Core 2,134
132% 2,134 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 31%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 38%
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CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v41stBench 64%, 166 samples1x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples151x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples103x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples94x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples53x
MTFDDAK512MBF-1A 512GBCrucialBench 89%, 258 samples48x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples38x
RAM
M393A2K40BB1-CRC 8x16GBSamsungBench 113%, 218 samples45x
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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