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CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 66.6% (467th of 1442)

Based on 456 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306F2 Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
Poor: 56%Average: 66.6% Great: 74%
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier

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Above average average bench

The 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 averaged 33.3% 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 2,134Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 71.3Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 is just 18.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 661Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 173Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 456 samples)
Rank 46766.6%
Min Avg Max
50.3 Memory 71.3 83.9
64.2 1-Core 86.9 98.7
133 2-Core 173 196
63% 110 Pts
Min Avg Max
290 4-Core 333 367
563 8-Core 661 715
58.7% 497 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,477 64-Core 2,134 2,363
132% 2,134 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU0, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 40 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
72.2% Very good
Memory 84.3
1-Core 92.4
2-Core 179
69% 119 Pts
4-Core 323
8-Core 654
57% 488 Pts
64-Core 2,108
130% 2,108 Pts
CPU1, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 40 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)
70.3% Very good
Memory 82.6
1-Core 86.4
2-Core 166
66% 112 Pts
4-Core 312
8-Core 630
56% 471 Pts
64-Core 2,173
134% 2,173 Pts
CPU0, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 40 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg)
68.8% Good
Memory 76.5
1-Core 90.2
2-Core 180
66% 115 Pts
4-Core 329
8-Core 651
58% 490 Pts
64-Core 2,174
134% 2,174 Pts
CPU1, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 40 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
67.7% Good
Memory 77.9
1-Core 85.7
2-Core 165
64% 110 Pts
4-Core 310
8-Core 593
54% 451 Pts
64-Core 2,119
131% 2,119 Pts
SOCKET 1, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 40 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
67.5% Good
Memory 76.8
1-Core 89.5
2-Core 168
65% 111 Pts
4-Core 313
8-Core 603
54% 458 Pts
64-Core 2,132
132% 2,132 Pts
CPU0, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 40 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg)
65.6% Good
Memory 71.2
1-Core 86.6
2-Core 172
63% 110 Pts
4-Core 323
8-Core 607
55% 465 Pts
64-Core 2,150
133% 2,150 Pts
CPU0, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 40 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg)
65.3% Good
Memory 70.5
1-Core 86.8
2-Core 172
63% 110 Pts
4-Core 323
8-Core 633
56% 478 Pts
64-Core 2134
132% 2134 Pts
SOCKET 0, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 40 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
62.3% Good
Memory 66.8
1-Core 80.2
2-Core 153
58% 99.9 Pts
4-Core 311
8-Core 608
54% 460 Pts
64-Core 2,134
132% 2,134 Pts
SOCKET 1, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 40 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
56.6% Above average
Memory 57.9
1-Core 79.6
2-Core 157
55% 98.3 Pts
4-Core 297
8-Core 598
53% 447 Pts
64-Core 2,106
130% 2,106 Pts
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Gaming 30%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 35%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 7810

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v31stBench 67%, 456 samples1x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples137x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples121x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples80x
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870 EVO 500GBSamsung  $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples39x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung  $99Bench 112%, 129,044 samples31x
SM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 94%, 1,320 samples27x
RAM
HMA41GR7AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 95%, 876 samples82x
HMA41GR7MFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 96%, 1,319 samples62x
M393A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 97%, 963 samples46x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 32% - Below average Total price: $62

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