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Intel BX80646E31230V3

Xeon E3-1230 v3

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4 Cores, 8 Threads.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 72.8% (356th of 1459)

Based on 8,137 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306C3 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz
Poor: 62%Average: 72.8% Great: 80%
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

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Good average bench

The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 averaged 27.2% 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 85Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 96.5Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 is just 18.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 502Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 495Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,137 samples)
Rank 35672.8%
Min Avg Max
70.8 Memory 85 94.4
77.2 1-Core 96.5 106
149 2-Core 185 210
71.2% 122 Pts
Min Avg Max
267 4-Core 328 387
378 8-Core 495 541
51.1% 412 Pts
Min Avg Max
412 64-Core 502 541
31.1% 502 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 93.8
1-Core 93.4
2-Core 196
75% 128 Pts
4-Core 359
8-Core 516
55% 438 Pts
64-Core 518
32% 518 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
80% Very good
Memory 93.9
1-Core 95.7
2-Core 198
76% 129 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 522
55% 440 Pts
64-Core 522
32% 522 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
76.8% Very good
Memory 92.4
1-Core 97.8
2-Core 194
75% 128 Pts
4-Core 332
8-Core 516
52% 424 Pts
64-Core 515
32% 515 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
74.9% Very good
Memory 87.4
1-Core 98.7
2-Core 183
72% 123 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 521
53% 429 Pts
64-Core 525
32% 525 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
70.6% Very good
Memory 80.7
1-Core 96.1
2-Core 186
70% 121 Pts
4-Core 327
8-Core 516
52% 421 Pts
64-Core 508
32% 508 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
69.8% Good
Memory 81.5
1-Core 88.7
2-Core 163
66% 111 Pts
4-Core 315
8-Core 458
48% 387 Pts
64-Core 472
29% 472 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
67.6% Good
Memory 76.4
1-Core 90.1
2-Core 181
66% 116 Pts
4-Core 318
8-Core 486
50% 402 Pts
64-Core 487
30% 487 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock H87 Pro4 - $113

CPU
Xeon E3-1230 v3Intel  $217Bench 73%, 8,137 samples50x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples39x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples38x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples35x
SSD
840 Evo 120GBSamsung  $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples19x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples19x
RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples30x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples20x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples15x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $532

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Good

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very cheap yet very good, the best value out of 1150 socket cpus

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Excellent

2 years ago.

At ~45€ from eBay, this chip makes the most sense if you're upgrading your Haswell build. Everything else costs way more just because it has an iGPU or can be overclocked, but a purchase of a 150€ 4770K really goes against all reason with parts like the 150€ 12100. I upgraded to this from my old i5-4440, which I have owned since launch. The extra frequency (locked through BIOS at 3.6 GHz compared to the i5's 3.2 GHz) and extra threads make a visible difference even in applications where you wouldn't expect it, but mostly in applications that make use of one or the other. Thanks to this server chip, my 2013 Haswell build lives slightly longer yet, albeit with only a few parts still original to the first build all these years ago.

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