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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K
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Effective Speed -62%Effective Speed -62%Average Score -103%Memory -6%, 1-Core -67%, 2-Core -69%, 4-Core -129%, 8-Core -245%Overclocked Score -51%1-Core -51%, 2-Core -51%, 4-Core -50%, 8-Core -94%, Memory -6%Value & Sentiment -94%User Rating -94%Nice To Haves -280%64-Core -203%, 64-Core -453%, Age -185%

Average Bench: 65.7% (489^th of 1445)

Based on 8 user benchmarks. Device: 0FABFBFF000306C3 Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz

Poor: 55%Average: 65.7% Great: 87%

Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Above average average bench

The 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K averaged 34.2% 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 78.2Pts

Avg. Single Core Speed 111Pts

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K is 31.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 342Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 342Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)

Rank 48965.7%

Min	Avg	Max
60.9	Memory 78.2	86.7
54.3	1-Core 111	129
98.1	2-Core 214	256
75.4% 134 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
208	4-Core 303	501
210	8-Core 342	661
42.2% 322 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
211	64-Core 342	666
21.1% 342 Pts

User Benchmarks

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Heavy

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 3 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K,

CPU socket #0, 4 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)

86.8% Excellent

Memory 86.7

1-Core 128

2-Core 255

87% 156 Pts

4-Core 501

8-Core 501

67% 501 Pts

64-Core 503

31% 503 Pts

GBR-User, 5 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K,

CPU socket #0, 8 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)

84.5% Excellent

Memory 84.1

1-Core 120

2-Core 247

83% 151 Pts

4-Core 458

8-Core 661

70% 559 Pts

64-Core 666

41% 666 Pts

GBR-User, 5 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K,

CPU #000, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)

63% Good

Memory 84.8

1-Core 126

2-Core 250

85% 154 Pts

4-Core 241

8-Core 244

32% 242 Pts

64-Core 243

15% 243 Pts

FRA-User, 9 months ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K,

CPU #000, 4 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)

55.1% Above average

Memory 71.6

1-Core 54.3

2-Core 98.1

47% 74.7 Pts

4-Core 210

8-Core 310

32% 260 Pts

64-Core 304

19% 304 Pts

MEX-User, 6 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K,

CPU #000, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 4 GHz

52.4% Above average

Memory 70.3

1-Core 111

2-Core 208

72% 129 Pts

4-Core 202

8-Core 203

27% 203 Pts

64-Core 204

13% 204 Pts

MEX-User, 6 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K,

CPU #000, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 4 GHz

51.3% Above average

Memory 69.4

1-Core 109

2-Core 205

71% 128 Pts

4-Core 196

8-Core 185

26% 190 Pts

64-Core 198

12% 198 Pts

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K