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Core (Skylake)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 75.4% (299th of 1442)

Based on 57 user benchmarks.  Device: 078BFBFF000506E3 Model: Intel Core Processor (Skylake)
Poor: 51%Average: 75.4% Great: 97%
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
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Good average bench

The Intel Core (Skylake) averaged 24.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core (Skylake) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 120Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 236Pts

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core (Skylake) is 45.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Intel Core (Skylake) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 599Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 566Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 57 samples)
Rank 29975.4%
Min Avg Max
51.5 Memory 75.6 95.4
78.9 1-Core 120 150
149 2-Core 236 305
79.2% 144 Pts
Min Avg Max
214 4-Core 418 603
226 8-Core 566 920
62.3% 492 Pts
Min Avg Max
188 64-Core 599 1,104
37.1% 599 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
74% Very good
Memory 71.2
1-Core 104
2-Core 208
71% 128 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 800
72% 606 Pts
64-Core 792
49% 792 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 20 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
71.7% Very good
Memory 68.2
1-Core 102
2-Core 208
70% 126 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 728
68% 566 Pts
64-Core 1,172
72% 1,172 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
63.9% Good
Memory 62.9
1-Core 80.1
2-Core 193
61% 112 Pts
4-Core 350
8-Core 497
53% 424 Pts
64-Core 528
33% 528 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
52.3% Above average
Memory 50.4
1-Core 84
2-Core 205
59% 113 Pts
4-Core 290
8-Core 569
51% 430 Pts
64-Core 652
40% 652 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
39.8% Below average
Memory 39.2
1-Core 63.8
2-Core 144
44% 82.3 Pts
4-Core 236
8-Core 214
31% 225 Pts
64-Core 230
14% 230 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
28.5% Poor
Memory 21.3
1-Core 50.1
2-Core 109
31% 60.3 Pts
4-Core 191
8-Core 298
30% 245 Pts
64-Core 309
19% 309 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
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System: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)

CPU
Core (Skylake)IntelBench 75%, 57 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples37x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples29x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples28x
SSD
HARDDISK 2TBQemuBench 65%, 24 samples19x
HARDDISK 500GBQemuBench 59%, 94 samples18x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples16x
RAM
1x16GBQEMUBench 91%, 3,887 samples139x
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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