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Xeon E5-2696 v2

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 69.6% (408th of 1442)

Based on 376 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306E4 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz
Poor: 61%Average: 69.6% Great: 75%
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

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Above average average bench

The Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 averaged 30.4% 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 80.2Pts
Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,236Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 is just 14.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Single Core Speed 75.8Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 155Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 376 samples)
Rank 40869.6%
Min Avg Max
71.5 Memory 80.2 88.8
61.4 1-Core 75.8 94.3
129 2-Core 155 185
61.5% 104 Pts
Min Avg Max
257 4-Core 318 352
528 8-Core 647 690
56.7% 482 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,005 64-Core 1,236 1,312
76.5% 1,236 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
74.8% Very good
Memory 89
1-Core 84.1
2-Core 164
67% 112 Pts
4-Core 327
8-Core 607
56% 467 Pts
64-Core 1206
75% 1206 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
72.9% Very good
Memory 84.7
1-Core 83
2-Core 160
65% 109 Pts
4-Core 329
8-Core 648
58% 488 Pts
64-Core 834
52% 834 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
72.6% Very good
Memory 84.6
1-Core 81.4
2-Core 162
65% 109 Pts
4-Core 327
8-Core 652
58% 489 Pts
64-Core 1230
76% 1230 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
70% Good
Memory 79.3
1-Core 79.6
2-Core 159
62% 106 Pts
4-Core 326
8-Core 648
57% 487 Pts
64-Core 1222
76% 1222 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
66.2% Good
Memory 72.4
1-Core 79.6
2-Core 162
60% 105 Pts
4-Core 322
8-Core 650
57% 486 Pts
64-Core 1248
77% 1248 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
64.8% Good
Memory 81
1-Core 64.1
2-Core 131
56% 92.1 Pts
4-Core 262
8-Core 591
49% 427 Pts
64-Core 1,246
77% 1,246 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg)
62.4% Good
Memory 71.6
1-Core 64.6
2-Core 131
53% 89.1 Pts
4-Core 286
8-Core 526
49% 406 Pts
64-Core 1,015
63% 1,015 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 0.45 GHz (avg)
30% Below average
Memory 55.4
1-Core 17.3
2-Core 17.3
24% 30 Pts
4-Core 28.6
8-Core 39.7
4% 34.2 Pts
64-Core 146
9% 146 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 12%
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Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 13%
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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-2696 v2IntelBench 70%, 376 samples1x
GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples494x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples304x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples260x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples183x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples112x
RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples56x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples55x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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