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CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3

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8 Cores, 8 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 59.5% (602nd of 1456)

Based on 23 user benchmarks.  Device: 1F8BFBFF000306F2 Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
Poor: 43%Average: 59.5% Great: 71%
Gaming
Gaming 60%
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Desktop
Desktop 59%
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Workstation
Workstation 56%
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Average average bench

The 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 averaged 40.4% 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 64.5Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 299Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 is 27.8%. 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 487Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 70Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 23 samples)
Rank 60259.5%
Min Avg Max
35.7 Memory 64.5 80
31.4 1-Core 70 87.5
72.6 2-Core 147 174
54% 93.7 Pts
Min Avg Max
166 4-Core 299 343
264 8-Core 487 684
48.2% 393 Pts
Min Avg Max
285 64-Core 779 2,231
48.2% 779 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
65.2% Good
Memory 74.8
1-Core 77.6
2-Core 163
61% 105 Pts
4-Core 321
8-Core 323
43% 322 Pts
64-Core 319
20% 319 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
64.6% Good
Memory 75.7
1-Core 79.7
2-Core 161
62% 106 Pts
4-Core 310
8-Core 312
42% 311 Pts
64-Core 306
19% 306 Pts
CPU #000, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
63.8% Good
Memory 68.3
1-Core 81.5
2-Core 159
59% 103 Pts
4-Core 318
8-Core 555
53% 437 Pts
64-Core 582
36% 582 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
61.3% Good
Memory 69.5
1-Core 79.4
2-Core 155
59% 101 Pts
4-Core 306
8-Core 311
41% 309 Pts
64-Core 320
20% 320 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 10 cores, 10 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
56.2% Above average
Memory 50.6
1-Core 82.8
2-Core 163
54% 98.9 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 616
56% 473 Pts
64-Core 804
50% 804 Pts
CPU #000, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
50.4% Above average
Memory 55.9
1-Core 57.1
2-Core 91.5
42% 68.2 Pts
4-Core 243
8-Core 360
38% 301 Pts
64-Core 285
18% 285 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
49.6% Average
Memory 41.3
1-Core 42.5
2-Core 163
42% 82.2 Pts
4-Core 335
8-Core 327
44% 331 Pts
64-Core 323
20% 323 Pts
CPU 0, 4 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
47.3% Average
Memory 49.7
1-Core 38.3
2-Core 72.6
34% 53.5 Pts
4-Core 240
8-Core 622
49% 431 Pts
64-Core 688
43% 688 Pts
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 50%
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Workstation 2%
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CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v31stBench 60%, 23 samples1x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,145x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,060x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples830x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples458x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples433x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples521x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples379x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples300x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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