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Xeon E3-1230L v3

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 63.8% (521st of 1442)

Based on 22 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306C3 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230L v3 @ 1.80GHz
Poor: 60%Average: 63.8% Great: 71%
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

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Above average average bench

The Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3 averaged 36.1% 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 81.5Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 75.3Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3 is just 11.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 357Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 376Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)
Rank 52163.8%
Min Avg Max
46.9 Memory 81.5 90.7
29.3 1-Core 75.3 81.7
40.5 2-Core 141 160
60.2% 99.3 Pts
Min Avg Max
75.3 4-Core 252 304
127 8-Core 376 411
39.1% 314 Pts
Min Avg Max
118 64-Core 357 406
22.1% 357 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
67.7% Good
Memory 90.2
1-Core 73.4
2-Core 133
62% 98.9 Pts
4-Core 246
8-Core 387
39% 316 Pts
64-Core 387
24% 387 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
66.7% Good
Memory 82.1
1-Core 80.8
2-Core 126
60% 96.4 Pts
4-Core 278
8-Core 409
43% 343 Pts
64-Core 370
23% 370 Pts
LGA1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
63.5% Good
Memory 74.6
1-Core 77.3
2-Core 151
60% 101 Pts
4-Core 286
8-Core 396
43% 341 Pts
64-Core 389
24% 389 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
62.1% Good
Memory 78.9
1-Core 70.3
2-Core 124
56% 90.9 Pts
4-Core 246
8-Core 369
38% 307 Pts
64-Core 366
23% 366 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
61.8% Good
Memory 76.4
1-Core 77.9
2-Core 144
60% 99.5 Pts
4-Core 256
8-Core 398
40% 327 Pts
64-Core 388
24% 388 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
60.2% Good
Memory 81.2
1-Core 69.7
2-Core 134
58% 95 Pts
4-Core 214
8-Core 368
35% 291 Pts
64-Core 327
20% 327 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
59.6% Above average
Memory 74.2
1-Core 77.5
2-Core 144
59% 98.6 Pts
4-Core 244
8-Core 399
39% 321 Pts
64-Core 393
24% 393 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg)
30.3% Below average
Memory 46.9
1-Core 29.3
2-Core 40.5
27% 38.9 Pts
4-Core 75.3
8-Core 127
12% 101 Pts
64-Core 118
7% 118 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 35%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: Asrock H97 Pro4 - $287

CPU
Xeon E3-1230L v3IntelBench 64%, 22 samples1x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples55x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples44x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples29x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples24x
RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples24x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $515

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