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@ 2.40GHz

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 69% (423rd of 1442)

Based on 72 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306F2 Model: Genuine Intel(R) CPU @ 2.40GHz
Poor: 60%Average: 69% Great: 74%
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser

Popular builds with this CPU

Above average average bench

The Intel @ 2.40GHz averaged 31.0% 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 81.9Pts
Avg. Multi Core Speed 996Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel @ 2.40GHz is just 13.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel @ 2.40GHz performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 583Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 78.2Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 72 samples)
Rank 42369%
Min Avg Max
70.1 Memory 81.9 88.4
59.5 1-Core 78.2 89.5
125 2-Core 156 176
62.7% 105 Pts
Min Avg Max
242 4-Core 302 326
429 8-Core 583 650
52.5% 442 Pts
Min Avg Max
549 64-Core 996 1,282
61.6% 996 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
68.6% Good
Memory 81
1-Core 78.6
2-Core 150
62% 103 Pts
4-Core 302
8-Core 603
53% 452 Pts
64-Core 986
61% 986 Pts
SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
68.1% Good
Memory 80.1
1-Core 75.5
2-Core 151
61% 102 Pts
4-Core 302
8-Core 569
52% 436 Pts
64-Core 1,208
75% 1,208 Pts
SOCKET 1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
67.8% Good
Memory 78.3
1-Core 77.4
2-Core 154
61% 103 Pts
4-Core 308
8-Core 611
54% 459 Pts
64-Core 1026
64% 1026 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
66.4% Good
Memory 78.3
1-Core 69.4
2-Core 145
58% 97.6 Pts
4-Core 294
8-Core 580
52% 437 Pts
64-Core 987
61% 987 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
65.6% Good
Memory 77.3
1-Core 76.5
2-Core 140
59% 98 Pts
4-Core 290
8-Core 579
51% 435 Pts
64-Core 988
61% 988 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
64.8% Good
Memory 72.4
1-Core 77.3
2-Core 152
59% 101 Pts
4-Core 308
8-Core 614
54% 461 Pts
64-Core 1,030
64% 1,030 Pts
SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
64.2% Good
Memory 75.7
1-Core 76.2
2-Core 152
60% 101 Pts
4-Core 283
8-Core 608
52% 445 Pts
64-Core 1,148
71% 1,148 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
56.4% Above average
Memory 68
1-Core 62.3
2-Core 128
51% 86.2 Pts
4-Core 242
8-Core 443
41% 342 Pts
64-Core 859
53% 859 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

CPU
@ 2.40GHzIntelBench 69%, 72 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples24x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples23x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples20x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples14x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples9x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston  $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples8x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair  $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples9x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 2,702 samples8x
Team-Elite-2400 8x4GBTeamBench 121%, 40 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $615

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