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Pentium E5300

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2 Cores, 2 Threads.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 35.9% (1179th of 1459)

Based on 18,604 user benchmarks.  Devices: BFEBFBFF0001067A, AFEBFBFF0001067A Model: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz
Poor: 22%Average: 35.9% Great: 43%
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard

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Poor average bench

The Intel Pentium E5300 averaged 64.0% 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 60.4Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 36.6Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Pentium E5300 is 20.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Pentium E5300 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 70.2Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 70.3Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 18,604 samples)
Rank 117935.9%
Min Avg Max
36.3 Memory 60.4 72.3
17.3 1-Core 36.6 42.2
29.5 2-Core 68.3 83.6
36.2% 55.1 Pts
Min Avg Max
30 4-Core 69.3 83.4
36 8-Core 70.3 83.4
9.35% 69.8 Pts
Min Avg Max
33.7 64-Core 70.2 82.9
4.3% 70.2 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
44.5% Average
Memory 74
1-Core 47.3
2-Core 91
46% 70.8 Pts
4-Core 89.9
8-Core 91.6
12% 90.8 Pts
64-Core 91
6% 91 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
39.1% Below average
Memory 66.4
1-Core 36.6
2-Core 73.3
39% 58.8 Pts
4-Core 71.7
8-Core 74.4
10% 73.1 Pts
64-Core 75.1
5% 75.1 Pts
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
39.1% Below average
Memory 65.6
1-Core 39.6
2-Core 75.9
40% 60.4 Pts
4-Core 76.4
8-Core 76.5
10% 76.4 Pts
64-Core 75.9
5% 75.9 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
38.3% Below average
Memory 64.4
1-Core 35.1
2-Core 71.9
38% 57.1 Pts
4-Core 73.2
8-Core 74
10% 73.6 Pts
64-Core 72.6
4% 72.6 Pts
CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
37.9% Below average
Memory 64.4
1-Core 35.4
2-Core 71.8
38% 57.2 Pts
4-Core 69.4
8-Core 71.7
9% 70.6 Pts
64-Core 69.8
4% 69.8 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
37.3% Below average
Memory 63.8
1-Core 36.3
2-Core 65.7
37% 55.3 Pts
4-Core 65.6
8-Core 68.9
9% 67.2 Pts
64-Core 66.3
4% 66.3 Pts
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
34.2% Below average
Memory 57.9
1-Core 37.5
2-Core 65.2
35% 53.5 Pts
4-Core 64.5
8-Core 63
9% 63.8 Pts
64-Core 63.7
4% 63.7 Pts
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
30.6% Below average
Memory 50.2
1-Core 38.9
2-Core 72.7
34% 53.9 Pts
4-Core 65.1
8-Core 70.4
9% 67.8 Pts
64-Core 71.5
4% 71.5 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz
20.9% Poor
Memory 34.3
1-Core 31.6
2-Core 43.9
24% 36.6 Pts
4-Core 42.4
8-Core 67.6
7% 55 Pts
64-Core 70.9
4% 70.9 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 37%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Motherboard: Asus P5KPL-AM SE

CPU
Pentium E5300Intel  $59Bench 36%, 18,604 samples35x
GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples41x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples34x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples20x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples7x
A400 120GBKingston  $33Bench 61%, 166,392 samples7x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples317x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples37x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples30x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $87

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13 months ago.

This thing just keeps on running after many years. I've gotten pretty good performance out of it actually. If you run a cleaner/tune-up and update your drivers regularly, you'll be fine. I use AVG for both. It won't do gaming, but for work from home, Amazon Workspaces, e-mail and internet, it's surprisingly good and very consistent. It's like having an old Toyota Camry or something. Gets the job done every day.

GBR-User
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Average

3 years ago.

11 years on and still going strong.

MEX-User
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3,756

Good

5 years ago.

es efectivo para los GHz que tiene

JPN-User
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3,424

Poor

9 months ago.

this processor can't run cities skylines in low mode

5555
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Poor

2 years ago.

The CPU itself is INCREDIBLY slow and awful to run pretty much anything with. However, it does have one thing definitely going for it. Despite me having used it pretty much 24/7 for the past 7 years, and the SFF Optiplex 760 it's on, having only been cleaned 3-4 times in its' whole life, because I didn't know how to clean a PC until fairly recently. Yet the E5300 STILL runs after all these years, and only begun getting any noticeably slower in the past year or so. This kind of reliability is far more than what I can say for Intel's high end CPUs from just the past year. Because half a year ago I finally managed to get a new computer to replace my Optiplex. And so far I've somehow lost TWO CPUs in a row. First the original i5-11400f I had bought, and then the i5-11500 I bought as a replacement.

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