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Core i7-4860EQ

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 65.6% (488th of 1442)

Based on 71 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF00040661 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4860EQ CPU @ 1.80GHz
Poor: 59%Average: 65.6% Great: 71%
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 52%
Yacht

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Above average average bench

The Intel Core i7-4860EQ averaged 34.4% 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 82.4Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 83.3Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i7-4860EQ is just 11.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i7-4860EQ performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 400Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 396Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 71 samples)
Rank 48865.6%
Min Avg Max
73.3 Memory 82.4 90.7
55.7 1-Core 83.3 94.9
112 2-Core 159 189
64.3% 108 Pts
Min Avg Max
207 4-Core 265 312
332 8-Core 396 447
41.1% 330 Pts
Min Avg Max
353 64-Core 400 455
24.8% 400 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
71% Very good
Memory 90
1-Core 89.7
2-Core 177
70% 119 Pts
4-Core 285
8-Core 388
43% 337 Pts
64-Core 379
23% 379 Pts
CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
64% Good
Memory 84.3
1-Core 85.1
2-Core 149
64% 106 Pts
4-Core 237
8-Core 388
38% 312 Pts
64-Core 390
24% 390 Pts
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
63.5% Good
Memory 79.6
1-Core 88.6
2-Core 153
64% 107 Pts
4-Core 257
8-Core 391
40% 324 Pts
64-Core 388
24% 388 Pts
CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
62.5% Good
Memory 79.7
1-Core 82.4
2-Core 150
62% 104 Pts
4-Core 246
8-Core 390
39% 318 Pts
64-Core 382
24% 382 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
62.5% Good
Memory 79.9
1-Core 71.3
2-Core 133
58% 94.7 Pts
4-Core 244
8-Core 381
39% 313 Pts
64-Core 353
22% 353 Pts
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
62.3% Good
Memory 83.2
1-Core 73.5
2-Core 140
60% 99.1 Pts
4-Core 225
8-Core 363
36% 294 Pts
64-Core 369
23% 369 Pts
CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
59.5% Above average
Memory 78.2
1-Core 70.1
2-Core 133
57% 93.8 Pts
4-Core 224
8-Core 308
34% 266 Pts
64-Core 349
22% 349 Pts
CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
56.8% Above average
Memory 73.4
1-Core 71.5
2-Core 134
56% 93 Pts
4-Core 218
8-Core 337
34% 277 Pts
64-Core 310
19% 310 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
47.6% Average
Memory 69.9
1-Core 50.7
2-Core 98
46% 72.9 Pts
4-Core 139
8-Core 238
23% 189 Pts
64-Core 247
15% 247 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 33%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 28%
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Motherboard: Kontron KTQM87/mITX

CPU
Core i7-4860EQIntelBench 66%, 71 samples4x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples2x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1x
SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples1x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston  $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples1x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples1x
9965525-116.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 129 samples1x
M378B1G73EB0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 3,888 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $159

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