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CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K

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8 Cores, 8 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 72.3% (375th of 1468)

Based on 36 user benchmarks.  Device: 0F8BFBFF000906EA Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
Poor: 49%Average: 72.3% Great: 93%
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat

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The 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K averaged 27.6% 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. Single Core Speed 125Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 81.6Pts

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K is 43.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 457Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 436Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 36 samples)
Rank 37572.3%
Min Avg Max
48.9 Memory 81.6 94.4
46 1-Core 125 158
111 2-Core 238 307
82.5% 148 Pts
Min Avg Max
116 4-Core 357 567
131 8-Core 436 926
51.1% 397 Pts
Min Avg Max
130 64-Core 457 1,139
28.3% 457 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 83.6
1-Core 131
2-Core 251
86% 155 Pts
4-Core 488
8-Core 821
80% 654 Pts
64-Core 809
50% 809 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 81.2
1-Core 126
2-Core 274
87% 160 Pts
4-Core 494
8-Core 877
83% 685 Pts
64-Core 875
54% 875 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
71.8% Very good
Memory 78.3
1-Core 105
2-Core 207
73% 130 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 482
53% 420 Pts
64-Core 599
37% 599 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
60.2% Good
Memory 91.1
1-Core 119
2-Core 169
76% 126 Pts
4-Core 181
8-Core 134
22% 158 Pts
64-Core 186
12% 186 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 69,017,883 CPUs tested

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Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 68%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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CPU
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K1stBench 72%, 36 samples1x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,160x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,094x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples850x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples460x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples442x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples526x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples384x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples308x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 23% - Poor Total price: $25

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