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CPU: Intel Core i7-6700HQ

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 56.3% (651st of 1441)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Device: 1F8BFBFF000506E3 Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
Poor: 46%Average: 56.3% Great: 65%
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat

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Average average bench

The 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-6700HQ averaged 43.7% 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 62.8Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 80Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-6700HQ is just 19.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-6700HQ performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 299Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 287Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 65156.3%
Min Avg Max
37 Memory 62.8 90
44.4 1-Core 80 99.7
89.7 2-Core 156 196
56.8% 99.6 Pts
Min Avg Max
126 4-Core 288 363
90 8-Core 287 394
38.5% 288 Pts
Min Avg Max
134 64-Core 299 441
18.5% 299 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
65.4% Good
Memory 67.5
1-Core 89
2-Core 169
62% 109 Pts
4-Core 363
8-Core 378
49% 371 Pts
64-Core 361
22% 361 Pts
CPU #000, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz
64.9% Good
Memory 90
1-Core 68.8
2-Core 133
61% 97.3 Pts
4-Core 229
8-Core 248
32% 239 Pts
64-Core 233
14% 233 Pts
CPU #000, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
61.3% Good
Memory 63.9
1-Core 99.7
2-Core 196
66% 120 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 339
45% 339 Pts
64-Core 352
22% 352 Pts
CPU 0, 4 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
59.3% Above average
Memory 69.9
1-Core 72.4
2-Core 174
59% 105 Pts
4-Core 320
8-Core 90
33% 205 Pts
64-Core 234
14% 234 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
57.1% Above average
Memory 57.8
1-Core 90.9
2-Core 180
60% 109 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 304
43% 317 Pts
64-Core 306
19% 306 Pts
CPU #000, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz
55.5% Above average
Memory 61.4
1-Core 67.6
2-Core 108
48% 78.9 Pts
4-Core 267
8-Core 394
41% 331 Pts
64-Core 441
27% 441 Pts
CPU #000, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz
52.4% Above average
Memory 54.8
1-Core 82.9
2-Core 161
55% 99.6 Pts
4-Core 291
8-Core 282
38% 287 Pts
64-Core 280
17% 280 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
46.3% Average
Memory 57.9
1-Core 69
2-Core 140
51% 88.9 Pts
4-Core 197
8-Core 224
28% 211 Pts
64-Core 232
14% 232 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
29.4% Poor
Memory 37
1-Core 44.4
2-Core 89.7
33% 57 Pts
4-Core 126
8-Core 131
17% 128 Pts
64-Core 134
8% 134 Pts
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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CPU
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700HQ1stBench 56%, 14 samples1x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,043x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples824x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples457x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples425x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples517x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $28

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