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Pentium E5400

Average Bench: 38.2% (1067th of 1360)

Based on 14,481 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF0001067A Model: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5400 @ 2.70GHz
Poor: 26%Average: 38.2% Great: 44%
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 26%
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Poor average bench

The Intel Pentium E5400 averaged 61.7% 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 61Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 47.6Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Pentium E5400 is just 18.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Pentium E5400 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 93.1Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 92.5Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 14,481 samples)
Rank 106738.2%
Min Avg Max
38.1 Memory 61 72
24.1 1-Core 47.6 53.6
43.3 2-Core 90 106
42.1% 66.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
46.4 4-Core 91.8 106
48.8 8-Core 92.5 106
12.5% 92.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
46.8 64-Core 93.1 107
6.3% 93.1 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz
41.1% Average
Memory 65.2
1-Core 53.2
2-Core 100
46% 72.9 Pts
4-Core 100
8-Core 102
14% 101 Pts
64-Core 102
7% 102 Pts
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
33.3% Below average
Memory 54.7
1-Core 44.3
2-Core 70.2
37% 56.4 Pts
4-Core 71.3
8-Core 73.1
10% 72.2 Pts
64-Core 73.1
5% 73.1 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
31.3% Below average
Memory 52.1
1-Core 36.7
2-Core 48.9
32% 45.9 Pts
4-Core 63.3
8-Core 66.4
9% 64.8 Pts
64-Core 70.8
5% 70.8 Pts
CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
28.5% Poor
Memory 43.4
1-Core 48.8
2-Core 76
35% 56.1 Pts
4-Core 79.8
8-Core 81.8
11% 80.8 Pts
64-Core 77.3
5% 77.3 Pts
CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
21.1% Poor
Memory 39
1-Core 48.1
2-Core 38.6
29% 41.9 Pts
4-Core 19.5
8-Core 38.2
4% 28.9 Pts
64-Core 62.2
4% 62.2 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
16.2% Very poor
Memory 16.3
1-Core 42.7
2-Core 93
26% 50.7 Pts
4-Core 92.8
8-Core 95.8
13% 94.3 Pts
64-Core 58.4
4% 58.4 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 55,486,747 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 39%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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CPU
Pentium E5400Intel  $75Bench 38%, 14,481 samples1x
GPU
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 31,162 samples361x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 143,038 samples313x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 143,729 samples239x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples90x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $25Bench 56%, 142,801 samples50x
256GB 256GBSSDBench 75%, 8,492 samples47x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples434x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples176x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples152x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 48% - Average Total price: $97

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 Comments

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2 months ago.

I tried a older emachine PC with the Pentium E5400 and it works pretty well for general computer use and online. A SSD and video card helps but I was surprised at how well it worked. I would say it is comparable to a Core 2 duo of similar age.

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Terrible

2 months ago.

Comprei um Core2 Duo e detestei. DUAL CORE E5400 é mil vezes melhor!

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