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Pentium E5400

Average Bench: 37.7% (1011th of 1276)

Based on 11,725 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF0001067A Model: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5400 @ 2.70GHz
Poor: 25%Average: 37.7% Great: 44%
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 44%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 25%
Raft

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Poor average bench

The Intel Pentium E5400 averaged 62.3% 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 61.5Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 43.1Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Pentium E5400 is just 18.8%. 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 84.4Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 84.5Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,725 samples)
Rank 101137.7%
Min Avg Max
38.4 Memory 61.5 71.6
21.3 1-Core 43.1 49
34.2 2-Core 80.6 97.5
40.1% 61.7 Pts
Min Avg Max
38.2 4-Core 82.5 97.6
42.8 8-Core 84.5 97.8
11.4% 83.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
41.3 64-Core 84.4 97.9
5.7% 84.4 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 3.1 GHz
47.9% Average
Memory 77.6
1-Core 47
2-Core 112
50% 78.9 Pts
4-Core 109
8-Core 110
15% 110 Pts
64-Core 109
7% 109 Pts
Intel, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
44.9% Average
Memory 75.3
1-Core 44.3
2-Core 81.4
45% 67 Pts
4-Core 86.5
8-Core 91.5
12% 89 Pts
64-Core 90
6% 90 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
43.8% Average
Memory 71.5
1-Core 48.8
2-Core 96.6
47% 72.3 Pts
4-Core 96.7
8-Core 96.2
13% 96.4 Pts
64-Core 96.1
6% 96.1 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
41.9% Average
Memory 68.6
1-Core 48.1
2-Core 79.1
44% 65.3 Pts
4-Core 91.3
8-Core 92.2
12% 91.8 Pts
64-Core 71
5% 71 Pts
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz
41% Average
Memory 70.1
1-Core 47.1
2-Core 69.5
43% 62.2 Pts
4-Core 70.4
8-Core 81.2
10% 75.8 Pts
64-Core 90
6% 90 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
38.7% Below average
Memory 61.2
1-Core 47.6
2-Core 95.2
43% 68 Pts
4-Core 95.9
8-Core 96.3
13% 96.1 Pts
64-Core 94.5
6% 94.5 Pts
LGA775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
38.1% Below average
Memory 66.8
1-Core 45
2-Core 75.1
42% 62.3 Pts
4-Core 59.1
8-Core 51
8% 55 Pts
64-Core 50.4
3% 50.4 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
18.2% Very poor
Memory 22.4
1-Core 38.6
2-Core 88.2
27% 49.7 Pts
4-Core 83.8
8-Core 66
11% 74.9 Pts
64-Core 66.1
4% 66.1 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 38,634,934 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 38%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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CPU
Pentium E5400Intel  $75Bench 38%, 11,725 samples1x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 110,571 samples1,385x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 724,497 samples1,222x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 102,268 samples806x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 66%, 271,645 samples897x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 119,014 samples543x
Virtual NVMe Disk 275GBParallelsBench 199%, 669 samples479x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 356,872 samples1,088x
4x2GBUnknownBench 24%, 156,406 samples708x
1x4GBUnknownBench 24%, 128,880 samples432x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $107

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1 month 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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Excellent

6 months ago.

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

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