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Xeon E3-1240 v3

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 72.2% (357th of 1442)

Based on 3,014 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306C3 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 v3 @ 3.40GHz
Poor: 56%Average: 72.2% Great: 81%
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

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Good average bench

The Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 averaged 27.8% 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 82Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 98.2Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 is 25.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 517Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 509Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,014 samples)
Rank 35772.2%
Min Avg Max
64.7 Memory 82 92.9
70.6 1-Core 98.2 109
131 2-Core 190 218
71.1% 123 Pts
Min Avg Max
229 4-Core 338 404
373 8-Core 509 569
52.6% 424 Pts
Min Avg Max
409 64-Core 517 569
32% 517 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 94.2
1-Core 97.1
2-Core 206
77% 132 Pts
4-Core 373
8-Core 567
58% 470 Pts
64-Core 568
35% 568 Pts
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 90.4
1-Core 101
2-Core 201
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 537
58% 463 Pts
64-Core 536
33% 536 Pts
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
75.4% Very good
Memory 92.2
1-Core 93.7
2-Core 171
71% 119 Pts
4-Core 317
8-Core 531
52% 424 Pts
64-Core 491
30% 491 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
75% Very good
Memory 91.2
1-Core 96.1
2-Core 185
73% 124 Pts
4-Core 318
8-Core 508
51% 413 Pts
64-Core 509
32% 509 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
74.9% Very good
Memory 80.9
1-Core 101
2-Core 195
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 529
57% 451 Pts
64-Core 529
33% 529 Pts
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
73.1% Very good
Memory 88.5
1-Core 102
2-Core 184
73% 125 Pts
4-Core 312
8-Core 524
51% 418 Pts
64-Core 528
33% 528 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
71.8% Very good
Memory 81.1
1-Core 96.6
2-Core 201
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 531
53% 434 Pts
64-Core 531
33% 531 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
71% Very good
Memory 79.6
1-Core 97.9
2-Core 187
70% 122 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 518
53% 428 Pts
64-Core 518
32% 518 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
67.3% Good
Memory 79.2
1-Core 92
2-Core 179
68% 117 Pts
4-Core 299
8-Core 484
48% 392 Pts
64-Core 447
28% 447 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision T1700

CPU
Xeon E3-1240 v3Intel  $203Bench 72%, 3,014 samples1x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples247x
Quadro K620Nvidia  $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples167x
Quadro K600NvidiaBench 3%, 8,087 samples159x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples72x
LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 83%, 4,915 samples56x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples54x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples78x
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 3,905 samples48x
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 7,869 samples41x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $246

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because its cheap, yet fast and AMAZING.

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Excellent

21 months ago.

Got it. Love it. Can bit Ryzen 5 1600X even thou its 3 years older and in disadvantage of 4 core on board to 6 cores on AMD :D

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