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CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K

CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K
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Effective Speed -29%Effective Speed -29%Average Score -41%Memory -7%, 1-Core -41%, 2-Core -39%, 4-Core -43%, 8-Core -76%Overclocked Score -19%1-Core -23%, 2-Core -22%, 4-Core -20%, 8-Core -29%, Memory -1%Value & Sentiment User Rating -93%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -125%64-Core -79%, 64-Core -168%, Age -127%

Average Bench: 82.5% (204^th of 1442)

Based on 27 user benchmarks. Device: 1F8BFBFF000906EA Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz

Poor: 68%Average: 82.5% Great: 96%

Gaming 83%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 71%

Battleship

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Very good average bench

The 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K averaged just 17.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 131Pts

Avg. Dual Core Speed 260Pts

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K is 27.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 1st CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 706Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 671Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)

Rank 20482.5%

Min	Avg	Max
57.4	Memory 77.5	91.7
104	1-Core 131	158
200	2-Core 260	317
85.1% 156 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
339	4-Core 484	629
390	8-Core 671	990
72.9% 578 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
370	64-Core 706	1,130
43.7% 706 Pts

User Benchmarks

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

RUS-User, 2 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

95.9% Outstanding

Memory 83.1

1-Core 158

2-Core 317

99% 186 Pts

4-Core 629

8-Core 608

83% 619 Pts

64-Core 622

38% 622 Pts

ISR-User, 2 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 12 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

90.9% Outstanding

Memory 83.5

1-Core 96.1

2-Core 267

80% 149 Pts

4-Core 528

8-Core 801

82% 664 Pts

64-Core 1,037

64% 1,037 Pts

USA-User, 2 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K,

CPU #000, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

89.3% Excellent

Memory 77.8

1-Core 138

2-Core 292

90% 169 Pts

4-Core 545

8-Core 757

82% 651 Pts

64-Core 829

51% 829 Pts

SWE-User, 2 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

87.4% Excellent

Memory 86.9

1-Core 121

2-Core 236

83% 148 Pts

4-Core 472

8-Core 824

78% 648 Pts

64-Core 826

51% 826 Pts

JPN-User, 22 months ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

80.9% Excellent

Memory 76.5

1-Core 126

2-Core 247

82% 150 Pts

4-Core 458

8-Core 751

74% 604 Pts

64-Core 772

48% 772 Pts

DEU-User, 2 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

73% Very good

Memory 73.8

1-Core 122

2-Core 240

80% 145 Pts

4-Core 410

8-Core 451

57% 430 Pts

64-Core 431

27% 431 Pts

DNK-User, 5 months ago.CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

70.2% Very good

Memory 71.9

1-Core 120

2-Core 223

76% 138 Pts

4-Core 381

8-Core 474

55% 427 Pts

64-Core 554

34% 554 Pts

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K1stBench 83%, 27 samples	1x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,141x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	821x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	456x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	424x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	297x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K