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Xeon E5-1680 v2

▲ 5122 ▼

8 Cores, 16 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 83.8% (214th of 1468)

Based on 1,289 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306E4 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1680 v2 @ 3.00GHz
Poor: 72%Average: 83.8% Great: 93%
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship

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Very good average bench

The Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 averaged just 16.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 89.3Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 421Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 is 21.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,079Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 780Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 1,289 samples)
Rank 21483.8%
Min Avg Max
79.6 Memory 89.3 96.2
76.2 1-Core 102 124
159 2-Core 209 248
76.4% 133 Pts
Min Avg Max
325 4-Core 421 492
575 8-Core 780 962
71.8% 601 Pts
Min Avg Max
870 64-Core 1,079 1,261
66.8% 1,079 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
81.2% Excellent
Memory 91
1-Core 96.6
2-Core 191
74% 126 Pts
4-Core 385
8-Core 669
64% 527 Pts
64-Core 898
56% 898 Pts
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 91.7
1-Core 99.2
2-Core 205
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 705
64% 540 Pts
64-Core 1,059
66% 1,059 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
73.3% Very good
Memory 74.8
1-Core 78.4
2-Core 158
61% 104 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 648
63% 517 Pts
64-Core 970
60% 970 Pts
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
72.1% Very good
Memory 80.3
1-Core 86.4
2-Core 176
66% 114 Pts
4-Core 345
8-Core 576
56% 461 Pts
64-Core 840
52% 840 Pts
1,289 MORE »

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 68,935,039 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 46%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME - $589

CPU
Xeon E5-1680 v2IntelBench 84%, 1,289 samples1x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples131x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples127x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples113x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples44x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples42x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples39x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples23x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 3,160 samples23x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 49% - Average Total price: $874

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USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

7 months ago.

I have two of these E5-1680 v2 processors. One is paired with a Rampage IV Extreme and the other is paired with the Asus x79-Deluxe. One will comfortably overclock to 4.7ghz and the other one does 4.5ghz.... considering the VCore is less than 1.4v and it can pass stress tests. These are great processors but don't expect to hit breakneck speeds with the CPU unless you win the Silicon Lottery. These are excellent if you want to hold on to your x79 motherboard for a little bit longer.

GBR-User
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5,896

Good

4 years ago.

I still have mine running at 4.7ghz.

DEU-User
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5,861

Excellent

4 years ago.

With ~4920MHZ it has the same single core performance than a Ryzen 3700X and is marginal faster than A Ryzen 2700X. It has 5041 multiscore points( CPUz) to ~5400 Core i9 9900K with 4919MHZ wich is quite a very high overloking which needs a corevoltage ~1,5Volt to be full stable.

ITA-User
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4,145

Excellent

4 years ago.

Best CPU for X79. When it's clocked at 4.5GHz, performance is similar to Ryzen 7 2700X. It has 25MB of L3 cache and it's the only unlocked 8 core CPU Intel has released with this huge amount of cache. It's like having 2x i7-3770Ks.

NLD-User
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3,604

Excellent

5 years ago.

I have been using this beast for a long time. Overclocked at 4.5ghz this is still an excellent cpu today!

multicoring
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36

Excellent

7 years ago.

8 cores for x79, and OCs too.

cathalferris
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2

Excellent

5 years ago.

Benches between 1700x and 2700x, gives current chips a good run when clocked (stable) at 4.7 under a H80 AIO water loop. Definitely not ready to retire with this performance.

Mohag
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Excellent

4 years ago.

1800x performance this CPU was ahead of its time for sure

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