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Xeon E3-1220 v3

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 71.2% (300th of 1317)

Based on 4,172 user benchmarks.  Devices: BFEBFBFF000306C3, 0000000000000000 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1220 v3 @ 3.10GHz
Poor: 52%Average: 71.2% Great: 79%
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht

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Good average bench

The Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 averaged 28.7% 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 83.1Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 92.3Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 is 27.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 351Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 349Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,172 samples)
Rank 30071.2%
Min Avg Max
61.6 Memory 83.1 93.2
37.2 1-Core 92.3 103
79.4 2-Core 182 202
70.8% 119 Pts
Min Avg Max
182 4-Core 343 387
196 8-Core 349 388
47.2% 346 Pts
Min Avg Max
196 64-Core 351 389
23.5% 351 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
78.9% Very good
Memory 91.4
1-Core 104
2-Core 203
79% 133 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 381
52% 384 Pts
64-Core 389
26% 389 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
77% Very good
Memory 90.3
1-Core 99.6
2-Core 197
77% 129 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 379
51% 373 Pts
64-Core 375
25% 375 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
74.9% Very good
Memory 86.4
1-Core 102
2-Core 200
76% 130 Pts
4-Core 366
8-Core 375
50% 371 Pts
64-Core 381
26% 381 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
73.4% Very good
Memory 81.6
1-Core 103
2-Core 199
75% 128 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 384
52% 381 Pts
64-Core 379
25% 379 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
73.4% Very good
Memory 81.6
1-Core 102
2-Core 195
74% 126 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 378
52% 378 Pts
64-Core 381
26% 381 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
73.2% Very good
Memory 80.6
1-Core 96.6
2-Core 190
72% 122 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 383
52% 381 Pts
64-Core 383
26% 383 Pts
LGA1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
71.8% Very good
Memory 83.5
1-Core 99
2-Core 197
74% 126 Pts
4-Core 350
8-Core 340
48% 345 Pts
64-Core 374
25% 374 Pts
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
64.5% Good
Memory 75.9
1-Core 86.7
2-Core 155
64% 106 Pts
4-Core 304
8-Core 327
43% 315 Pts
64-Core 320
22% 320 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 47,424,337 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 65%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision T1700

CPU
Xeon E3-1220 v3Intel  $199Bench 71%, 4,172 samples1x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 238,872 samples320x
Quadro K600NvidiaBench 3%, 7,966 samples248x
Quadro K620Nvidia  $170Bench 11%, 14,301 samples213x
SSD
LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 85%, 2,833 samples85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 654,465 samples81x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 67%, 346,224 samples78x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 55%, 5,382 samples102x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 52%, 6,563 samples57x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 51%, 14,360 samples56x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $214

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Good value, especially when buying second hand from Chinese sellers. It only costs about 40 USD but beats 4th gen i5.

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