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Pentium 4 3.06GHz

Average Bench: 25% (1400th of 1442)

Based on 856 user benchmarks.  Devices: BFEBFBFF00000F49, BFEBFBFF00000F41, BFEBFBFF00000F27, BFEBFBFF00000F29 Models: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz, Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz
Poor: 11%Average: 25% Great: 34%
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 28%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 16%
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Very poor average bench

The Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz averaged 74.9% 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 45.5Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 21.6Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz is 23.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 30.4Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 29.5Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 856 samples)
Rank 140025%
Min Avg Max
18 Memory 45.5 64.4
9.5 1-Core 21.6 28.6
13.4 2-Core 28.4 35.7
23.3% 31.8 Pts
Min Avg Max
15.8 4-Core 29.1 35.9
16.7 8-Core 29.5 36.6
3.9% 29.3 Pts
Min Avg Max
17.9 64-Core 30.4 37
1.9% 30.4 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz
31.9% Below average
Memory 58.9
1-Core 26.7
2-Core 31.6
29% 39.1 Pts
4-Core 31.7
8-Core 31.5
4% 31.6 Pts
64-Core 31.7
2% 31.7 Pts
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz
31% Below average
Memory 57.3
1-Core 26
2-Core 29.3
28% 37.5 Pts
4-Core 30.1
8-Core 30.2
4% 30.2 Pts
64-Core 30.6
2% 30.6 Pts
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
28.8% Poor
Memory 52.6
1-Core 27.5
2-Core 32.1
27% 37.4 Pts
4-Core 32.1
8-Core 32.1
4% 32.1 Pts
64-Core 32.5
2% 32.5 Pts
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz
27.2% Poor
Memory 49.3
1-Core 27.5
2-Core 31.7
26% 36.2 Pts
4-Core 31.5
8-Core 31.9
4% 31.7 Pts
64-Core 31.5
2% 31.5 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 1 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz
23.1% Poor
Memory 43.9
1-Core 15.9
2-Core 14.6
20% 24.8 Pts
4-Core 16.4
8-Core 13.4
2% 14.9 Pts
64-Core 16
1% 16 Pts
Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
21% Poor
Memory 38.4
1-Core 13.9
2-Core 18.1
18% 23.5 Pts
4-Core 22.6
8-Core 23.4
3% 23 Pts
64-Core 25.3
2% 25.3 Pts
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz
20% Poor
Memory 35.7
1-Core 22.2
2-Core 27.4
20% 28.4 Pts
4-Core 28.3
8-Core 21.8
4% 25 Pts
64-Core 28.6
2% 28.6 Pts
XU1 PROCESSOR, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz
19.3% Very poor
Memory 33.6
1-Core 19.9
2-Core 30.2
19% 27.9 Pts
4-Core 30.4
8-Core 30.5
4% 30.5 Pts
64-Core 31.9
2% 31.9 Pts
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 27%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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CPU
Pentium 4 3.06GHzIntel  $120Bench 25%, 856 samples1x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,138x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,037x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples820x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples455x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples424x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
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