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Xeon E5-2696 v4

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16 Cores, 16 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 52.3% (740th of 1451)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Device: 1F8BFBFF000406F1 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2696 v4 @ 2.20GHz
Poor: 35%Average: 52.3% Great: 71%
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht

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Average average bench

The Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4 averaged 47.7% 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 59Pts
Avg. Multi Core Speed 812Pts

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4 is 36.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4 performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 435Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 248Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 74052.3%
Min Avg Max
40.5 Memory 59 73.3
20.8 1-Core 70.5 114
35.9 2-Core 139 196
51.4% 89.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
37.3 4-Core 248 371
64.8 8-Core 435 695
41.2% 341 Pts
Min Avg Max
83.2 64-Core 812 1,829
50.3% 812 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
None, 1 CPU, 11 cores, 22 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
71.2% Very good
Memory 73.3
1-Core 114
2-Core 196
72% 128 Pts
4-Core 371
8-Core 695
64% 533 Pts
64-Core 1,829
113% 1,829 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
61.2% Good
Memory 60.8
1-Core 81
2-Core 161
57% 101 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 642
58% 486 Pts
64-Core 651
40% 651 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 20 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
52.3% Above average
Memory 40.5
1-Core 84.1
2-Core 170
52% 98.1 Pts
4-Core 342
8-Core 656
59% 499 Pts
64-Core 1,598
99% 1,598 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
46.8% Average
Memory 42.3
1-Core 65.9
2-Core 147
46% 85.1 Pts
4-Core 275
8-Core 489
46% 382 Pts
64-Core 894
55% 894 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
35.1% Below average
Memory 63.9
1-Core 20.8
2-Core 35.9
30% 40.2 Pts
4-Core 37.3
8-Core 69.7
6% 53.5 Pts
64-Core 83.2
5% 83.2 Pts

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,972,157 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 47%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Xeon E5-2696 v4IntelBench 52%, 7 samples1x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,055x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples826x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples457x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples431x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples519x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples379x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples298x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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