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CPU: Intel Xeon X5660

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 66.2% (476th of 1442)

Based on 2,343 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000206C2 Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5660 @ 2.80GHz
Poor: 53%Average: 66.2% Great: 74%
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer

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Above average average bench

The 1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5660 averaged 33.8% 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 79.4Pts
Avg. Multi Core Speed 989Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5660 is 21.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5660 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 516Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 70.2Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,343 samples)
Rank 47666.2%
Min Avg Max
61.4 Memory 79.4 92.7
39.9 1-Core 70.2 80.5
80.2 2-Core 143 160
58.6% 97.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
161 4-Core 286 311
321 8-Core 516 617
48.2% 401 Pts
Min Avg Max
639 64-Core 989 1,132
61.2% 989 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 1, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
75.7% Very good
Memory 94.1
1-Core 79.6
2-Core 159
67% 111 Pts
4-Core 310
8-Core 610
54% 460 Pts
64-Core 1,042
64% 1,042 Pts
CPU 1, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
74.9% Very good
Memory 93.2
1-Core 79.3
2-Core 136
64% 103 Pts
4-Core 306
8-Core 600
54% 453 Pts
64-Core 1,048
65% 1,048 Pts
CPU0 PROCESSOR, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
74.2% Very good
Memory 92.4
1-Core 79.6
2-Core 157
67% 110 Pts
4-Core 304
8-Core 488
49% 396 Pts
64-Core 1,073
66% 1,073 Pts
CPU0 PROCESSOR, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
73.1% Very good
Memory 90.1
1-Core 76
2-Core 149
64% 105 Pts
4-Core 304
8-Core 448
47% 376 Pts
64-Core 1,032
64% 1,032 Pts
CPU0 PROCESSOR, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
69% Good
Memory 82.9
1-Core 70.1
2-Core 140
59% 97.6 Pts
4-Core 297
8-Core 576
52% 436 Pts
64-Core 861
53% 861 Pts
CPU0 PROCESSOR, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
68.7% Good
Memory 85.1
1-Core 69.9
2-Core 150
61% 102 Pts
4-Core 283
8-Core 474
46% 378 Pts
64-Core 1,013
63% 1,013 Pts
CPU0 PROCESSOR, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)
65.3% Good
Memory 79.3
1-Core 68.5
2-Core 141
58% 96.2 Pts
4-Core 277
8-Core 492
46% 385 Pts
64-Core 1,052
65% 1,052 Pts
CPU0 PROCESSOR, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)
62% Good
Memory 67.2
1-Core 70
2-Core 140
54% 92.4 Pts
4-Core 306
8-Core 595
53% 450 Pts
64-Core 890
55% 890 Pts
CPU0 PROCESSOR, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
57.2% Above average
Memory 62.3
1-Core 69.8
2-Core 140
52% 90.7 Pts
4-Core 280
8-Core 584
50% 432 Pts
64-Core 888
55% 888 Pts
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Gaming 23%
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Desktop 70%
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Workstation 22%
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CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56601stBench 66%, 2,343 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples143x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples130x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples123x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples97x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples52x
240G 240GBHs-ssd-c100Bench 69%, 5,700 samples36x
RAM
ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF 58GBUnknownBench 42%, 53 samples21x
ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 82GBUnknownBench 49%, 141 samples20x
ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 58GBUnknownBench 50%, 261 samples17x
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