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Xeon E5-2666 v3

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 73.2% (296th of 1406)

Based on 1,333 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306F2 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz
Poor: 67%Average: 73.2% Great: 79%
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

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Good average bench

The Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 averaged 26.8% 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 79.8Pts
Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,159Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 is just 12.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 694Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 179Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,333 samples)
Rank 29673.2%
Min Avg Max
73.9 Memory 79.8 87.9
73.4 1-Core 90.5 99.4
152 2-Core 179 198
67.4% 116 Pts
Min Avg Max
307 4-Core 358 395
574 8-Core 694 784
62.3% 526 Pts
Min Avg Max
915 64-Core 1,159 1,298
71.7% 1,159 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 10 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
81.5% Excellent
Memory 89.8
1-Core 97.3
2-Core 194
74% 127 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 745
68% 569 Pts
64-Core 903
56% 903 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
76.9% Very good
Memory 79.4
1-Core 99.4
2-Core 199
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 399
8-Core 788
70% 593 Pts
64-Core 1,254
78% 1,254 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
76.4% Very good
Memory 82
1-Core 98.6
2-Core 181
70% 121 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 744
67% 562 Pts
64-Core 1,262
78% 1,262 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
73.4% Very good
Memory 80.5
1-Core 90.7
2-Core 180
68% 117 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 696
62% 526 Pts
64-Core 1,121
69% 1,121 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
73.4% Very good
Memory 80.6
1-Core 89.8
2-Core 183
68% 118 Pts
4-Core 356
8-Core 709
63% 533 Pts
64-Core 1162
72% 1162 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
72.8% Very good
Memory 79.2
1-Core 89.7
2-Core 155
64% 108 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 694
62% 526 Pts
64-Core 1,159
72% 1,159 Pts
SOCKET 1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
72.7% Very good
Memory 79.1
1-Core 90.5
2-Core 164
66% 111 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 626
59% 492 Pts
64-Core 1,161
72% 1,161 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 61,960,572 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 27%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 27%
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System: Default string

CPU
Xeon E5-2666 v3IntelBench 73%, 1,333 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $146Bench 29%, 946,701 samples390x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples379x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples318x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples234x
A400 480GBKingston  $24Bench 74%, 237,487 samples118x
NE-512 512GBBench 177%, 5,933 samples115x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples970x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples373x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples296x
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