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Core i7-3930K

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 77.5% (273rd of 1442)

Based on 4,060 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000206D6 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz
Poor: 66%Average: 77.5% Great: 89%
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser

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Good average bench

The Intel Core i7-3930K averaged 22.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i7-3930K near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 86.8Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 368Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i7-3930K is 22.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i7-3930K performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 727Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 584Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,060 samples)
Rank 27377.5%
Min Avg Max
76.8 Memory 86.8 95.2
73.6 1-Core 96.2 117
151 2-Core 192 237
72.5% 125 Pts
Min Avg Max
287 4-Core 368 455
466 8-Core 584 727
58.5% 476 Pts
Min Avg Max
594 64-Core 727 887
45% 727 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
87.4% Excellent
Memory 92.6
1-Core 111
2-Core 219
81% 141 Pts
4-Core 443
8-Core 718
71% 580 Pts
64-Core 838
52% 838 Pts
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 88.9
1-Core 108
2-Core 212
78% 136 Pts
4-Core 391
8-Core 611
62% 501 Pts
64-Core 730
45% 730 Pts
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
76.3% Very good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 82.7
2-Core 186
68% 118 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 590
58% 478 Pts
64-Core 685
42% 685 Pts
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
73.4% Very good
Memory 81.8
1-Core 95.2
2-Core 183
70% 120 Pts
4-Core 351
8-Core 557
56% 454 Pts
64-Core 674
42% 674 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
73.3% Very good
Memory 81.9
1-Core 93.1
2-Core 181
69% 119 Pts
4-Core 348
8-Core 558
56% 453 Pts
64-Core 678
42% 678 Pts
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
71.5% Very good
Memory 85
1-Core 80.3
2-Core 183
67% 116 Pts
4-Core 313
8-Core 591
54% 452 Pts
64-Core 680
42% 680 Pts
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
68.9% Good
Memory 82.9
1-Core 86.3
2-Core 163
66% 111 Pts
4-Core 297
8-Core 490
48% 394 Pts
64-Core 579
36% 579 Pts
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
67.1% Good
Memory 77.5
1-Core 88.7
2-Core 166
65% 111 Pts
4-Core 307
8-Core 501
49% 404 Pts
64-Core 569
35% 569 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME - $589

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntelBench 77%, 4,060 samples1x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples122x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples116x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples112x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples38x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples22x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 3,160 samples21x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 48% - Average Total price: $883

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