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Core i7-2700K

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 76.2% (289th of 1442)

Based on 81 user benchmarks.  Device: 0000000000000000 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Poor: 69%Average: 76.2% Great: 86%
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

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Good average bench

The Intel Core i7-2700K averaged 23.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i7-2700K near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 91.6Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 99Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i7-2700K is just 17.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i7-2700K performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 497Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 491Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 81 samples)
Rank 28976.2%
Min Avg Max
81.6 Memory 91.6 96.3
74.7 1-Core 99 121
147 2-Core 191 238
74.6% 127 Pts
Min Avg Max
256 4-Core 330 422
364 8-Core 491 626
51.1% 411 Pts
Min Avg Max
390 64-Core 497 627
30.7% 497 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
84.8% Excellent
Memory 96.4
1-Core 109
2-Core 190
78% 132 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 524
59% 464 Pts
64-Core 515
32% 515 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 95.2
1-Core 108
2-Core 213
80% 139 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 492
53% 423 Pts
64-Core 520
32% 520 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
77.6% Very good
Memory 95.2
1-Core 108
2-Core 205
79% 136 Pts
4-Core 325
8-Core 507
51% 416 Pts
64-Core 509
32% 509 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
77.5% Very good
Memory 92.4
1-Core 107
2-Core 206
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 340
8-Core 481
52% 410 Pts
64-Core 499
31% 499 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
70.3% Very good
Memory 91.6
1-Core 83.6
2-Core 151
67% 109 Pts
4-Core 266
8-Core 386
41% 326 Pts
64-Core 383
24% 383 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
69.9% Good
Memory 91.5
1-Core 85.9
2-Core 159
68% 112 Pts
4-Core 263
8-Core 401
41% 332 Pts
64-Core 400
25% 400 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
65% Good
Memory 77.1
1-Core 89.8
2-Core 183
67% 117 Pts
4-Core 289
8-Core 402
44% 346 Pts
64-Core 400
25% 400 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,713,118 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Sail boat

Motherboard: EVGA E689

CPU
Core i7-2700KIntelBench 76%, 81 samples6x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples5x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples3x
HD 7950AMD  $290Bench 29%, 33,820 samples3x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples4x
520 Series 240GBIntel  $139Bench 78%, 12,595 samples2x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples2x
RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 63%, 4,968 samples4x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 49% - Average Total price: $280

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