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Pentium E6600

Average Bench: 39% (1097th of 1442)

Based on 5,119 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF0001067A Model: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E6600 @ 3.06GHz
Poor: 24%Average: 39% Great: 45%
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft

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Poor average bench

The Intel Pentium E6600 averaged 60.9% 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 64.9Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 41.3Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Pentium E6600 is 21.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Pentium E6600 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 80.2Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 80.2Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,119 samples)
Rank 109739%
Min Avg Max
37.8 Memory 64.9 75.5
22.4 1-Core 41.3 49
36.6 2-Core 77.8 97.3
39.8% 61.3 Pts
Min Avg Max
40 4-Core 78.8 97.1
44.4 8-Core 80.2 96.8
10.6% 79.5 Pts
Min Avg Max
44.1 64-Core 80.2 97
5% 80.2 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
LGA775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)
39.8% Below average
Memory 69.5
1-Core 44.4
2-Core 57.3
40% 57.1 Pts
4-Core 60.5
8-Core 68.3
8% 64.4 Pts
64-Core 62.1
4% 62.1 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)
37.1% Below average
Memory 69
1-Core 37.2
2-Core 77.5
40% 61.2 Pts
4-Core 32.7
8-Core 40.7
5% 36.7 Pts
64-Core 36.2
2% 36.2 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
35.1% Below average
Memory 60.4
1-Core 39.9
2-Core 55.4
36% 51.9 Pts
4-Core 59.4
8-Core 63.4
8% 61.4 Pts
64-Core 53.5
3% 53.5 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)
31.9% Below average
Memory 52.7
1-Core 47.2
2-Core 62.9
35% 54.3 Pts
4-Core 68.3
8-Core 55.4
9% 61.9 Pts
64-Core 51.6
3% 51.6 Pts
LGA 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)
31.3% Below average
Memory 51.5
1-Core 31.4
2-Core 61
31% 48 Pts
4-Core 67
8-Core 66.2
9% 66.6 Pts
64-Core 65.3
4% 65.3 Pts
LGA775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg)
30.3% Below average
Memory 45.2
1-Core 51.8
2-Core 91.7
37% 62.9 Pts
4-Core 91.2
8-Core 91.4
12% 91.3 Pts
64-Core 90.7
6% 90.7 Pts
LGA775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
17.8% Very poor
Memory 32.2
1-Core 12.4
2-Core 20.8
16% 21.8 Pts
4-Core 21.6
8-Core 21.6
3% 21.6 Pts
64-Core 17.3
1% 17.3 Pts
Socket775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
8.44% Terrible
Memory 11.7
1-Core 9.1
2-Core 26
9% 15.6 Pts
4-Core 30.2
8-Core 31.7
4% 31 Pts
64-Core 7.8
0% 7.8 Pts
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Gaming 4%
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Desktop
Desktop 40%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
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Motherboard: Asus P5G41T-M LX - $260

CPU
Pentium E6600Intel  $50Bench 39%, 5,119 samples1x
GPU
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 33,874 samples145x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples54x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples45x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples45x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples25x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples14x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples392x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples229x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples134x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 48% - Average Total price: $338

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 years ago.

Not very powerful, can barely handle running a few instances of browser windows side by side

DZA-User
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2,742

Terrible

3 years ago.

I downloaded resident evil 7

Geborga
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Excellent

4 years ago.

Stable at 3620MHz. Runs GTA V. 181 in Cinebench R15.

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