Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Core i7-5930K can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Is the Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: LGA2011-v3

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 140 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 15 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5930K CPU @ 3.50GHz, Intel Core i7-5930K CPU @ 3.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2014

CPUmark/$Price: 46.44

Overall Rank:
1181st fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
1414th fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
377th fastest in out of 1399 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $222.37 USD (2023-05-31)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

10326

Single Thread Rating

2053

Samples: 1933*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 13,646
Thread: 2,126

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz

Integer Math	37,650 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	18,808 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	48 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	21,760 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	2,927 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	155,766 KBytes/Sec
Physics	817 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	10,025 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,053 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 1st of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 1st of December 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 6th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,998
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,470
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,109
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,596
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,085
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,257
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,746
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,569
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,152
Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz		10,326

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		197.20
Intel Core i9-12900K		148.20
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		145.39
Intel Core i9-13900K		132.58
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.48
Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz		46.44
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 6th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,160
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz		2,053

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2261880 - Dec 01 2024		9515
BL2257816 - Nov 27 2024 [Overclocked]		12652
BL2256316 - Nov 26 2024 [Overclocked]		12243
BL2244351 - Nov 13 2024 [Overclocked]		12621
BL2238146 - Nov 06 2024		10541

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz
As of 6th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz		10,326
Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K		12,748 (+23.5%)
Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K		9,845 (-4.7%)
Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K		10,042 (-2.8%)
Intel Core i7-7800X @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K		12,880 (+24.7%)
Intel Core i7-8700T @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K		10,186 (-1.4%)
Intel Core i5-10400T @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K		9,768 (-5.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7-5930K		9,104 (-11.8%)
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K		8,445 (-18.2%)
Intel Core i5-10300H @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K		8,351 (-19.1%)
Intel Core i5-10600T @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K		11,464 (+11.0%)
Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K		11,460 (+11.0%)
AMD FX-9370 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-5930K		6,273 (-39.3%)

Is the Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,266
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,058
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,890
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,681
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,329
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,872
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,751
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,664
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,510
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,237
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,929
Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz		1,872

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