Intel Pentium N3540
The Intel Pentium N3540 is a power efficient quad-core SoC for entry-level notebooks. It is clocked at 2.16 GHz base clock and can boost up to 2.66 GHz (Burst clock speed). The Pentium is part of the Bay Trail-M platform. Thanks to the specially optimized 22 nanometer low-power process (P1271) with tri-gate transistors, performance and energy efficiency have been significantly improved compared to previous Intel Atom CPUs.
Architecture
The processor cores are based on the new Silvermont architecture, which is an out-of-order design for the first time. The increased utilization of the pipeline and many other improvements (optimized branch prediction, increased buffers, enhanced decoders) have increased the performance per clock by about 50 percent. At the same time, however, the Hyper-Threading feature of the previous generation has been removed. Other major changes are the support for new instruction set extensions such as SSE 4.1 and 4.2 as well as AES-NI (depending on the model).
Performance
Thanks to 4 CPU cores and a clock speed of up to 2.66 GHz, the Pentium N3540 is significantly faster than previous Intel Atoms. Overall, the performance is similar to the AMD Kabini APU A6-5200 . For everyday tasks such as Internet or Office the N3540 is adequate, but not for very complex software or modern games.
Graphics
The HD Graphics (Bay Trail) is based on the Intel Gen7 architecture, which supports DirectX 11 and is also found in the Ivy Bridge series (e.g. HD Graphics 4000 ). With only 4 EUs (Execution Units) and a relatively low clock speed of 313 - 896 MHz, the GPU is even slower than the HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) . Therefore, only older and less demanding games will run fluently. Compared to the HD Graphics in the slower Pentium N3510 and N3520 , the N3530 and N3540 are clocked slightly faster (750/854 MHz vs. 896 MHz).
Power Consumption
The entire SoC is rated at a TDP of 7.5 Watts (4.5 SDP - Scenario Design Power). Thus, the chip can be used in compact subnotebooks and convertibles.
Series Intel Pentium Codename Bay Trail-M Clock Rate 2160 - 2660 MHz Level 1 Cache 224 KB Level 2 Cache 2048 KB Number of Cores / Threads 4 / 4 Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 7.5 Watt Manufacturing Technology 22 nm Max. Temperature 100 °C Socket FCBGA1170 Features Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail, 313 - 896 MHz), Intel 64, SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2, Quick Sync, Wireless Display GPU Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) (313 - 896 MHz)64 Bit 64 Bit support Hardware Virtualization VT-x Announcement Date 05/22/2014 Product Link (external) Intel Pentium N3540
Benchmarks Octane V2 - Total Score
100%
min: 4996 avg: 5906.2 (12%) median: 5050 (10%) max: 9427 Points
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz IE 11 4996
IdeaPad 100-15IBY HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 IE 11 5006
Aspire E13 ES1-311-P87D HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 IE 11 5050
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 IE11 5052
B50-10 80QR0013GE HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 Edge 25.10586.0.0 9427
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HiSilicon Kirin 920 8%
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Intel Core i7-7740X 717%
Cinebench R15 - CPU Single 64Bit
100%min: 40 avg: 41.9 (21%) median: 42 (22%) max: 43 Points
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Intel Core i7-7740X 366%
Cinebench R15 - CPU Multi 64Bit
min: 151 avg: 155.5 (7%) median: 156.5 (7%) max: 158 Points
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Intel Core i7-7900X 1281%
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score
100%min: 4203.3 avg: 5810.9 (10%) median: 6205.4 (10%) max: 6254.1 ms
B50-10 80QR0013GE HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 Edge 25.10586.0.0 4203.3
IdeaPad 100-15IBY HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 IE 11 6182
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 IE 11 6205.4
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz IE 11 6209.8
Aspire E13 ES1-311-P87D HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 IE 11 6254.1
Intel Core i7-7740X -87%
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Multi-Core Score
0%
min: 3190 avg: 3243.2 (10%) median: 3254 (10%) max: 3282 Points
B50-10 80QR0013GE HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 3190
IdeaPad 100-15IBY HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 3223
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 3254
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 3267
Aspire E13 ES1-311-P87D HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 3282
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HiSilicon Kirin 930 -1%
Intel Pentium N3540
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Single-Core Score
0%
min: 977 avg: 986 (21%) median: 988 (21%) max: 992 Points
B50-10 80QR0013GE HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 977
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 982
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 988
Aspire E13 ES1-311-P87D HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 991
IdeaPad 100-15IBY HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 992
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Intel Pentium N3540
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Intel Core i7-7740X 361%
Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score
min: 3499 avg: 3499 (9%) median: 3499 (9%) max: 3499 Points
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HiSilicon Kirin 930 0%
HiSilicon Kirin 935 12%
Mediatek MT6752 17%
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Intel Core i7-7900X 975%
Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score
min: 1061 avg: 1061 (22%) median: 1061 (22%) max: 1061 Points
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HiSilicon Kirin 935 -11%
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Intel Core i7-7740X 348%
3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Physics 1280x720
0%
min: 1519 avg: 1783.3 (5%) median: 1833.5 (5%) max: 1883 Points
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 1519
Latitude 11 3150 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 860 / MHz 10.18.10.3958 1751
B50-10 80QR0013GE HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 1815
IdeaPad 100-15IBY HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 1852
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 1880
Aspire E13 ES1-311-P87D HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 1883
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Intel Pentium N3540
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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Physics 1280x720
100%min: 14125 avg: 20328.8 (13%) median: 21509 (14%) max: 21979 Points
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 14125
IdeaPad 100-15IBY HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 21311
Latitude 11 3150 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 860 / MHz 10.18.10.3958 21482
B50-10 80QR0013GE HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 21536
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 21540
Aspire E13 ES1-311-P87D HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 21979
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Stream
min: 2561 avg: 2561 (21%) median: 2561 (21%) max: 2561 Points
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 2561
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AMD Phenom II X4 905e -7%
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Intel Core i7-7740X 384%
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Memory
min: 2378 avg: 2378 (22%) median: 2378 (22%) max: 2378 Points
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 2378
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Intel Core i7-7740X 364%
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Floating Point
0%
min: 3647 avg: 3647 (10%) median: 3647 (10%) max: 3647 Points
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 3647
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Intel Pentium N3540
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Intel Core i7-7900X 856%
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Integer
0%
min: 4235 avg: 4235 (13%) median: 4235 (13%) max: 4235 Points
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 4235
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Intel Pentium N3540
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Intel Core i7-7900X 667%
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Total Score
0%
min: 3490 avg: 3490 (13%) median: 3490 (13%) max: 3490 Points
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 3490
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Intel Pentium N3540
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Intel Core i7-7900X 649%
Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score
0%
min: 282.1 avg: 303.7 (8%) median: 300.5 (7%) max: 322.5 ms
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz IE 11 282.1
Latitude 11 3150 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 860 / MHz 10.18.10.3958 295.3
Aspire E13 ES1-311-P87D HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 IE 11 297.6
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 IE11 303.3
IdeaPad 100-15IBY HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 IE 11 321.1
B50-10 80QR0013GE HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 Edge 25.10586.0.0 322.5
Intel Core i7-7740X -83%
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Intel Pentium N3540
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TrueCrypt - Serpent Mean 100MB
100%min: 0.147 avg: 0.2 (9%) median: 0.1 (9%) max: 0.147 GB/s
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 0.147
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz -87%
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Intel Xeon E5-2680 1033%
TrueCrypt - Twofish Mean 100MB
min: 0.229 avg: 0.2 (11%) median: 0.2 (11%) max: 0.229 GB/s
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 0.229
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Intel Core i7-7900X 813%
TrueCrypt - AES Mean 100MB
0%
min: 0.293 avg: 0.3 (2%) median: 0.3 (2%) max: 0.293 GB/s
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 0.293
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Intel Pentium N3540
Intel Xeon E5-2680 17%
AMD Phenom II X4 905e 38%
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Intel Core i7-7900X 4072%
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 2
min: 11.12 avg: 11.1 (9%) median: 11.1 (9%) max: 11.12 fps
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 11.12
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz -83%
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Intel Core i7-7900X 988%
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 1
min: 54.34 avg: 54.3 (23%) median: 54.3 (23%) max: 54.34 fps
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 54.34
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Intel Core i7-7740X 330%
WinRAR - Result
min: 1210 avg: 1210 (14%) median: 1210 (14%) max: 1210 KB/s
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 1210
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Intel Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 -3%
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wPrime 2.0x - 1024m
min: 689.252 avg: 689.3 (8%) median: 689.3 (8%) max: 689.252 seconds
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 689.252
Intel Core i7-7900X -89%
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 1127%
wPrime 2.0x - 32m
min: 21.924 avg: 21.9 (4%) median: 21.9 (4%) max: 21.924 seconds
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 21.924
Intel Core i7-7900X -87%
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3DMark 11 - Performance Physics 1280x720
min: 1678 avg: 1816.3 (11%) median: 1797 (11%) max: 1894 points
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Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Single 64Bit
min: 0.49 avg: 0.5 (23%) median: 0.5 (23%) max: 0.5 Points
Latitude 11 3150 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 860 / MHz 10.18.10.3958 0.49
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 0.5
Aspire E13 ES1-311-P87D HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 0.5
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 0.5
IdeaPad 100-15IBY HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 0.5
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Intel Core i7-7740X 342%
Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Multi 64Bit
min: 1.88 avg: 1.9 (8%) median: 1.9 (8%) max: 1.93 Points
Aspire E13 ES1-311-P87D HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 1.88
Latitude 11 3150 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 860 / MHz 10.18.10.3958 1.89
IdeaPad 100-15IBY HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 1.9
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 1.92
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 1.93
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Intel Core i7-7900X 1157%
Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit
0%
min: 1959 avg: 1959.5 (22%) median: 1959.5 (22%) max: 1960 Points
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 1959
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 1960
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Intel Pentium N3540
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit
0%
min: 6670 avg: 6707.5 (16%) median: 6707.5 (16%) max: 6745 Points
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 6670
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 6745
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Intel Pentium N3540
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single 32Bit
0%
min: 1339 avg: 1362.3 (18%) median: 1363.5 (18%) max: 1385 Points
Latitude 11 3150 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 860 / MHz 10.18.10.3958 1339
B50-10 80QR0013GE HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 1340
Aspire E13 ES1-311-P87D HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 1348
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 1379
IdeaPad 100-15IBY HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 1383
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 1385
AMD Geode LX 800 -90%
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Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz -4%
Intel Pentium N3540
Intel Pentium M 725 3%
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Intel Core i7-7740X 443%
Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit
0%
min: 4454 avg: 4673.5 (9%) median: 4752 (10%) max: 4828 Points
B50-10 80QR0013GE HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 4454
Latitude 11 3150 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 860 / MHz 10.18.10.3958 4496
Aspire E15 ES1-512-P1SM HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 4750
Aspire E13 ES1-311-P87D HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz 10.18.10.3574 4754
IdeaPad 100-15IBY HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313-896 / MHz Single-Channel 10.18.10.4276 4759
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 4828
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Intel Pentium N3540
Intel Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 1%
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Intel Core i7-7900X 964%
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M -
min: 32.689 avg: 32.7 (7%) median: 32.7 (7%) max: 32.689 Seconds
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 32.689
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Intel Core Duo T2400 -2%
Intel Core 2 Duo T5470 -2%
Intel Pentium 4 660 0%
Intel Celeron M 540 1%
Intel Core Duo L2500 1%
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 1316%
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M -
min: 71.675 avg: 71.7 (3%) median: 71.7 (3%) max: 71.675 Seconds
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 71.675
Intel Core i7-7900X -75%
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M -
min: 1541.95 avg: 1542 (7%) median: 1542 (7%) max: 1541.95 Seconds
250 G3 HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 4096 MB 313 - 896 / 666 MHz 1541.95
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AMD Phenom II X4 905e 1%
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 1360%
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