[noosphr]

>what i know is that in my particle simulations and multithreaded compilation tasks it is easily 2-10x faster.

If Moore's law still worked like it did between 1975 and 2005 you'd be getting a 16x performance boost in _single_ threaded applications.

[genewitch]

The fastest single threaded, non overclocked, commercially available cpu was the Intel i3 7350k.

I haven't seen anything bench faster than a system set up for that machine on a business board.

I think now with advancements such as AVX (the newer versions that chips like atoms don't have) the 7350k can be viewed as a power hungry pig.

I'm not sure though. The systems I purpose built using those CPUs still work great, no real significant performance issues even with current software and web. And they can use a single battery UPS.

I still have a 16 core 5950x, that is 10% faster than the 40 core xeon box it replaced, at 1/4 the wattage at the wall as my main machine.