The Intel Xeon E-2224 provides dependable quad-core performance with 4 threads, 4 cores, and a 3.4GHz base clock (up to 4.6GHz Turbo Boost) with 8MB L3 cache. This boxed version comes with a heatsink and is meant for motherboards with LGA 1151 sockets. It is suitable for business workstations, point of sale devices, and entry level servers. It also has 71W TDP which strikes a balance between power and efficiency. It is ideal for the CAD and other general office software productivity tools that require stable single-threaded performance. It also supports DDR4-2666 RAM which allows multitasking and smoother performance. As for power efficiency, it works well for proprietary blend workloads such as financial software.