Question OC3Z ES EMPLOYEE BETA SAMPLE

[Ken Sped]

I came across an i5 3450 marked as OC3Z ES, EMPLOYEE BETA SAMPLE. I've seen the ES in the past but not with the EMPLOYEE BETA SAMPLE. Finding nothing about Employee BETA Samples. Any help or idea of what I have?

 

[rgd1101]

engineering sample

 

[Ken Sped]

engineering sample

I've come across the ES in the past. I have not seen any of the Employee BETA Samples. Are they same as the ES?

 

[laviniuc]

what better way to test cpus if not on your own employees )

maybe they handed them out as xmas bonuses lol

jk obviously, they were probly used for internal testing & mb validations etc - beats me how it got out