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Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB

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Release date: Q3 2015.

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Average Bench: 86.4% (36th of 108)

Based on 7,256 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Dominator CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 2x8GB
Poor: 56%Average: 86.4% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB averaged just 13.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 32.9GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 32.5GB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB is 49.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 19.6GB/s
Avg. Physical RAM Latency 64ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,256 samples)
Rank 3686.4%
Min Avg Max
19.3 MC Read 32.9 41.3
19.5 MC Write 32.5 40.3
16 MC Mixed 26.8 34.5
87.8% 30.7 GB/s
Min Avg Max
13.1 SC Read 19.6 25.3
16.6 SC Write 32.3 42.4
15.9 SC Mixed 25.6 31.2
73.9% 25.9 GB/s
Min Avg Max
49.4 Latency 64 95.4
62.5% 64 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3300 MHz
107% Outstanding
MC Read 41.8
MC Write 41.5
MC Mixed 30.4
108% 37.9 GB/s
SC Read 23.4
SC Write 38.9
SC Mixed 32.7
90% 31.7 GB/s
Latency 46.1
87% 46.1 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
99.1% Outstanding
MC Read 36.2
MC Write 37.7
MC Mixed 30.8
100% 34.9 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 39.9
SC Mixed 30.9
88% 31 GB/s
Latency 52.9
76% 52.9 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
96.9% Outstanding
MC Read 34.8
MC Write 37.3
MC Mixed 30.6
98% 34.2 GB/s
SC Read 21.6
SC Write 38.5
SC Mixed 28.8
85% 29.6 GB/s
Latency 53
76% 53 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
76% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 25.2
78% 27.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 22
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 75
53% 75 ns
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 Prices

Approx. $100 @ launch in Aug '15
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Gaming 125%
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Desktop 122%
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Workstation 89%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $359Bench 96%, 285,559 samples9,918x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $238Bench 90%, 100,693 samples728x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $293Bench 88%, 295,422 samples639x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 154%, 308,250 samples3,384x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 120%, 476,055 samples2,700x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $314Bench 98%, 573,744 samples1,844x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 217%, 78,507 samples1,290x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $97Bench 200%, 137,051 samples1,195x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $99Bench 112%, 318,788 samples1,073x
RAM
Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 86%, 7,256 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 109% - Outstanding Total price: $1,666

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Average (edit your comment) Add link

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Outstanding

23 months ago.

Have been running this ram for months now, XMP enabled, and no problems

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