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Corsair CMD16GX4M2B3000C15

Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB

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Release date: Q3 2015.

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Average Bench: 85.7% (37th of 105)

Based on 6,859 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Dominator CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 2x8GB
Poor: 44%Average: 85.7% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB averaged just 14.3% 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 32.5GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Write Bench 32.1GB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB is 61%. This is a particularly 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 19.5GB/s
Avg. Physical RAM Latency 65.3ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,859 samples)
Rank 3785.7%
Min Avg Max
14.7 MC Read 32.5 41.1
14.6 MC Write 32.1 39.9
12.6 MC Mixed 26.8 34.6
87% 30.5 GB/s
Min Avg Max
13 SC Read 19.5 24.8
14.9 SC Write 32.1 42.6
14.3 SC Mixed 25.5 31.3
73.4% 25.7 GB/s
Min Avg Max
49.5 Latency 65.3 97.1
61.2% 65.3 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
77.9% Very good
MC Read 28.4
MC Write 29.3
MC Mixed 24
78% 27.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 25.4
71% 24.9 GB/s
Latency 64.2
62% 64.2 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
74.6% Very good
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 27.1
MC Mixed 25.9
78% 27.2 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 25.9
SC Mixed 22.4
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 99.8
40% 99.8 ns
2 of 3 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz
49.1% Average
MC Read 17.9
MC Write 17.1
MC Mixed 13.3
46% 16.1 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 14.1
SC Mixed 16.8
44% 15.3 GB/s
Latency 54
74% 54 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
42.1% Average
MC Read 14.5
MC Write 14.4
MC Mixed 11.8
39% 13.6 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 14.9
SC Mixed 13.9
41% 14.2 GB/s
Latency 63.1
63% 63.1 ns
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,165,835 RAM Kits tested.

 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  $349Bench 96%, 257,794 samples9,516x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $251Bench 91%, 82,865 samples690x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $291Bench 89%, 290,659 samples604x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 152%, 286,333 samples3,267x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 437,766 samples2,591x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $330Bench 98%, 531,065 samples1,773x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 218%, 77,390 samples1,263x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 128,807 samples1,176x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 113%, 306,583 samples1,019x
RAM
Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $140Bench 86%, 6,859 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 108% - Outstanding Total price: $1,666

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Outstanding

21 months ago.

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

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