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Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB

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Release date: Q3 2015.

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Average Bench: 86.2% (35th of 108)

Based on 7,534 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Dominator CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 2x8GB
Poor: 61%Average: 86.2% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB averaged just 13.8% 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 32.2GB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB is 42.8%. 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 66.4ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,534 samples)
Rank 3586.2%
Min Avg Max
22.7 MC Read 32.9 41.6
21.3 MC Write 32.2 39.5
19.4 MC Mixed 27.1 34.2
87.7% 30.7 GB/s
Min Avg Max
13.2 SC Read 19.6 25.2
18.5 SC Write 32.1 41.9
17.1 SC Mixed 25.5 31.2
73.4% 25.7 GB/s
Min Avg Max
49.6 Latency 66.4 97.3
60.3% 66.4 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 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
104% Outstanding
MC Read 41.6
MC Write 38.4
MC Mixed 33.2
108% 37.7 GB/s
SC Read 25.4
SC Write 37.5
SC Mixed 27.6
86% 30.2 GB/s
Latency 71.6
56% 71.6 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
101% Outstanding
MC Read 39.3
MC Write 35.9
MC Mixed 35.1
105% 36.8 GB/s
SC Read 24.3
SC Write 36.9
SC Mixed 28
85% 29.7 GB/s
Latency 77.3
52% 77.3 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
101% Outstanding
MC Read 37.1
MC Write 38.5
MC Mixed 31.5
102% 35.7 GB/s
SC Read 21.4
SC Write 41.6
SC Mixed 29.6
88% 30.9 GB/s
Latency 53.6
75% 53.6 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
99.5% Outstanding
MC Read 36.5
MC Write 37.6
MC Mixed 30.9
100% 35 GB/s
SC Read 22.3
SC Write 40.7
SC Mixed 30.3
89% 31.1 GB/s
Latency 52
77% 52 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
42.4% Average
MC Read 15.3
MC Write 14.3
MC Mixed 12.8
40% 14.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 15.3
SC Mixed 14
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 84.9
47% 84.9 ns
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 18,047,051 RAM Kits tested.

 Prices

Approx. $100 @ launch in Aug '15
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Gaming
Gaming 122%
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Desktop
Desktop 112%
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Workstation
Workstation 72%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $349Bench 86%, 296,056 samples10,423x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $229Bench 82%, 104,917 samples780x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $279Bench 80%, 347,096 samples673x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $750Bench 152%, 362,330 samples3,558x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 505,858 samples2,828x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $391Bench 97%, 606,639 samples1,935x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 222%, 92,615 samples1,333x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 202%, 129,380 samples1,230x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $103Bench 114%, 351,563 samples1,125x
RAM
Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $108Bench 86%, 7,534 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $1,576

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Outstanding

2 years ago.

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

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