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Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB

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Release date: Q3 2015.

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Average Bench: 86.7% (32nd of 105)

Based on 4,744 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Dominator CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 2x8GB
Poor: 54%Average: 86.7% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB averaged just 13.2% 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 33GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 32.7GB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB is 51.2%. 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 19.5GB/s
Avg. Physical RAM Latency 63.2ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,744 samples)
Rank 3286.7%
Min Avg Max
19.5 MC Read 33 41.6
18.9 MC Write 32.7 40.2
16.3 MC Mixed 26.7 35.1
88.1% 30.8 GB/s
Min Avg Max
12.4 SC Read 19.5 24.8
17.6 SC Write 32.5 42.5
15.2 SC Mixed 25.8 31.9
74.1% 25.9 GB/s
Min Avg Max
49 Latency 63.2 92.5
63.3% 63.2 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 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
96.7% Outstanding
MC Read 39.2
MC Write 34.4
MC Mixed 33.9
102% 35.8 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 27.4
77% 27 GB/s
Latency 96.9
41% 96.9 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
94.3% Outstanding
MC Read 38.6
MC Write 32.3
MC Mixed 33.6
100% 34.8 GB/s
SC Read 20.3
SC Write 32.8
SC Mixed 27.1
76% 26.7 GB/s
Latency 96.2
42% 96.2 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
90.7% Outstanding
MC Read 34.4
MC Write 34.8
MC Mixed 26.8
91% 32 GB/s
SC Read 20.6
SC Write 31.3
SC Mixed 29.2
77% 27 GB/s
Latency 52.2
77% 52.2 ns
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 13,270,380 RAM Kits tested.

 Prices

Approx. $100 @ launch in Aug '15
OutletPCUS $1456 hrs
AmazonUS $14516 mins
NeweggUS $1557 days
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Gaming 124%
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Desktop 122%
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Workstation 89%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $209

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $350Bench 96%, 228,645 samples8,775x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $251Bench 91%, 77,292 samples622x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $290Bench 89%, 260,686 samples541x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 150%, 274,579 samples3,023x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $490Bench 123%, 398,090 samples2,411x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $350Bench 99%, 466,205 samples1,654x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $130Bench 218%, 74,142 samples1,195x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 199%, 111,112 samples1,110x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $100Bench 112%, 294,866 samples953x
RAM
Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $145Bench 87%, 4,744 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $1,642

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Outstanding

19 months ago.

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

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