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Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15(|B|R|W)

Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB

Average Bench: 84.9% (36th of 108)

Based on 294,777 user benchmarks.  Models: Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 2x8GB, Unknown? CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 2x8GB
Poor: 60%Average: 84.9% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB averaged just 15.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 33.3GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 30.7GB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB is 43.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Physical RAM Latency 71.3ns
Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 20.5GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 294,777 samples)
Rank 3684.9%
Min Avg Max
22.6 MC Read 33.3 41.6
18 MC Write 30.7 39.1
18.7 MC Mixed 27.1 34
86.7% 30.4 GB/s
Min Avg Max
13.8 SC Read 20.5 25.5
17.1 SC Write 30 40.1
17 SC Mixed 25.6 32.1
72.5% 25.4 GB/s
Min Avg Max
49.7 Latency 71.3 99.9
56.1% 71.3 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 @ 3200 MHz
112% Outstanding
MC Read 39.7
MC Write 43.1
MC Mixed 36.4
114% 39.7 GB/s
SC Read 23.7
SC Write 45.3
SC Mixed 32.3
96% 33.8 GB/s
Latency 49.6
81% 49.6 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
104% Outstanding
MC Read 41.9
MC Write 38.6
MC Mixed 33.6
109% 38 GB/s
SC Read 25.5
SC Write 36.3
SC Mixed 27.8
85% 29.9 GB/s
Latency 72.3
55% 72.3 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2733 MHz
81.5% Excellent
MC Read 32.9
MC Write 29.3
MC Mixed 24.9
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 23.1
65% 22.7 GB/s
Latency 56.8
70% 56.8 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
79.9% Very good
MC Read 30.9
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 27.2
83% 29.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 22.4
66% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 100
40% 100 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
37.8% Below average
MC Read 13.6
MC Write 11.5
MC Mixed 12.2
36% 12.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 13.3
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 90.5
44% 90.5 ns
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 23,488,882 RAM Kits tested.

 Prices

Approx. $73 @ launch in Oct '14
AmazonUS CMK16GX4M2B3000C15R $631 month
AmazonUS CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 $741 hr
OutletPCUS CMK16GX4M2B3000C15R $754 days
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AmazonUS CMK16GX4M2B3000C15B $788 mins
OutletPCUS CMK16GX4M2B3000C15W $805 months
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RX 580AMD  $131Bench 57%, 335,823 samples3,858x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $340Bench 85%, 121,913 samples2,351x
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860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $79Bench 108%, 255,336 samples2,513x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $65Bench 108%, 76,949 samples1,067x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 62%, 115,170 samples963x
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Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 294,777 samples4,336x
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 Comments

RAMPro
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Official site www.corsair.com/...

Added 3 years ago.
USA-User
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6,136

Liked (edit your comment) Add link

2 months ago.

DEU-User
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3,875

Good

1 month ago.

very slow rates, XMP and evey clockable option tweaked

GRC-User
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2,127

Poor

16 months ago.

My first Kit was problematic had to RMA and the one stick that worked, couldnt get past 3100mhz. (had random crashes at 3000 as well) This RMA kit, dont know wth is good about it. I pushed it until this time @ 3500mhz with C15 and crazy timings still is rock....

PRT-User
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1,796

Good

2 months ago.

Best buck for speed and latency

ColdSpy
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282

Excellent

3 months ago.

Might be a tempting buy for most but suggested to pay little more for DDR4 3200 CL16 one which is better for current Zen 2 CPUs.

ViceCity
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102

Terrible

19 months ago.

can't do cl14

mazinga
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50

Average

11 months ago.

It does the job

nas05
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14

Excellent

19 months ago.

luvly jubbly

OPMSIronMan
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10

Average

18 months ago.

my G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB performs better than the average of this one and better than the highest result for this one ;) I run mine at 3200 15-15-36 1T 1.35v for ---LESS MONEY--- lol!

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VexeI
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8

Excellent

9 months ago.

blazing fast

Kanade
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8

Good

1 month ago.

Great value, works fine but only on XMP

kavaltiia
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8

Good

28 days ago.

works fine for loading wow

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