TESTA A desktop orientated measure of RAM speed that favours bandwidth over latency.
Real world performance scales reasonably well with memory frequency (data throughput). The more GB of data that can be transferred per second the better. If two sets of memory have the same bandwidth (GB/s) then the better performing kit will have lower latency. Lower latency allows faster retrieval of individual blocks of data which can allow some computations to complete faster. The effective RAM speed index is weighted as 80% multi-core throughput, 10% single-core throughput and 10% latency. Dual channel RAM running at 3000 MHz on a skylake chip ≈ 100%. See a current list of RAM Kits and their effective speeds here.
Real world performance scales reasonably well with memory frequency (data throughput). The more GB of data that can be transferred per second the better. If two sets of memory have the same bandwidth (GB/s) then the better performing kit will have lower latency. Lower latency allows faster retrieval of individual blocks of data which can allow some computations to complete faster. The effective RAM speed index is weighted as 80% multi-core throughput, 10% single-core throughput and 10% latency. Dual channel RAM running at 3000 MHz on a skylake chip ≈ 100%. See a current list of RAM Kits and their effective speeds here.
2018 Hardware Rankings
 PC Score |
PC Status |
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|---|---|---|
| 6 secs agoAsus H97M-E | Battle cruiser | 63% |
| 12 secs agoUser System | UFO | 61% |
| 13 secs agoBiostar A780L3L | Speed boat | 60% |
| 19 secs agoAsus MAXIMUS IX HERO | Aircraft carrier | 53% |
| 19 secs agoMSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) | Destroyer | 43% |
| 21 secs agoAsrock X370 Pro4 | Aircraft carrier | 55% |
| 21 secs agoAsrock 960GC-GS FX | Raft | 17% |
| 27 secs agoMSI 760GMA-P34(FX) (MS-7641) | Jet ski | 36% |
| 35 secs agoZ97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7... | Gunboat | 20% |
| 36 secs agoAsus KGP(M)E-D16 | Sail boat | 5% |
| 38 secs agoAsus STRIX Z270G GAMING | Nuclear submarine | 49% |
| 43 secs agoGigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 | Gunboat | 46% |
| 44 secs agoHP Compaq 6200 Pro SFF PC | Yacht | 34% |
| 45 secs agoAsus H97I-PLUS | Destroyer | 48% |
| 45 secs agoApple MacPro3,1 | Jet ski | 67% |
| 53 secs agoLenovo 80M8 | Surfboard | 56% |
| 55 secs agoGigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 | Jet ski | 63% |
| 55 secs agoHP Compaq 8200 Elite CMT PC | Gunboat | 44% |
| 56 secs agoDell Inspiron 518 | Raft | 63% |
| 1 min agoAlienware ASM100 | Yacht | 77% |