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Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB

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Release date: Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 98.8% (8th of 113)

Based on 3,138 user benchmarks.  Model: G.SKILL F4-3600C16-8GTZ 2x8GB
Poor: 67%Average: 98.8% Great: 122%

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Excellent average bench

The G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB averaged just 1.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 39GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 34.3GB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB is 54.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Physical RAM Latency 60.7ns
Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 24.2GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,138 samples)
Rank 898.8%
Min Avg Max
26.3 MC Read 39 50.8
18.2 MC Write 34.3 48.1
20 MC Mixed 32 42.5
100% 35.1 GB/s
Min Avg Max
15.6 SC Read 24.2 33.2
17 SC Write 34.1 50
20.9 SC Mixed 32.7 41.9
86.7% 30.3 GB/s
Min Avg Max
42.4 Latency 60.7 88.9
65.9% 60.7 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 @ 4200 MHz
138% Outstanding
MC Read 56
MC Write 52.7
MC Mixed 39.3
141% 49.3 GB/s
SC Read 26.6
SC Write 54.5
SC Mixed 39.9
115% 40.3 GB/s
Latency 37.2
107% 37.2 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
116% Outstanding
MC Read 46.1
MC Write 45.7
MC Mixed 33.2
119% 41.7 GB/s
SC Read 21.9
SC Write 48.6
SC Mixed 32.9
98% 34.5 GB/s
Latency 50.3
80% 50.3 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
104% Outstanding
MC Read 45.3
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 37.5
104% 36.6 GB/s
SC Read 33.3
SC Write 27.1
SC Mixed 40.2
96% 33.5 GB/s
Latency 55.2
72% 55.2 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
98% Outstanding
MC Read 42.1
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 35.7
100% 34.9 GB/s
SC Read 28.2
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 38.3
89% 31.1 GB/s
Latency 67.5
59% 67.5 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
41.6% Average
MC Read 15
MC Write 14.1
MC Mixed 13.4
40% 14.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 12.7
SC Mixed 14
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 95.3
42% 95.3 ns
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MSRP ≈ $180 @ launch in Jan '16
AmazonUS $1727 months
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $175

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $270Bench 87%, 603,576 samples9,404x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $420Bench 88%, 248,527 samples5,185x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $269Bench 84%, 955,105 samples3,836x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 368,187 samples3,827x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 117%, 482,957 samples3,784x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 152%, 237,131 samples1,952x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $78Bench 286%, 299,199 samples1,793x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $169Bench 300%, 253,881 samples1,652x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $135Bench 319%, 257,354 samples1,512x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $172Bench 99%, 3,138 samples1x
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6 months ago.

Looks great, but why is the Value so low?

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Good

3 years 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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Excellent

18 months ago.

Hynix D-die! 3rd best die that you can get. And with the cost savings vs the sought after B-die I would rather lose 8% performance and save the money. Working to tighten my timings up as well. Should go well.

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