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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 112% (2nd of 115)

Based on 874 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung 8x2GB
Poor: 73%Average: 112% Great: 154%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 8x2GB averaged 12.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 8x2GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 52.1GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Mixed IO Bench 40.4GB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 8x2GB is 80.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 8x2GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Physical RAM Latency 126ns
Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 13.2GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 874 samples)
Rank 2112%
Min Avg Max
22.2 MC Read 39.1 60.8
32.7 MC Write 52.1 65.4
23.8 MC Mixed 40.4 60.1
125% 43.9 GB/s
Min Avg Max
7.6 SC Read 13.2 18.1
18.5 SC Write 37.1 48.7
10.6 SC Mixed 17.5 26.7
64.5% 22.6 GB/s
Min Avg Max
97.1 Latency 126 185
31.8% 126 ns
User Benchmarks BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
8 of 8 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR4 clocked @ 4267 MHz
141% Outstanding
MC Read 52.6
MC Write 59.4
MC Mixed 53.5
158% 55.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 44.5
SC Mixed 29.3
88% 30.9 GB/s
Latency 118
34% 118 ns
8 of 8 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR4 clocked @ 4267 MHz
141% Outstanding
MC Read 50.6
MC Write 60.7
MC Mixed 52.4
156% 54.6 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 49.7
SC Mixed 29.6
94% 32.9 GB/s
Latency 113
35% 113 ns
8 of 8 slots used
16GB Row of chips 23h 6400 MHz clocked @ 5200 MHz
141% Outstanding
MC Read 54.4
MC Write 64.2
MC Mixed 52.3
163% 57 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 31.9
SC Mixed 23.3
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 193
21% 193 ns
8 of 8 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR4 clocked @ 4267 MHz
133% Outstanding
MC Read 46.3
MC Write 60.5
MC Mixed 50.9
150% 52.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 32.9
SC Mixed 26.5
72% 25.3 GB/s
Latency 144
28% 144 ns
8 of 8 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR4 clocked @ 4267 MHz
116% Outstanding
MC Read 38.6
MC Write 57.1
MC Mixed 40.5
130% 45.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 41.1
SC Mixed 17
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 114
35% 114 ns
8 of 8 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR4 4267 MHz clocked @ 3733 MHz
116% Outstanding
MC Read 41.1
MC Write 51.5
MC Mixed 41.6
128% 44.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 47.4
SC Mixed 16.9
74% 26.1 GB/s
Latency 115
35% 115 ns
8 of 8 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR4 clocked @ 4267 MHz
108% Outstanding
MC Read 36.4
MC Write 53.3
MC Mixed 36.9
121% 42.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 36.7
SC Mixed 16.2
63% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 105
38% 105 ns
8 of 8 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR4 clocked @ 4267 MHz
107% Outstanding
MC Read 35.5
MC Write 51.2
MC Mixed 37.3
118% 41.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.3
SC Write 39.1
SC Mixed 16.4
65% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 111
36% 111 ns
8 of 8 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR4 3733 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz
86.5% Excellent
MC Read 30.4
MC Write 37.2
MC Mixed 30.5
93% 32.7 GB/s
SC Read 12.1
SC Write 36.3
SC Mixed 15.7
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 111
36% 111 ns
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Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples54x
Core i7-1195G7IntelBench 69%, 2,243 samples20x
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples2x
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Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples52x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples4x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples3x
SSD
SSD 1TBBiwinBench 252%, 188 samples57x
WDS200T2B0C-00PXH0 2TBWDCBench 228%, 7,836 samples5x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples5x
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8x2GBSamsungBench 112%, 874 samples64x
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