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ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

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Average Bench: 68.9% (73rd of 105)

Based on 322 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GB
Poor: 60%Average: 68.9% Great: 74%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GB averaged 31.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 26.7GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 26GB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GB is just 13.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 14.8GB/s
Avg. Physical RAM Latency 72.3ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 322 samples)
Rank 7368.9%
Min Avg Max
22 MC Read 26 28
22.7 MC Write 26.7 29.1
19.6 MC Mixed 21 22.2
70.2% 24.6 GB/s
Min Avg Max
10.2 SC Read 14.8 17.7
17 SC Write 24.1 28.7
14.1 SC Mixed 20.1 23.2
56.3% 19.7 GB/s
Min Avg Max
63.1 Latency 72.3 98
55.3% 72.3 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 @ 2133 MHz
73.3% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 22.1
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 21.2
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 68.5
58% 68.5 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
72.8% Very good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 22.5
74% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.1
SC Write 27.6
SC Mixed 23.2
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 73
55% 73 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
72.1% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 21.8
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 22.4
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 69.3
58% 69.3 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
71.8% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 28.4
MC Mixed 21
74% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 19.2
56% 19.6 GB/s
Latency 67.1
60% 67.1 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
68.9% Good
MC Read 26
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 21.5
71% 24.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 21.7
SC Mixed 20.7
53% 18.7 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
68.6% Good
MC Read 26
MC Write 26.3
MC Mixed 20.2
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 23.3
SC Mixed 18.9
54% 18.7 GB/s
Latency 57.1
70% 57.1 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
66.7% Good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 25.6
MC Mixed 20.1
68% 23.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 18.6
52% 18.3 GB/s
Latency 70.7
57% 70.7 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
61.8% Good
MC Read 25
MC Write 22.1
MC Mixed 19.9
64% 22.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 17.4
SC Mixed 16.4
45% 15.7 GB/s
Latency 75.8
53% 75.8 ns
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 11,539,469 RAM Kits tested.

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Desktop 57%
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CPU
Core i5-6400Intel  $182Bench 66%, 52,861 samples1,598x
Core i7-6700Intel  $300Bench 76%, 78,741 samples723x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $280Bench 88%, 226,051 samples16x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $243Bench 71%, 371,092 samples608x
GTX 970Nvidia  $300Bench 64%, 328,704 samples476x
GTX 950Nvidia  $153Bench 33%, 50,749 samples290x
SSD
SD8SB8U512G1002 512GBSandiskBench 68%, 532 samples267x
SD8SBAT128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 55%, 1,119 samples109x
HFS256G32MND-2200A 256GBBench 69%, 1,630 samples108x
RAM
ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 69%, 322 samples191x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $425

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