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ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

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Average Bench: 68.8% (75th of 106)

Based on 438 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GB
Poor: 60%Average: 68.8% Great: 74%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GB averaged 31.2% 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 26.6GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 25.9GB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GB is just 14.4%. 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 72.5ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 438 samples)
Rank 7568.8%
Min Avg Max
21.8 MC Read 25.9 28
22.3 MC Write 26.6 29.1
19.5 MC Mixed 21 22.2
70% 24.5 GB/s
Min Avg Max
10.3 SC Read 14.8 17.8
17 SC Write 23.9 28.7
14.1 SC Mixed 20.1 23.2
56% 19.6 GB/s
Min Avg Max
63 Latency 72.5 97.3
55.1% 72.5 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
70.1% Very good
MC Read 25.6
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 21.8
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 24.4
SC Mixed 20.5
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 73
55% 73 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
69.8% Good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 26.9
MC Mixed 20.3
70% 24.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 24.6
SC Mixed 20.3
57% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 64.7
62% 64.7 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
66.9% Good
MC Read 24.6
MC Write 25.6
MC Mixed 21.2
68% 23.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 23.6
SC Mixed 19.2
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 71.2
56% 71.2 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
65.6% Good
MC Read 24.4
MC Write 25.3
MC Mixed 20.4
67% 23.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 22.2
SC Mixed 20.1
52% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 71.9
56% 71.9 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
57.3% Above average
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 22.2
MC Mixed 19
61% 21.3 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 17.5
SC Mixed 15
41% 14.3 GB/s
Latency 122
33% 122 ns
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,842,551 RAM Kits tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 40%
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System: Asus G11CD

CPU
Core i5-6400Intel  $182Bench 65%, 74,153 samples2,228x
Core i7-6700Intel  $302Bench 76%, 93,727 samples1,021x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $302Bench 89%, 280,448 samples28x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 70%, 571,625 samples823x
GTX 970Nvidia  $374Bench 63%, 449,864 samples690x
GTX 950Nvidia  $170Bench 33%, 58,651 samples379x
SSD
SD8SB8U512G1002 512GBSandiskBench 76%, 679 samples359x
SD8SBAT128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 57%, 1,209 samples150x
HFS256G32MND-2200A 256GBBench 70%, 1,645 samples138x
RAM
ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 69%, 438 samples267x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $412

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