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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 74% (90th of 132)

Based on 88 user benchmarks.  Model: Crucial 2x8GB
Poor: 60%Average: 74% Great: 83%

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Good average bench

The Crucial 2x8GB averaged 26.0% 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 Read Bench 28.7GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Mixed IO Bench 26.6GB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial 2x8GB is 23.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Crucial 2x8GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Physical RAM Latency 82.5ns
Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 19.3GB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 88 samples)
Rank 9074%
Min Avg Max
21.6 MC Read 28.7 33.7
18 MC Write 23.8 31.1
19.2 MC Mixed 26.6 32.9
75.3% 26.4 GB/s
Min Avg Max
12 SC Read 19.3 25.9
17.3 SC Write 22.8 32
14.3 SC Mixed 25.6 33.9
64.5% 22.6 GB/s
Min Avg Max
63.7 Latency 82.5 106
48.5% 82.5 ns
User Benchmarks BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
94.7% Outstanding
MC Read 38.6
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 35.1
98% 34.2 GB/s
SC Read 23.6
SC Write 36.9
SC Mixed 26.5
83% 29 GB/s
Latency 78.8
51% 78.8 ns
2 of 8 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
89.6% Excellent
MC Read 37.3
MC Write 33.6
MC Mixed 29.2
95% 33.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 36.3
SC Mixed 18.9
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 96.2
42% 96.2 ns
2 of 8 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
87.2% Excellent
MC Read 36
MC Write 32.6
MC Mixed 28.1
92% 32.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 37.2
SC Mixed 17.7
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 93.3
43% 93.3 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
84.2% Excellent
MC Read 34
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 29.7
89% 31.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 34.6
SC Mixed 21.1
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
80.5% Excellent
MC Read 31.4
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 31.3
81% 28.4 GB/s
SC Read 24.6
SC Write 22.3
SC Mixed 32.8
76% 26.6 GB/s
Latency 78.4
51% 78.4 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
79.2% Very good
MC Read 33.5
MC Write 25.8
MC Mixed 28.4
84% 29.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 22.2
63% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 107
37% 107 ns
2 of 8 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
70.6% Very good
MC Read 30.5
MC Write 22.9
MC Mixed 25.6
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 15.9
53% 18.7 GB/s
Latency 125
32% 125 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
68.9% Good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 28
70% 24.6 GB/s
SC Read 20.9
SC Write 17.6
SC Mixed 27.4
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 96.5
42% 96.5 ns
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RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples293x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples258x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples291x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $55Bench 275%, 495,311 samples233x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples217x
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2x8GBCrucialBench 74%, 88 samples1x
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