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Kingston KHX2666C16/8G

HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

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Average Bench: 44.9% (95th of 108)

Based on 7,773 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston KHX2666C16/8G 1x8GB
Poor: 35%Average: 44.9% Great: 52%

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Below average average bench

The Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GB averaged 55.1% 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. Physical RAM Latency 80.1ns
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 17.1GB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GB is just 16.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 16 Core Mixed IO Bench 13.2GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Mixed IO Bench 14.1GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,773 samples)
Rank 9544.9%
Min Avg Max
13.6 MC Read 17.1 19.3
11.4 MC Write 15 17.9
10.2 MC Mixed 13.2 16.2
43.1% 15.1 GB/s
Min Avg Max
8.5 SC Read 14.2 18.3
8.64 SC Write 14.8 18.8
8.9 SC Mixed 14.1 17.6
41.2% 14.4 GB/s
Min Avg Max
58 Latency 80.1 110
50% 80.1 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
49.8% Average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 16.9
MC Mixed 14.6
49% 17 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 18.2
SC Mixed 16.5
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 98.2
41% 98.2 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
47.8% Average
MC Read 17.5
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 16.3
47% 16.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 11.9
SC Mixed 16
42% 14.8 GB/s
Latency 88.1
45% 88.1 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
47.2% Average
MC Read 17.6
MC Write 15.2
MC Mixed 13.9
44% 15.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 18
SC Mixed 17.4
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 81
49% 81 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
46.2% Average
MC Read 17.2
MC Write 16.5
MC Mixed 11.9
43% 15.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 16
SC Mixed 13.9
42% 14.6 GB/s
Latency 60.1
67% 60.1 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
45.5% Average
MC Read 17.4
MC Write 16.1
MC Mixed 11.9
43% 15.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 15.2
SC Mixed 13.4
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 63
64% 63 ns
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
43% Average
MC Read 15.9
MC Write 15.4
MC Mixed 11.9
41% 14.4 GB/s
SC Read 11.5
SC Write 13.2
SC Mixed 12.6
36% 12.4 GB/s
Latency 64.5
62% 64.5 ns
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,535,206 RAM Kits tested.

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Gaming 33%
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Desktop 57%
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Workstation
Workstation 31%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $62

CPU
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $80Bench 63%, 65,570 samples3,052x
Ryzen 3 1200AMD  $56Bench 56%, 38,194 samples1,796x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $106Bench 70%, 193,228 samples1,683x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 31%, 392,263 samples2,407x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 39,983 samples1,493x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 56%, 646,599 samples1,207x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 63%, 83,743 samples908x
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 61%, 55,529 samples868x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $39Bench 45%, 29,725 samples222x
RAM
HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GBKingstonBench 45%, 7,773 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $324

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