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Kingston

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 38% (127th of 132)

Based on 258 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston 12GB
Poor: 20%Average: 38% Great: 60%

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Poor average bench

The Kingston 12GB averaged 61.9% 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 90.9ns
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 13.6GB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston 12GB is 39.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston 12GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 10.6GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Mixed IO Bench 11.7GB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 258 samples)
Rank 12738%
Min Avg Max
7.09 MC Read 13.6 22.6
5.4 MC Write 13 22.3
6.4 MC Mixed 11.9 18.2
36.6% 12.8 GB/s
Min Avg Max
4.49 SC Read 10.6 16
4.99 SC Write 12.3 20.6
5.7 SC Mixed 11.7 19.4
33% 11.5 GB/s
Min Avg Max
64 Latency 90.9 159
44% 90.9 ns
User Benchmarks BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
54.8% Above average
MC Read 20.1
MC Write 21.3
MC Mixed 16.4
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 17.5
SC Mixed 16.8
47% 16.4 GB/s
Latency 83.2
48% 83.2 ns
2133, 2133 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
52.7% Above average
MC Read 19.9
MC Write 19.1
MC Mixed 16.5
53% 18.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 20.4
SC Mixed 17.5
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 106
38% 106 ns
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
51.2% Above average
MC Read 18.9
MC Write 20.2
MC Mixed 15.2
52% 18.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 16.5
SC Mixed 11.3
40% 14.1 GB/s
Latency 81.7
49% 81.7 ns
0, 0 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
47.8% Average
MC Read 17.1
MC Write 16.2
MC Mixed 13.9
45% 15.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 15.6
SC Mixed 14.9
44% 15.4 GB/s
Latency 59.9
67% 59.9 ns
1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
43.5% Average
MC Read 15.4
MC Write 15.7
MC Mixed 14
43% 15 GB/s
SC Read 10.2
SC Write 14
SC Mixed 12
34% 12.1 GB/s
Latency 76.9
52% 76.9 ns
0, 0 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
39.9% Below average
MC Read 13.1
MC Write 13.9
MC Mixed 13.2
38% 13.4 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 13.2
SC Mixed 13.4
36% 12.6 GB/s
Latency 81.6
49% 81.6 ns
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
31.3% Below average
MC Read 10.9
MC Write 10
MC Mixed 9.4
29% 10.1 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 11.1
SC Mixed 10.7
31% 10.9 GB/s
Latency 89.4
45% 89.4 ns
1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
28.5% Poor
MC Read 7.7
MC Write 8.4
MC Mixed 9.1
24% 8.4 GB/s
SC Read 9.4
SC Write 10.9
SC Mixed 11.1
30% 10.5 GB/s
Latency 64.9
62% 64.9 ns
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Motherboard: Intel H61

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $49Bench 63%, 223,595 samples2,054x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,057x
Core i5-2400Intel  $33Bench 61%, 166,255 samples1,011x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples2,063x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,354x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples753x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples501x
256GB 256GBSSDBench 77%, 9,229 samples281x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $25Bench 56%, 142,801 samples273x
RAM
12GBKingstonBench 38%, 258 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $74

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