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K821PJ-MIH 2x16GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 71.2% (78th of 115)

Based on 411 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston K821PJ-MIH 2x16GB
Poor: 43%Average: 71.2% Great: 80%

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Good average bench

The Kingston K821PJ-MIH 2x16GB averaged 28.7% 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 27.7GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Write Bench 26.5GB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston K821PJ-MIH 2x16GB is 36.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston K821PJ-MIH 2x16GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 14.1GB/s
Avg. Physical RAM Latency 91.3ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 411 samples)
Rank 7871.2%
Min Avg Max
15.7 MC Read 26 29.4
15.3 MC Write 27.7 31.4
18.5 MC Mixed 23.4 25.7
73.5% 25.7 GB/s
Min Avg Max
5.5 SC Read 14.1 17.6
8.86 SC Write 26.5 33.1
7.9 SC Mixed 20.6 25.8
58.3% 20.4 GB/s
Min Avg Max
70.6 Latency 91.3 182
43.8% 91.3 ns
User Benchmarks BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
74.7% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 23.3
75% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 30.2
SC Mixed 24
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 76.3
52% 76.3 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
74.6% Very good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 23.9
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 31.4
SC Mixed 23.2
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 80.8
50% 80.8 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
72.5% Very good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 23.5
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 25.2
SC Mixed 23.8
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 62.5
64% 62.5 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
71.6% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 23.6
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 27.9
SC Mixed 21.7
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 116
34% 116 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
66.9% Good
MC Read 24.4
MC Write 26.3
MC Mixed 21.9
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 21.9
SC Mixed 19.2
52% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 82.4
49% 82.4 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
52.8% Above average
MC Read 19.2
MC Write 24.1
MC Mixed 18.1
58% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 5.2
SC Write 11.9
SC Mixed 10.1
26% 9.07 GB/s
Latency 126
32% 126 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
43.9% Average
MC Read 16.9
MC Write 14.7
MC Mixed 19.1
48% 16.9 GB/s
SC Read 5.9
SC Write 9.2
SC Mixed 8.2
22% 7.77 GB/s
Latency 137
29% 137 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
39.4% Below average
MC Read 14.9
MC Write 13.7
MC Mixed 17.6
44% 15.4 GB/s
SC Read 5.3
SC Write 8.6
SC Mixed 7
20% 6.97 GB/s
Latency 216
18% 216 ns
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Desktop 61%
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CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples3,703x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples301x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples13x
GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples2,578x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples1,409x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples6x
SSD
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples490x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba  $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples476x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples278x
RAM
K821PJ-MIH 2x16GBKingstonBench 71%, 411 samples1x
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