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2x2GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 49.4% (93rd of 108)

Based on 5,948 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung 2x2GB
Poor: 15%Average: 49.4% Great: 64%

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Below average average bench

The Samsung 2x2GB averaged 50.5% 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 19.6GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 17.6GB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 2x2GB is 48.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 2x2GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 9.92GB/s
Avg. Physical RAM Latency 122ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,948 samples)
Rank 9349.4%
Min Avg Max
4.4 MC Read 17.6 23.3
6.5 MC Write 19.6 25.3
4.8 MC Mixed 16.5 21.5
51.1% 17.9 GB/s
Min Avg Max
2 SC Read 9.92 14.5
4 SC Write 16.6 24.8
1.8 SC Mixed 13.1 19.8
37.8% 13.2 GB/s
Min Avg Max
77.3 Latency 122 218
32.7% 122 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 2 slots used
4GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
63.2% Good
MC Read 22.9
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 21.2
65% 22.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 24.1
SC Mixed 20.2
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 109
37% 109 ns
2 of 2 slots used
4GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
58.9% Above average
MC Read 22.2
MC Write 23.2
MC Mixed 17.9
60% 21.1 GB/s
SC Read 10.5
SC Write 22.8
SC Mixed 18.2
49% 17.2 GB/s
Latency 95.6
42% 95.6 ns
2 of 2 slots used
4GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
57% Above average
MC Read 17.1
MC Write 24.1
MC Mixed 20.7
59% 20.6 GB/s
SC Read 11.5
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 15.2
46% 16.1 GB/s
Latency 106
38% 106 ns
2 of 2 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
43.6% Average
MC Read 14.9
MC Write 16
MC Mixed 16.2
45% 15.7 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 8.5
SC Mixed 11.7
29% 10 GB/s
Latency 86.8
46% 86.8 ns
2 of 2 slots used
4GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
38.9% Below average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 15.8
MC Mixed 14.5
44% 15.6 GB/s
SC Read 2.4
SC Write 10.8
SC Mixed 2.2
15% 5.13 GB/s
Latency 217
18% 217 ns
2 of 2 slots used
4GB DIMM LPDDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
17.7% Very poor
MC Read 5.5
MC Write 7.7
MC Mixed 5.9
18% 6.37 GB/s
SC Read 2.4
SC Write 4.9
SC Mixed 4.2
11% 3.83 GB/s
Latency 194
21% 194 ns
2 of 2 slots used
4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
16.1% Very poor
MC Read 5.3
MC Write 7.1
MC Mixed 4.8
16% 5.73 GB/s
SC Read 3.1
SC Write 4.3
SC Mixed 3.8
11% 3.73 GB/s
Latency 207
19% 207 ns
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Gaming 13%
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System: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 43%, 25,553 samples5,192x
Core i7-6650UIntelBench 48%, 3,560 samples2,581x
Core m3-6Y30IntelBench 30%, 3,581 samples765x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 184,491 samples5,190x
Iris 540 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 7%, 4,265 samples1,374x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 8%, 2,538 samples1,207x
SSD
MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 92%, 3,947 samples2,081x
MZFLV128HCGR-000MV 128GBSamsungBench 71%, 2,975 samples2,057x
MZFLV256 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 88%, 3,456 samples1,381x
RAM
2x2GBSamsungBench 49%, 5,948 samples1,846x
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