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Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G

HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 30.1% (111th of 113)

Based on 30,266 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1x8GB
Poor: 21%Average: 30.1% Great: 35%

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Poor average bench

The Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB averaged 69.9% 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 81.2ns
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 10.1GB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB is just 13.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 8.77GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Mixed IO Bench 8.87GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 30,266 samples)
Rank 11130.1%
Min Avg Max
7.1 MC Read 10.1 11.6
6.3 MC Write 9.96 11.7
6.5 MC Mixed 8.87 10.1
27.5% 9.63 GB/s
Min Avg Max
4.9 SC Read 8.77 11
5.1 SC Write 9.41 12.1
5.03 SC Mixed 8.98 11.3
25.9% 9.06 GB/s
Min Avg Max
60.1 Latency 81.2 149
49.3% 81.2 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 DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
34.5% Below average
MC Read 11.3
MC Write 11.7
MC Mixed 10
31% 11 GB/s
SC Read 10.7
SC Write 11
SC Mixed 10.7
31% 10.8 GB/s
Latency 65.5
61% 65.5 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
33.9% Below average
MC Read 11.1
MC Write 11.1
MC Mixed 9.5
30% 10.6 GB/s
SC Read 10.7
SC Write 11.6
SC Mixed 10.4
31% 10.9 GB/s
Latency 60.8
66% 60.8 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
33.7% Below average
MC Read 10.8
MC Write 11.5
MC Mixed 9.6
30% 10.6 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 11.2
SC Mixed 10.1
30% 10.4 GB/s
Latency 63.1
63% 63.1 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
33.6% Below average
MC Read 11.2
MC Write 11.6
MC Mixed 9.8
31% 10.9 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 12.1
SC Mixed 10.3
31% 10.9 GB/s
Latency 77.2
52% 77.2 ns
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
33.5% Below average
MC Read 10.6
MC Write 11.3
MC Mixed 9.5
30% 10.5 GB/s
SC Read 9.8
SC Write 11.6
SC Mixed 10.5
30% 10.6 GB/s
Latency 61.5
65% 61.5 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
30.5% Below average
MC Read 10.8
MC Write 10.4
MC Mixed 8.9
29% 10 GB/s
SC Read 8.7
SC Write 8.2
SC Mixed 8.9
25% 8.6 GB/s
Latency 78.6
51% 78.6 ns
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
23.6% Poor
MC Read 8.3
MC Write 7.7
MC Mixed 7
22% 7.67 GB/s
SC Read 6
SC Write 6.4
SC Mixed 6.1
18% 6.17 GB/s
Latency 89.3
45% 89.3 ns
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Gaming 24%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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Motherboard: Asus H81M-K - $50

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $164Bench 71%, 200,551 samples1,277x
Core i3-4170Intel  $128Bench 63%, 34,097 samples567x
Core i7-4790Intel  $209Bench 76%, 202,700 samples454x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 724,497 samples437x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 189,184 samples404x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 44,395 samples339x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 67%, 246,101 samples312x
A400 120GBKingston  $20Bench 61%, 116,034 samples191x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $66Bench 55%, 257,819 samples145x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 30,266 samples140x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $397

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