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Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G

HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 30.6% (113th of 115)

Based on 37,489 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1x8GB
Poor: 21%Average: 30.6% Great: 35%

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Poor average bench

The Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB averaged 69.3% 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 79.3ns
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 10.2GB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB is just 14.2%. 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. 16 Core Mixed IO Bench 8.97GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 9.11GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 37,489 samples)
Rank 11330.6%
Min Avg Max
7.3 MC Read 10.2 11.6
6.2 MC Write 10.1 11.7
6.7 MC Mixed 8.97 10.1
27.9% 9.76 GB/s
Min Avg Max
4.8 SC Read 9.11 11.1
4.6 SC Write 9.8 12.1
5.2 SC Mixed 9.25 11.3
26.8% 9.39 GB/s
Min Avg Max
60 Latency 79.3 138
50.4% 79.3 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
33.6% Below average
MC Read 10.9
MC Write 10.5
MC Mixed 9.8
30% 10.4 GB/s
SC Read 10.8
SC Write 11.7
SC Mixed 10.8
32% 11.1 GB/s
Latency 61.7
65% 61.7 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
33.4% Below average
MC Read 11
MC Write 10.5
MC Mixed 9.8
30% 10.4 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 12.1
SC Mixed 11.2
33% 11.4 GB/s
Latency 67.2
60% 67.2 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
33% Below average
MC Read 10.9
MC Write 11.2
MC Mixed 9.6
30% 10.6 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 10.8
SC Mixed 10.2
29% 10.3 GB/s
Latency 70
57% 70 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
32.5% Below average
MC Read 10.8
MC Write 10.4
MC Mixed 9.7
29% 10.3 GB/s
SC Read 9.7
SC Write 11.1
SC Mixed 10.9
30% 10.6 GB/s
Latency 70.7
57% 70.7 ns
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
24.9% Poor
MC Read 8.4
MC Write 8.5
MC Mixed 7.7
23% 8.2 GB/s
SC Read 6.8
SC Write 7
SC Mixed 6
19% 6.6 GB/s
Latency 91.9
44% 91.9 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
19.7% Very poor
MC Read 8.1
MC Write 4.8
MC Mixed 6.2
18% 6.37 GB/s
SC Read 4.7
SC Write 3.7
SC Mixed 4.9
13% 4.43 GB/s
Latency 91.8
44% 91.8 ns
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz
17.4% Very poor
MC Read 5.3
MC Write 6.6
MC Mixed 4.8
16% 5.57 GB/s
SC Read 5.2
SC Write 4.9
SC Mixed 3.1
13% 4.4 GB/s
Latency 109
37% 109 ns
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Gaming 5%
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Desktop 59%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: Asus H81M-K - $50

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples1,025x
Core i7-4790Intel  $150Bench 71%, 255,027 samples438x
Core i3-4170Intel  $35Bench 57%, 48,178 samples432x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples510x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $100Bench 29%, 946,701 samples410x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples370x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples308x
A400 480GBKingston  $33Bench 74%, 237,487 samples136x
A400 120GBKingston  $19Bench 61%, 166,392 samples131x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples80x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $281

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