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Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G

HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

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Average Bench: 30.5% (106th of 108)

Based on 20,325 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1x8GB
Poor: 22%Average: 30.5% Great: 35%

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Poor average bench

The Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB averaged 69.4% 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 76ns
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 13.1%. 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 8.84GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Mixed IO Bench 8.97GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 20,325 samples)
Rank 10630.5%
Min Avg Max
7.3 MC Read 10.2 11.6
6.25 MC Write 10.1 11.7
6.7 MC Mixed 8.97 10.1
27.8% 9.74 GB/s
Min Avg Max
4.8 SC Read 8.84 11
5.1 SC Write 9.36 12.1
5.4 SC Mixed 9.03 11.1
26% 9.08 GB/s
Min Avg Max
59.4 Latency 76 116
52.6% 76 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM 1066 MHz
36.4% Below average
MC Read 13.8
MC Write 11.7
MC Mixed 12.3
36% 12.6 GB/s
SC Read 8
SC Write 7.7
SC Mixed 10
24% 8.57 GB/s
Latency 76.7
52% 76.7 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
33.2% Below average
MC Read 10.7
MC Write 10.8
MC Mixed 9.3
29% 10.3 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 11.5
SC Mixed 11.1
31% 11 GB/s
Latency 61.9
65% 61.9 ns
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
32.8% Below average
MC Read 10.5
MC Write 11.1
MC Mixed 9.6
30% 10.4 GB/s
SC Read 9.7
SC Write 10.6
SC Mixed 10
29% 10.1 GB/s
Latency 65.2
61% 65.2 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz
32.1% Below average
MC Read 11.1
MC Write 10.3
MC Mixed 9.4
29% 10.3 GB/s
SC Read 10.5
SC Write 8
SC Mixed 9.9
27% 9.47 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
31.3% Below average
MC Read 11.1
MC Write 11.6
MC Mixed 10
31% 10.9 GB/s
SC Read 5.3
SC Write 9
SC Mixed 7.7
21% 7.33 GB/s
Latency 90.8
44% 90.8 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
27.6% Poor
MC Read 9.4
MC Write 9.7
MC Mixed 8.6
26% 9.23 GB/s
SC Read 7.6
SC Write 8.2
SC Mixed 8.5
23% 8.1 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
23.9% Poor
MC Read 10.3
MC Write 4.4
MC Mixed 7.3
21% 7.33 GB/s
SC Read 8.8
SC Write 6.1
SC Mixed 8.8
22% 7.9 GB/s
Latency 83.9
48% 83.9 ns
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
21.7% Poor
MC Read 7.6
MC Write 7.3
MC Mixed 5.7
20% 6.87 GB/s
SC Read 5.7
SC Write 6.7
SC Mixed 6.5
18% 6.3 GB/s
Latency 92.3
43% 92.3 ns
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz
17.2% Very poor
MC Read 5
MC Write 3.1
MC Mixed 4.6
12% 4.23 GB/s
SC Read 4.8
SC Write 5.3
SC Mixed 5.2
15% 5.1 GB/s
Latency 57.7
69% 57.7 ns
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,638,260 RAM Kits tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 45%
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Desktop
Desktop 50%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $96

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $90Bench 48%, 221,207 samples7,154x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 39%, 157,206 samples5,567x
FX-8320AMD  $141Bench 43%, 78,467 samples3,637x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 56%, 642,931 samples1,597x
RX 480AMD  $140Bench 50%, 140,936 samples1,483x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 31%, 428,583 samples1,369x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 105%, 496,833 samples1,115x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $60Bench 54%, 193,675 samples1,052x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 113%, 383,170 samples513x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 20,325 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $496

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