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Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/8G

HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 54.8% (108th of 132)

Based on 10,168 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/8G 2x8GB
Poor: 38%Average: 54.8% Great: 61%

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Average average bench

The Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB averaged 45.1% 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 20.2GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 20GB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB is 22.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 13.8GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Write Bench 15.5GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,168 samples)
Rank 10854.8%
Min Avg Max
14.5 MC Read 20 22.2
11.6 MC Write 20.2 22.7
13.2 MC Mixed 18.2 20
55.7% 19.5 GB/s
Min Avg Max
6.4 SC Read 13.8 17.7
6.1 SC Write 15.5 21
8.5 SC Mixed 16.4 19.9
43.5% 15.2 GB/s
Min Avg Max
66.1 Latency 88.1 136
45.4% 88.1 ns
User Benchmarks BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
58.1% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 22.1
MC Mixed 19.1
59% 20.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 15.2
SC Mixed 18.3
45% 15.7 GB/s
Latency 79.1
51% 79.1 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
54.4% Above average
MC Read 19.6
MC Write 20
MC Mixed 17.1
54% 18.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 16.8
SC Mixed 16.8
46% 16.1 GB/s
Latency 72.4
55% 72.4 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
54.2% Above average
MC Read 19.6
MC Write 20.2
MC Mixed 17.1
54% 19 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 16.8
SC Mixed 17.1
46% 16.2 GB/s
Latency 79.2
50% 79.2 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
54% Above average
MC Read 19.4
MC Write 19.8
MC Mixed 17.2
54% 18.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 16.4
SC Mixed 16.9
46% 15.9 GB/s
Latency 73.3
55% 73.3 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
54% Above average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 20.2
MC Mixed 17.4
54% 19 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 16.5
SC Mixed 17.4
46% 16.2 GB/s
Latency 88.3
45% 88.3 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
53.6% Above average
MC Read 19.6
MC Write 19.9
MC Mixed 17.1
54% 18.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 15.4
SC Mixed 17.6
45% 15.7 GB/s
Latency 82.3
49% 82.3 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
39% Below average
MC Read 10.5
MC Write 19.2
MC Mixed 15.4
43% 15 GB/s
SC Read 3.3
SC Write 8.1
SC Mixed 5.4
16% 5.6 GB/s
Latency 118
34% 118 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
26.7% Poor
MC Read 9.9
MC Write 6.6
MC Mixed 10
25% 8.83 GB/s
SC Read 8.2
SC Write 11.2
SC Mixed 4.9
23% 8.1 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 55%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Lenovo 20378

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples1,375x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples1,020x
Core i5-4210HIntelBench 55%, 12,540 samples230x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples1,809x
GTX 860MNvidiaBench 16%, 18,736 samples632x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples408x
SSD
MZ7TE512HMHP-000 512GBSamsungBench 75%, 3,033 samples137x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 69%, 2,145 samples129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples104x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 10,168 samples1x
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