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Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX

HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 55.7% (91st of 115)

Based on 28,461 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 4x4GB
Poor: 43%Average: 55.7% Great: 76%

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Average average bench

The Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB averaged 44.2% 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 20.1GB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB is 32.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 14.9GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Mixed IO Bench 16.9GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 28,461 samples)
Rank 9155.7%
Min Avg Max
16.2 MC Read 20.1 28.8
14.9 MC Write 20.2 29.5
14.4 MC Mixed 17.7 24.8
55.3% 19.4 GB/s
Min Avg Max
9.4 SC Read 14.9 18.2
8.3 SC Write 17.4 22.6
11.2 SC Mixed 16.9 20.8
46.8% 16.4 GB/s
Min Avg Max
57.2 Latency 71.7 96
55.8% 71.7 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
53.7% Above average
MC Read 18.5
MC Write 21.4
MC Mixed 17.1
54% 19 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 14
SC Mixed 16.8
42% 14.8 GB/s
Latency 78
51% 78 ns
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
50.8% Above average
MC Read 18.2
MC Write 18.6
MC Mixed 15.8
50% 17.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 15.9
SC Mixed 14.8
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 70.9
56% 70.9 ns
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
50.1% Above average
MC Read 17.8
MC Write 17.3
MC Mixed 15.3
48% 16.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 17.2
SC Mixed 15.9
46% 15.9 GB/s
Latency 64.2
62% 64.2 ns
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM 1600 MHz
47.5% Average
MC Read 20
MC Write 14
MC Mixed 17.2
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 8.7
SC Mixed 13.2
31% 10.7 GB/s
Latency 76.8
52% 76.8 ns
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM 333 MHz
46.8% Average
MC Read 19.9
MC Write 13.6
MC Mixed 17.3
48% 16.9 GB/s
SC Read 10.1
SC Write 8.2
SC Mixed 13
30% 10.4 GB/s
Latency 81
49% 81 ns
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
46.4% Average
MC Read 16
MC Write 16.8
MC Mixed 15
46% 15.9 GB/s
SC Read 11.6
SC Write 14.2
SC Mixed 13.7
38% 13.2 GB/s
Latency 71
56% 71 ns
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
45.8% Average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 14
MC Mixed 16.5
48% 16.7 GB/s
SC Read 9.8
SC Write 8.4
SC Mixed 12.6
29% 10.3 GB/s
Latency 88
46% 88 ns
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Gaming 37%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $154Bench 68%, 185,516 samples1,026x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples849x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $120Bench 72%, 165,979 samples809x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples282x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples271x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $120Bench 29%, 946,701 samples232x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples155x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples145x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $90Bench 103%, 951,591 samples108x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples102x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 48% - Average Total price: $511

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16GB is plenty for lots of games and can even have multiple chrome tabs open at the same time with minimal performance lost. Not half bad RAM.

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