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Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/4G

HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 46.6% (102nd of 115)

Based on 1,963 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/4G 2x4GB
Poor: 18%Average: 46.6% Great: 58%

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Below average average bench

The Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB averaged 53.3% 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. 16 Core Read Bench 17.2GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 17GB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB is 40.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 11.6GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Write Bench 12.5GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,963 samples)
Rank 10246.6%
Min Avg Max
7.06 MC Read 17.2 21.6
5 MC Write 17 21.7
6.5 MC Mixed 15.1 18.2
47% 16.5 GB/s
Min Avg Max
2.8 SC Read 11.6 16.6
4.06 SC Write 12.5 19.3
3.8 SC Mixed 13.2 18.1
35.5% 12.4 GB/s
Min Avg Max
58.4 Latency 96.8 220
41.3% 96.8 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
53.9% Above average
MC Read 20.5
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 17.6
54% 18.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 13.5
SC Mixed 15
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
53.5% Above average
MC Read 20.3
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 17.1
53% 18.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 13.6
SC Mixed 15.3
42% 14.8 GB/s
Latency 63.3
63% 63.3 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
47.8% Average
MC Read 17.4
MC Write 17.6
MC Mixed 15.9
48% 17 GB/s
SC Read 12.9
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 14.7
39% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
2 of 4 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
42.9% Average
MC Read 14.9
MC Write 17
MC Mixed 15.7
45% 15.9 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 8.7
SC Mixed 12.8
30% 10.5 GB/s
Latency 137
29% 137 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
37.3% Below average
MC Read 12.8
MC Write 13.8
MC Mixed 12.5
37% 13 GB/s
SC Read 7.8
SC Write 9.8
SC Mixed 10
26% 9.2 GB/s
Latency 84
48% 84 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz
8.9% Terrible
MC Read 3.5
MC Write 2.7
MC Mixed 3.9
10% 3.37 GB/s
SC Read 1.4
SC Write 1.2
SC Mixed 1.5
4% 1.37 GB/s
Latency 447
9% 447 ns
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 63,772,496 RAM Kits tested.

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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 56%
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Workstation 6%
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System: Notebook W65_67SJ

CPU
Core i7-4710MQIntelBench 60%, 15,557 samples27x
Core i7-4810MQIntel  $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples22x
Core i5-4210MIntelBench 51%, 15,981 samples14x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples50x
GTX 850MNvidiaBench 14%, 13,931 samples42x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples1x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples4x
SSD 120GBGigabyte  $31Bench 70%, 13,685 samples4x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,963 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 8% - Terrible Total price: $38

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