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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 59.7% (86th of 113)

Based on 22,176 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung 2x4GB
Poor: 42%Average: 59.7% Great: 76%

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Average average bench

The Samsung 2x4GB averaged 40.3% 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 Write Bench 24.5GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 21.2GB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 2x4GB is 33.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 2x4GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 11.8GB/s
Avg. Physical RAM Latency 117ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 22,176 samples)
Rank 8659.7%
Min Avg Max
13.7 MC Read 21.2 26.5
16.5 MC Write 24.5 44.4
14.4 MC Mixed 19.5 22.3
62.2% 21.8 GB/s
Min Avg Max
5.87 SC Read 11.8 15.1
10.6 SC Write 21.1 26.5
8.47 SC Mixed 16.7 20.8
47.3% 16.6 GB/s
Min Avg Max
80.5 Latency 117 184
34.1% 117 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
67.3% Good
MC Read 23.9
MC Write 25.7
MC Mixed 22.3
68% 24 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 25.9
SC Mixed 21.4
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 87
46% 87 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
65.2% Good
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 25.2
MC Mixed 22.2
67% 23.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 19.7
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 91.3
44% 91.3 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
65% Good
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 25.6
MC Mixed 21.1
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 19.9
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 87.9
46% 87.9 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
64.1% Good
MC Read 22.9
MC Write 25.7
MC Mixed 20.7
66% 23.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.1
SC Write 24.6
SC Mixed 18.8
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 91.5
44% 91.5 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
60.8% Good
MC Read 22.5
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 19.4
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 12.2
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 18.1
52% 18.2 GB/s
Latency 114
35% 114 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
54% Above average
MC Read 18.7
MC Write 23.5
MC Mixed 19.9
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 7.9
SC Write 15.2
SC Mixed 12
33% 11.7 GB/s
Latency 161
25% 161 ns
2 of 4 slots used
8GB SODIMM LPDDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
48.3% Average
MC Read 17.1
MC Write 19.6
MC Mixed 17.2
51% 18 GB/s
SC Read 5.9
SC Write 14.9
SC Mixed 12.1
31% 11 GB/s
Latency 114
35% 114 ns
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CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 63%, 227,772 samples1,687x
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 61%, 38,125 samples713x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 64%, 16,079 samples339x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 294,687 samples2,739x
SSD
KUS030202M-B000 256GBSamsungBench 110%, 4,173 samples592x
KUS020203M-B000 128GBSamsungBench 98%, 2,352 samples510x
BC501 NVMe 128GBSkhynixBench 78%, 1,592 samples384x
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2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 22,176 samples1,662x
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