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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 59% (87th of 113)

Based on 18,263 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung 2x4GB
Poor: 39%Average: 59% Great: 77%

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Average average bench

The Samsung 2x4GB averaged 40.9% 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 23.9GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 21.1GB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 2x4GB is 38.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 2x4GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Physical RAM Latency 115ns
Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 12.3GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18,263 samples)
Rank 8759%
Min Avg Max
12.7 MC Read 21.1 27.3
14.6 MC Write 23.9 42.2
13 MC Mixed 19.1 22
61.2% 21.4 GB/s
Min Avg Max
6.3 SC Read 12.3 15.8
8.44 SC Write 20.8 26.9
8.04 SC Mixed 16.7 21
47.4% 16.6 GB/s
Min Avg Max
81 Latency 115 183
34.8% 115 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
85.2% Excellent
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 47.8
MC Mixed 20.8
93% 32.7 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 25.4
SC Mixed 18.6
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 114
35% 114 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
63.6% Good
MC Read 23.1
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 20.7
65% 22.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 23.7
SC Mixed 20.9
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 91.8
44% 91.8 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
62.7% Good
MC Read 23.1
MC Write 23.8
MC Mixed 19.2
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 20.1
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 79
51% 79 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
62.3% Good
MC Read 23.3
MC Write 23.8
MC Mixed 18.8
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 18.6
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 82.1
49% 82.1 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
57.9% Above average
MC Read 22.7
MC Write 25.3
MC Mixed 12.2
57% 20.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 24.9
SC Mixed 19.5
55% 19.4 GB/s
Latency 86.3
46% 86.3 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
45.5% Average
MC Read 17.4
MC Write 16.2
MC Mixed 14.9
46% 16.2 GB/s
SC Read 10.2
SC Write 15.7
SC Mixed 13.7
38% 13.2 GB/s
Latency 108
37% 108 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
25.4% Poor
MC Read 7.6
MC Write 8.8
MC Mixed 10.4
26% 8.93 GB/s
SC Read 5.5
SC Write 7
SC Mixed 3.8
16% 5.43 GB/s
Latency 113
35% 113 ns
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System: Microsoft Surface Pro 6

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 63%, 164,309 samples908x
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 62%, 28,595 samples358x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 64%, 11,084 samples159x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 242,947 samples1,425x
SSD
KUS030202M-B000 256GBSamsungBench 110%, 3,102 samples294x
KUS020203M-B000 128GBSamsungBench 99%, 1,562 samples289x
BC501 NVMe 128GBSkhynixBench 78%, 1,288 samples207x
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2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 18,263 samples860x
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