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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 59.5% (86th of 113)

Based on 19,967 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung 2x4GB
Poor: 44%Average: 59.5% Great: 73%

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Average average bench

The Samsung 2x4GB averaged 40.4% 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 24.2GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 21.3GB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 2x4GB is 29.4%. 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 12.3GB/s
Avg. Physical RAM Latency 111ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,967 samples)
Rank 8659.5%
Min Avg Max
14.6 MC Read 21.3 26.1
17.3 MC Write 24.2 40.1
15.2 MC Mixed 19.3 21.9
61.8% 21.6 GB/s
Min Avg Max
6.84 SC Read 12.3 15.5
10.4 SC Write 20.8 26.4
10.2 SC Mixed 16.9 20.9
47.6% 16.7 GB/s
Min Avg Max
80.5 Latency 111 162
36% 111 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 4 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
70.5% Very good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 27.2
MC Mixed 22
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 27.8
SC Mixed 20.4
60% 20.9 GB/s
Latency 81.7
49% 81.7 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
61.9% Good
MC Read 22
MC Write 25.2
MC Mixed 19.8
64% 22.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 18.2
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 118
34% 118 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
60.9% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 24.8
MC Mixed 20.2
64% 22.2 GB/s
SC Read 11.8
SC Write 17.4
SC Mixed 18.4
45% 15.9 GB/s
Latency 91.1
44% 91.1 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
60.8% Good
MC Read 22.7
MC Write 23.5
MC Mixed 21.1
64% 22.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.2
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 16.6
50% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 150
27% 150 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
59.5% Above average
MC Read 22.5
MC Write 23.2
MC Mixed 20.5
63% 22.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.2
SC Write 20.2
SC Mixed 18.4
47% 16.6 GB/s
Latency 157
25% 157 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
56.4% Above average
MC Read 20.9
MC Write 22
MC Mixed 19.3
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 10.2
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 13.8
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 96.9
41% 96.9 ns
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CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 63%, 180,994 samples1,129x
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 62%, 29,193 samples450x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 64%, 11,875 samples197x
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UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 291,949 samples1,776x
SSD
KUS030202M-B000 256GBSamsungBench 110%, 3,392 samples372x
KUS020203M-B000 128GBSamsungBench 98%, 1,732 samples346x
BC501 NVMe 128GBSkhynixBench 77%, 1,363 samples266x
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2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 19,967 samples1,076x
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