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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 59.2% (87th of 113)

Based on 16,338 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung 2x4GB
Poor: 39%Average: 59.2% Great: 71%

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Average average bench

The Samsung 2x4GB averaged 40.8% 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 21.3GB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 2x4GB is 31.7%. 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 12.2GB/s
Avg. Physical RAM Latency 110ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 16,338 samples)
Rank 8759.2%
Min Avg Max
13.8 MC Read 21.3 26.8
15.3 MC Write 23.9 30.4
13.7 MC Mixed 19.3 21.8
61.4% 21.5 GB/s
Min Avg Max
6.1 SC Read 12.2 15.7
8.88 SC Write 20.8 26.4
8.1 SC Mixed 16.7 20.8
47.4% 16.6 GB/s
Min Avg Max
79.8 Latency 110 164
36.4% 110 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz
78.2% Very good
MC Read 32.4
MC Write 26.1
MC Mixed 25.9
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 22.4
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 93.7
43% 93.7 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
67.6% Good
MC Read 25
MC Write 26.3
MC Mixed 21.8
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 28.3
SC Mixed 21.2
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 128
31% 128 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
66.4% Good
MC Read 25.2
MC Write 26.4
MC Mixed 21.6
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 9.7
SC Write 24.6
SC Mixed 18.8
51% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 98.5
41% 98.5 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
64.7% Good
MC Read 22.6
MC Write 25.4
MC Mixed 20.9
66% 23 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 19.2
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 86.3
46% 86.3 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
60.6% Good
MC Read 23
MC Write 24.8
MC Mixed 19.8
64% 22.5 GB/s
SC Read 11.2
SC Write 19.6
SC Mixed 16.1
45% 15.6 GB/s
Latency 123
33% 123 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
48.4% Average
MC Read 16.5
MC Write 18.7
MC Mixed 16.8
50% 17.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.1
SC Write 10.5
SC Mixed 14.4
35% 12.3 GB/s
Latency 85.6
47% 85.6 ns
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 29,862,264 RAM Kits tested.

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Core i7-6600UIntelBench 55%, 20,256 samples4,254x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 54%, 31,888 samples2,591x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 218,604 samples5,539x
GeForce GPUNvidiaBench 10%, 1,116 samples928x
GeForce GTX 965MNvidiaBench 23%, 2,812 samples377x
SSD
MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 95%, 4,845 samples1,592x
MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GBSamsungBench 112%, 1,897 samples1,164x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 150%, 11,308 samples786x
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2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 16,338 samples2,976x
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