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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 60.3% (82nd of 108)

Based on 13,554 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung 2x4GB
Poor: 45%Average: 60.3% Great: 79%

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Above average average bench

The Samsung 2x4GB averaged 39.6% 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 24.6GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 21.6GB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 2x4GB is 34.4%. 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 12.4GB/s
Avg. Physical RAM Latency 108ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 13,554 samples)
Rank 8260.3%
Min Avg Max
14.4 MC Read 21.6 26.7
18 MC Write 24.6 46.7
15.1 MC Mixed 19.4 21.8
62.5% 21.9 GB/s
Min Avg Max
6.4 SC Read 12.4 15.7
11.5 SC Write 21.4 26.3
9.43 SC Mixed 17 20.6
48.4% 16.9 GB/s
Min Avg Max
79.5 Latency 108 160
37.1% 108 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 23.8
MC Write 25.6
MC Mixed 22.4
68% 23.9 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 25.8
SC Mixed 20.4
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 84.5
47% 84.5 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
65.1% Good
MC Read 23.6
MC Write 24.6
MC Mixed 21.7
67% 23.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 25.2
SC Mixed 19.4
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 91.2
44% 91.2 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
64.1% Good
MC Read 22.5
MC Write 25.6
MC Mixed 20.9
66% 23 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 18.9
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 89.3
45% 89.3 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
63.3% Good
MC Read 23.8
MC Write 24.3
MC Mixed 19.1
64% 22.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 24.5
SC Mixed 20.3
57% 20 GB/s
Latency 90.1
44% 90.1 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
63% Good
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 24.4
MC Mixed 20.8
65% 22.7 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 24.1
SC Mixed 21
52% 18.3 GB/s
Latency 95.1
42% 95.1 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
61.3% Good
MC Read 23.5
MC Write 24.7
MC Mixed 19.4
64% 22.5 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 22.8
SC Mixed 16.4
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 132
30% 132 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
51.6% Above average
MC Read 14.7
MC Write 22.4
MC Mixed 19.3
54% 18.8 GB/s
SC Read 11.5
SC Write 16.5
SC Mixed 12
38% 13.3 GB/s
Latency 103
39% 103 ns
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
44.7% Average
MC Read 15.6
MC Write 16.4
MC Mixed 17.4
47% 16.5 GB/s
SC Read 9.1
SC Write 8.4
SC Mixed 12.4
28% 9.97 GB/s
Latency 104
38% 104 ns
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CPU
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 47%, 15,253 samples3,298x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 43%, 21,369 samples2,041x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 171,583 samples4,324x
GeForce GPUNvidiaBench 9%, 951 samples721x
GeForce GTX 965MNvidiaBench 23%, 1,951 samples293x
SSD
MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 90%, 3,812 samples1,217x
MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GBSamsungBench 110%, 1,431 samples836x
MZFLV256 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 86%, 3,272 samples611x
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2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 13,554 samples2,353x
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