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Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX

HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 86% (31st of 108)

Based on 342 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8x4GB
Poor: 78%Average: 86% Great: 99%

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Very good average bench

The Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB averaged just 13.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 34.7GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 33.9GB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB is 21.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Mixed IO Bench 12.6GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Write Bench 13.4GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 342 samples)
Rank 3186%
Min Avg Max
30 MC Read 34.7 41.4
30.4 MC Write 33.9 39.7
28.3 MC Mixed 31.5 36.6
95.3% 33.4 GB/s
Min Avg Max
11.6 SC Read 15.2 17.5
9.35 SC Write 13.4 16.5
10 SC Mixed 12.6 14.9
39.2% 13.7 GB/s
Min Avg Max
58.1 Latency 74.3 86.2
53.8% 74.3 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
107% Outstanding
MC Read 39.2
MC Write 43.4
MC Mixed 41.1
118% 41.2 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 16
SC Mixed 16
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 54
74% 54 ns
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
95.7% Outstanding
MC Read 38.5
MC Write 37.9
MC Mixed 36.1
107% 37.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 14.2
SC Mixed 13.7
42% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 69
58% 69 ns
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
91.2% Outstanding
MC Read 37
MC Write 35.6
MC Mixed 35
102% 35.9 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 12.5
SC Mixed 12.3
37% 12.9 GB/s
Latency 70.7
57% 70.7 ns
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz
85.1% Excellent
MC Read 34.1
MC Write 32.7
MC Mixed 29.9
92% 32.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 16.8
SC Mixed 15.4
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 63.6
63% 63.6 ns
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
81.3% Excellent
MC Read 33.6
MC Write 31.3
MC Mixed 29.4
90% 31.4 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 12.6
SC Mixed 11.8
38% 13.1 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
78.6% Very good
MC Read 31.5
MC Write 31.3
MC Mixed 28.4
87% 30.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 11.2
SC Mixed 12.2
36% 12.5 GB/s
Latency 71.7
56% 71.7 ns
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 23,488,882 RAM Kits tested.

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Gaming 71%
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Desktop 65%
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Workstation 47%
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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

CPU
Core i7-3820Intel  $356Bench 62%, 26,664 samples1,488x
Core i7-3930KIntel  $495Bench 66%, 22,996 samples1,395x
Core i7-4930KIntel  $600Bench 70%, 13,013 samples292x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 78%, 703,911 samples345x
GTX 970Nvidia  $428Bench 52%, 527,770 samples341x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples288x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 111%, 438,928 samples239x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $85Bench 106%, 532,443 samples120x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung  $100Bench 93%, 39,924 samples92x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 342 samples63x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $1,184

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