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Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX

HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 85.9% (32nd of 108)

Based on 318 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8x4GB
Poor: 78%Average: 85.9% Great: 98%

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Very good average bench

The Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB averaged just 14.1% 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 34.6GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 33.8GB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB is 20.7%. 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 318 samples)
Rank 3285.9%
Min Avg Max
29.9 MC Read 34.6 41.3
30.4 MC Write 33.8 39.7
28.3 MC Mixed 31.4 36.6
95.1% 33.3 GB/s
Min Avg Max
11.2 SC Read 15.2 17.5
9.58 SC Write 13.4 16.5
10.2 SC Mixed 12.6 14.9
39.2% 13.7 GB/s
Min Avg Max
58.2 Latency 74.7 89.9
53.6% 74.7 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
97.6% Outstanding
MC Read 35.9
MC Write 39.8
MC Mixed 36.9
107% 37.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 16
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 61.4
65% 61.4 ns
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
80.5% Excellent
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 32.7
MC Mixed 29.6
89% 31 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 12.3
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 72.8
55% 72.8 ns
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 21,761,416 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  $390Bench 62%, 25,693 samples1,404x
Core i7-3930KIntel  $495Bench 66%, 21,711 samples1,316x
Core i7-4930KIntel  $600Bench 70%, 12,921 samples261x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $409Bench 78%, 677,712 samples326x
GTX 970Nvidia  $399Bench 52%, 512,504 samples326x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 103%, 554,017 samples279x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 111%, 442,547 samples228x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $61Bench 105%, 507,744 samples112x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung  $224Bench 104%, 80,439 samples84x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 318 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 48% - Average Total price: $1,280

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