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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 24.1% (113th of 113)

Based on 2,684 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung 1x4GB
Poor: 12%Average: 24.1% Great: 32%

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Very poor average bench

The Samsung 1x4GB averaged 75.9% 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. Physical RAM Latency 136ns
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 8.53GB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 1x4GB is 20.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 1x4GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 5.84GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Mixed IO Bench 5.98GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,684 samples)
Rank 11324.1%
Min Avg Max
4 MC Read 8.54 11.2
3.8 MC Write 8.53 10.9
4.2 MC Mixed 7.41 9.4
23.3% 8.16 GB/s
Min Avg Max
1.3 SC Read 5.84 10.1
2.5 SC Write 6.62 11.1
1.11 SC Mixed 5.98 10
17.6% 6.15 GB/s
Min Avg Max
66.3 Latency 136 241
29.4% 136 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1 of 4 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
32.3% Below average
MC Read 11
MC Write 10.7
MC Mixed 8.7
29% 10.1 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 11
SC Mixed 9.7
29% 10.2 GB/s
Latency 65.1
61% 65.1 ns
1 of 4 slots used
4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
27.8% Poor
MC Read 9.1
MC Write 8.9
MC Mixed 7.8
25% 8.6 GB/s
SC Read 8
SC Write 9.4
SC Mixed 8.5
25% 8.63 GB/s
Latency 70.4
57% 70.4 ns
1 of 4 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
27.5% Poor
MC Read 9.3
MC Write 9.3
MC Mixed 7.5
25% 8.7 GB/s
SC Read 8.5
SC Write 8.3
SC Mixed 7.9
24% 8.23 GB/s
Latency 76.1
52% 76.1 ns
1 of 4 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
23.3% Poor
MC Read 8
MC Write 8.6
MC Mixed 7.6
23% 8.07 GB/s
SC Read 5.9
SC Write 5.8
SC Mixed 1.3
12% 4.33 GB/s
Latency 98.3
41% 98.3 ns
1 of 2 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
22.1% Poor
MC Read 10.7
MC Write 4.1
MC Mixed 6.8
21% 7.2 GB/s
SC Read 5.9
SC Write 4.4
SC Mixed 8
18% 6.1 GB/s
Latency 99.4
40% 99.4 ns
1 of 2 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
21.6% Poor
MC Read 10.1
MC Write 4.1
MC Mixed 6.3
20% 6.83 GB/s
SC Read 5.7
SC Write 4.3
SC Mixed 6.4
16% 5.47 GB/s
Latency 82.4
48% 82.4 ns
1 of 1 slots used
4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
19.1% Very poor
MC Read 6
MC Write 8.2
MC Mixed 6.4
20% 6.87 GB/s
SC Read 3.2
SC Write 4.6
SC Mixed 4.3
12% 4.03 GB/s
Latency 177
23% 177 ns
1 of 1 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
17.8% Very poor
MC Read 6.4
MC Write 7.7
MC Mixed 6.2
19% 6.77 GB/s
SC Read 0.8
SC Write 3.7
SC Mixed 1.1
5% 1.87 GB/s
Latency 178
22% 178 ns
1 of 1 slots used
4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
17.8% Very poor
MC Read 6
MC Write 7.5
MC Mixed 5.7
18% 6.4 GB/s
SC Read 3
SC Write 4.6
SC Mixed 4.3
11% 3.97 GB/s
Latency 204
20% 204 ns
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CPU
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 52%, 58,899 samples128x
Core i5-4200UIntel  $281Bench 51%, 45,028 samples120x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 56%, 44,460 samples119x
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HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 250,347 samples413x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 7,219 samples117x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 63%, 211,047 samples18x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $32Bench 59%, 62,286 samples13x
A400 480GBKingston  $47Bench 75%, 87,743 samples7x
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1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 2,684 samples81x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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