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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 24.6% (113th of 113)

Based on 2,367 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung 1x4GB
Poor: 13%Average: 24.6% Great: 32%

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Very poor average bench

The Samsung 1x4GB averaged 75.3% 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 134ns
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 8.77GB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 1x4GB is just 19.1%. 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 6.05GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Mixed IO Bench 6.2GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,367 samples)
Rank 11324.6%
Min Avg Max
4.4 MC Read 8.77 11.2
4.2 MC Write 8.67 10.9
4.2 MC Mixed 7.46 9.3
23.7% 8.3 GB/s
Min Avg Max
1.77 SC Read 6.05 10.1
2.7 SC Write 6.77 11
1.5 SC Mixed 6.2 10.1
18.1% 6.34 GB/s
Min Avg Max
66.6 Latency 134 247
30% 134 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1 of 1 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
31.6% Below average
MC Read 11
MC Write 9.9
MC Mixed 9
28% 9.97 GB/s
SC Read 10.7
SC Write 11
SC Mixed 10.7
31% 10.8 GB/s
Latency 74.8
54% 74.8 ns
1 of 4 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
23.9% Poor
MC Read 8
MC Write 7.8
MC Mixed 6.8
22% 7.53 GB/s
SC Read 6.5
SC Write 7.3
SC Mixed 6.6
20% 6.8 GB/s
Latency 80.7
50% 80.7 ns
1 of 1 slots used
4GB Row of chips DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
19.8% Very poor
MC Read 6
MC Write 8.5
MC Mixed 7.6
21% 7.37 GB/s
SC Read 1.9
SC Write 4
SC Mixed 3.1
9% 3 GB/s
Latency 170
24% 170 ns
1 of 1 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
17.5% Very poor
MC Read 5.8
MC Write 6.7
MC Mixed 6.1
18% 6.2 GB/s
SC Read 3.3
SC Write 4.6
SC Mixed 3.8
11% 3.9 GB/s
Latency 174
23% 174 ns
1 of 1 slots used
4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
12.9% Very poor
MC Read 4
MC Write 5.9
MC Mixed 3.4
13% 4.43 GB/s
SC Read 2.5
SC Write 3.8
SC Mixed 2.3
8% 2.87 GB/s
Latency 198
20% 198 ns
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Gaming
Gaming 12%
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Desktop
Desktop 57%
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Workstation 22%
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System: Asus X550LD

CPU
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 56%, 43,052 samples556x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 53%, 54,670 samples537x
Core i5-4200UIntel  $281Bench 52%, 41,646 samples460x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 216,241 samples1,683x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 7,149 samples493x
GTX 970Nvidia  $395Bench 52%, 541,463 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 104%, 662,032 samples49x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 61%, 150,261 samples28x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $54Bench 103%, 158,657 samples22x
RAM
1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 2,367 samples358x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 17% - Very poor Total price: $75

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