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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 24.3% (108th of 108)

Based on 2,100 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung 1x4GB
Poor: 14%Average: 24.3% Great: 32%

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Very poor average bench

The Samsung 1x4GB averaged 75.7% 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 137ns
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 8.66GB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 1x4GB is just 18.6%. 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 5.89GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Mixed IO Bench 6.11GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,100 samples)
Rank 10824.3%
Min Avg Max
4.4 MC Read 8.63 11.2
4.43 MC Write 8.66 11
4.23 MC Mixed 7.37 9.3
23.5% 8.22 GB/s
Min Avg Max
1.6 SC Read 5.89 10.1
2.8 SC Write 6.65 11
1.43 SC Mixed 6.11 10.2
17.7% 6.22 GB/s
Min Avg Max
66.9 Latency 137 248
29.2% 137 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1 of 2 slots used
4GB SODIMM LPDDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
31.7% Below average
MC Read 10.4
MC Write 11.2
MC Mixed 9.3
29% 10.3 GB/s
SC Read 10.5
SC Write 10.5
SC Mixed 10.3
30% 10.4 GB/s
Latency 84.2
48% 84.2 ns
1 of 4 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
31.6% Below average
MC Read 11
MC Write 10.6
MC Mixed 8.8
29% 10.1 GB/s
SC Read 9.7
SC Write 11.1
SC Mixed 9.6
29% 10.1 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
1 of 4 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
31% Below average
MC Read 10.6
MC Write 10.5
MC Mixed 8.6
28% 9.9 GB/s
SC Read 9.4
SC Write 10.6
SC Mixed 8.9
28% 9.63 GB/s
Latency 72.3
55% 72.3 ns
1 of 4 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
27.9% Poor
MC Read 9.8
MC Write 9.3
MC Mixed 8
26% 9.03 GB/s
SC Read 8.5
SC Write 7.8
SC Mixed 7.4
23% 7.9 GB/s
Latency 78.6
51% 78.6 ns
1 of 4 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
27.3% Poor
MC Read 10.7
MC Write 10.4
MC Mixed 9
29% 10 GB/s
SC Read 6.2
SC Write 4.8
SC Mixed 7
17% 6 GB/s
Latency 161
25% 161 ns
1 of 4 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
27.2% Poor
MC Read 9.5
MC Write 8.3
MC Mixed 8.5
25% 8.77 GB/s
SC Read 8.4
SC Write 9
SC Mixed 8
24% 8.47 GB/s
Latency 89.1
45% 89.1 ns
1 of 1 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
18.2% Very poor
MC Read 7.2
MC Write 7.9
MC Mixed 4.7
19% 6.6 GB/s
SC Read 2.8
SC Write 4.8
SC Mixed 2
9% 3.2 GB/s
Latency 164
24% 164 ns
1 of 2 slots used
4GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz
13.8% Very poor
MC Read 4.5
MC Write 3.5
MC Mixed 3.7
11% 3.9 GB/s
SC Read 4.4
SC Write 3.5
SC Mixed 4.1
11% 4 GB/s
Latency 98.1
41% 98.1 ns
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Gaming 12%
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Desktop 43%
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Workstation 16%
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System: Asus X550LD

CPU
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 39%, 38,879 samples490x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 35%, 48,540 samples470x
Core i5-4200UIntel  $281Bench 33%, 36,519 samples400x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 187,564 samples1,455x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 6,583 samples437x
GTX 970Nvidia  $428Bench 51%, 512,894 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $85Bench 106%, 532,443 samples47x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $56Bench 105%, 105,931 samples17x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston  $85Bench 63%, 104,305 samples16x
RAM
1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 2,100 samples319x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 15% - Very poor Total price: $85

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