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Kingston KHX2933C17S4/16G

HyperX DDR4 2933 C17 2x16GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 88.4% (25th of 115)

Based on 1,552 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston KHX2933C17S4/16G 2x16GB
Poor: 75%Average: 88.4% Great: 98%

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Very good average bench

The Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C17 2x16GB averaged just 11.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C17 2x16GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 1 Core Write Bench 35.5GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 34.3GB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C17 2x16GB is 22.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C17 2x16GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 18.2GB/s
Avg. Physical RAM Latency 68.5ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,552 samples)
Rank 2588.4%
Min Avg Max
27.5 MC Read 33.3 36.6
27.2 MC Write 34.3 38.2
22.9 MC Mixed 27.1 31.5
90.2% 31.6 GB/s
Min Avg Max
12.2 SC Read 18.2 22.4
23.3 SC Write 35.5 41.4
18.7 SC Mixed 26.2 30.1
76.1% 26.6 GB/s
Min Avg Max
54.9 Latency 68.5 99.6
58.4% 68.5 ns
User Benchmarks BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
93.9% Outstanding
MC Read 35
MC Write 35.7
MC Mixed 33.7
99% 34.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 37
SC Mixed 27.9
79% 27.8 GB/s
Latency 131
31% 131 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
92.1% Outstanding
MC Read 34.5
MC Write 36.8
MC Mixed 28.8
95% 33.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 37.2
SC Mixed 26.5
77% 27 GB/s
Latency 72.7
55% 72.7 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
89.8% Excellent
MC Read 31.6
MC Write 33.8
MC Mixed 28.7
90% 31.4 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 40.3
SC Mixed 28.1
83% 29.2 GB/s
Latency 57.1
70% 57.1 ns
2 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
86% Excellent
MC Read 32.8
MC Write 33.5
MC Mixed 24.2
86% 30.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 38.3
SC Mixed 26.6
78% 27.4 GB/s
Latency 60.7
66% 60.7 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
85.8% Excellent
MC Read 32.9
MC Write 32.8
MC Mixed 26.6
88% 30.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 34.1
SC Mixed 25.4
72% 25.3 GB/s
Latency 67.4
59% 67.4 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz
73.6% Very good
MC Read 28.9
MC Write 27.3
MC Mixed 21.4
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 30.2
SC Mixed 23.4
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 73.3
55% 73.3 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
73.5% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 29.1
MC Mixed 22.7
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 28.4
SC Mixed 21.5
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 83.3
48% 83.3 ns
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
60.7% Good
MC Read 24.7
MC Write 18.3
MC Mixed 18.1
58% 20.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 31.7
SC Mixed 22.4
66% 23.2 GB/s
Latency 80.6
50% 80.6 ns
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CPU
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples2,132x
Core i9-10885HIntelBench 81%, 6,135 samples532x
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples371x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples2,085x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples981x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia  $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples7x
SSD
NVMe KIOXIA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 262%, 4,912 samples231x
NVMe SK hynix 1TBPc611Bench 201%, 6,137 samples228x
SN730 NVMe WDC 1024GBPCBench 229%, 3,901 samples219x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 2933 C17 2x16GBKingstonBench 88%, 1,552 samples1x
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