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Corporation None Corporation None 12GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 73.6% (73rd of 115)

Based on 74 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Corporation None Corporation None 12GB
Poor: 36%Average: 73.6% Great: 113%

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Good average bench

The Microsoft Corporation None Corporation None 12GB averaged 26.3% 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. 16 Core Read Bench 28GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 27GB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Corporation None Corporation None 12GB is 76.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Corporation None Corporation None 12GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Physical RAM Latency 98.3ns
Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 15.5GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 74 samples)
Rank 7373.6%
Min Avg Max
13.6 MC Read 28 42.2
9.1 MC Write 27 49.1
11.3 MC Mixed 26.3 43.1
77.4% 27.1 GB/s
Min Avg Max
6.15 SC Read 15.5 25.7
5.6 SC Write 22.9 46.7
6.1 SC Mixed 20.2 34.2
55.9% 19.5 GB/s
Min Avg Max
66.2 Latency 98.3 158
40.7% 98.3 ns
User Benchmarks BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
0, 0 MHz
1024, 11264 MB
149% Outstanding
MC Read 60.7
MC Write 57.3
MC Mixed 55.5
165% 57.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 49
SC Mixed 27.7
91% 31.8 GB/s
Latency 95
42% 95 ns
0, 0 MHz
3072, 9216 MB
114% Outstanding
MC Read 40
MC Write 43
MC Mixed 40.7
118% 41.2 GB/s
SC Read 27.4
SC Write 46.5
SC Mixed 34.6
103% 36.2 GB/s
Latency 76.9
52% 76.9 ns
0, 0 MHz
1024, 11264 MB
106% Outstanding
MC Read 46.9
MC Write 26.5
MC Mixed 41.5
109% 38.3 GB/s
SC Read 31.6
SC Write 25.9
SC Mixed 38.5
91% 32 GB/s
Latency 74.6
54% 74.6 ns
0, 0 MHz
3968, 8320 MB
93.4% Outstanding
MC Read 38.2
MC Write 40.3
MC Mixed 29.4
103% 36 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 25.9
SC Mixed 19.7
56% 19.6 GB/s
Latency 98.9
40% 98.9 ns
0, 0 MHz
1024, 11264 MB
85.2% Excellent
MC Read 33.8
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 34.7
92% 32 GB/s
SC Read 17.8
SC Write 26.8
SC Mixed 20.7
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 112
36% 112 ns
0, 0 MHz
3968, 8544 MB
82.7% Excellent
MC Read 45.7
MC Write 20.2
MC Mixed 33
94% 33 GB/s
SC Read 12.4
SC Write 14.7
SC Mixed 15.3
40% 14.1 GB/s
Latency 176
23% 176 ns
0, 0 MHz
3072, 9216 MB
30.4% Below average
MC Read 10
MC Write 9.1
MC Mixed 15.8
33% 11.6 GB/s
SC Read 6.6
SC Write 6.4
SC Mixed 7.1
19% 6.7 GB/s
Latency 292
14% 292 ns
0, 0 MHz
3968, 8320 MB
23% Poor
MC Read 8.7
MC Write 9.4
MC Mixed 9.1
26% 9.07 GB/s
SC Read 2.7
SC Write 3.2
SC Mixed 2.8
8% 2.9 GB/s
Latency 245
16% 245 ns
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SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples826x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples457x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples426x
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Corporation None Corporation None 12GBMicrosoftBench 74%, 74 samples1x
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