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Kingston KHX2933C17S4/8G

HyperX DDR4 2933 C17 2x8GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 86.9% (29th of 115)

Based on 591 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston KHX2933C17S4/8G 2x8GB
Poor: 74%Average: 86.9% Great: 95%

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Very good average bench

The Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C17 2x8GB averaged just 13.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C17 2x8GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 1 Core Write Bench 34.4GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 33.7GB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C17 2x8GB is 21.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C17 2x8GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 18.7GB/s
Avg. Physical RAM Latency 71.4ns
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Average Bench

(Based on 591 samples)
Rank 2986.9%
Min Avg Max
28.1 MC Read 33.4 36.4
27.3 MC Write 33.7 37.3
22.8 MC Mixed 26 32.4
88.7% 31.1 GB/s
Min Avg Max
13.4 SC Read 18.7 24.3
22.1 SC Write 34.4 40.2
19.1 SC Mixed 25.9 29.4
75.2% 26.3 GB/s
Min Avg Max
55.3 Latency 71.4 110
56% 71.4 ns
User Benchmarks BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
94.2% Outstanding
MC Read 34.6
MC Write 36.4
MC Mixed 32.2
98% 34.4 GB/s
SC Read 22
SC Write 36.8
SC Mixed 26.1
81% 28.3 GB/s
Latency 93.5
43% 93.5 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
88.6% Excellent
MC Read 34.4
MC Write 33.4
MC Mixed 26.1
89% 31.3 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 35.5
SC Mixed 27.3
78% 27.4 GB/s
Latency 59.9
67% 59.9 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
78.6% Very good
MC Read 31.4
MC Write 30.5
MC Mixed 23.5
81% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 21.1
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 59.8
67% 59.8 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
34.2% Below average
MC Read 9.6
MC Write 16.1
MC Mixed 12.8
37% 12.8 GB/s
SC Read 6.9
SC Write 9.4
SC Mixed 7
22% 7.77 GB/s
Latency 193
21% 193 ns
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Gaming 14%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 13%
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CPU
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples12,190x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples3,590x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples41x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples8,350x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples1,593x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples1,521x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1014 512GBWDCBench 169%, 12,303 samples2,451x
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1114 512GBWDCBench 167%, 6,790 samples2,153x
WDC PC SN530 SDB 512GBNvmeBench 156%, 3,698 samples1,637x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 2933 C17 2x8GBKingstonBench 87%, 591 samples1x
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