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Release date ≤ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 30% (113th of 115)

Based on 383 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung 4x2GB
Poor: 15%Average: 30% Great: 67%

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Poor average bench

The Samsung 4x2GB averaged 69.9% 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 Write Bench 11.3GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Mixed IO Bench 11.1GB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 4x2GB is 52.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 4x2GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 5.22GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Mixed IO Bench 7.21GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 383 samples)
Rank 11330%
Min Avg Max
4.82 MC Read 10.5 22.9
4.4 MC Write 11.3 29.4
4.42 MC Mixed 11.1 25.8
31.4% 11 GB/s
Min Avg Max
1.92 SC Read 5.22 11.3
3.12 SC Write 7.68 17.4
2.8 SC Mixed 7.21 17.1
19.1% 6.7 GB/s
Min Avg Max
84.2 Latency 174 296
23% 174 ns
User Benchmarks BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4 of 4 slots used
8GB Row of chips 23h 6400 MHz clocked @ 4800 MHz
71.1% Very good
MC Read 23.7
MC Write 30.7
MC Mixed 27.4
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 11.4
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 18.6
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 147
27% 147 ns
4 of 4 slots used
8GB Row of chips 23h 6400 MHz clocked @ 4800 MHz
68.7% Good
MC Read 24.2
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 25.2
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 11.7
SC Write 18
SC Mixed 18.6
46% 16.1 GB/s
Latency 160
25% 160 ns
4 of 8 slots used
8GB Row of chips 23h 6400 MHz clocked @ 4800 MHz
68.6% Good
MC Read 23.9
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 25.3
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 11.4
SC Write 18.4
SC Mixed 17.5
45% 15.8 GB/s
Latency 145
28% 145 ns
4 of 8 slots used
8GB Row of chips 23h clocked @ 4800 MHz
64.4% Good
MC Read 22.1
MC Write 27.8
MC Mixed 23.9
70% 24.6 GB/s
SC Read 10.6
SC Write 17.8
SC Mixed 16.7
43% 15 GB/s
Latency 160
25% 160 ns
4 of 8 slots used
8GB Row of chips 23h 6400 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz
46.2% Average
MC Read 15.7
MC Write 18.6
MC Mixed 16.7
49% 17 GB/s
SC Read 8.2
SC Write 16.8
SC Mixed 14.2
37% 13.1 GB/s
Latency 179
22% 179 ns
4 of 8 slots used
8GB Row of chips 23h 6400 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz
25.8% Poor
MC Read 8.5
MC Write 11.5
MC Mixed 8.3
27% 9.43 GB/s
SC Read 5.4
SC Write 8.6
SC Mixed 6.2
19% 6.73 GB/s
Latency 224
18% 224 ns
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM LPDDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
24.9% Poor
MC Read 8.7
MC Write 9.9
MC Mixed 10.5
28% 9.7 GB/s
SC Read 2.5
SC Write 4.7
SC Mixed 4
11% 3.73 GB/s
Latency 242
16% 242 ns
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM LPDDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
20.7% Poor
MC Read 6.7
MC Write 9.1
MC Mixed 8.3
23% 8.03 GB/s
SC Read 2.3
SC Write 3.7
SC Mixed 3.3
9% 3.1 GB/s
Latency 271
15% 271 ns
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM LPDDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
17.2% Very poor
MC Read 6.2
MC Write 7.8
MC Mixed 5
18% 6.33 GB/s
SC Read 2.1
SC Write 3.4
SC Mixed 3.1
8% 2.87 GB/s
Latency 190
21% 190 ns
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Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples1,018x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples956x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples906x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples485x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples458x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples331x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples171x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples150x
RAM
4x2GBSamsungBench 30%, 383 samples1x
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