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Corsair CMSX16GX3M2B1600C9

Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 54.8% (91st of 115)

Based on 2,188 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Vengeance SODIM CMSX16GX3M2B1600C9 2x8GB
Poor: 42%Average: 54.8% Great: 61%

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Average average bench

The Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB averaged 45.2% 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 20.3GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 19.6GB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB is just 18.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 13.8GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Write Bench 15.5GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,188 samples)
Rank 9154.8%
Min Avg Max
14.5 MC Read 19.6 22.1
14.8 MC Write 20.3 22.5
14.8 MC Mixed 18.1 19.8
55.3% 19.4 GB/s
Min Avg Max
7.2 SC Read 13.8 17.1
6.33 SC Write 15.5 21
7.83 SC Mixed 16.3 19.9
43.4% 15.2 GB/s
Min Avg Max
61.8 Latency 83.3 123
48% 83.3 ns
User Benchmarks BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
59.2% Above average
MC Read 21.5
MC Write 22.4
MC Mixed 19.3
60% 21.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 15.9
SC Mixed 18.7
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 76.1
53% 76.1 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
54.2% Above average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 20.1
MC Mixed 17.4
54% 19 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 16.7
SC Mixed 16.7
45% 15.9 GB/s
Latency 79.4
50% 79.4 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
53.8% Above average
MC Read 18.8
MC Write 20.4
MC Mixed 18.3
55% 19.2 GB/s
SC Read 12.3
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 16.8
47% 16.3 GB/s
Latency 106
38% 106 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
53.2% Above average
MC Read 18.1
MC Write 20.9
MC Mixed 18
54% 19 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 16.3
SC Mixed 13.9
43% 15.2 GB/s
Latency 94
42% 94 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
53.1% Above average
MC Read 18.8
MC Write 20
MC Mixed 17.6
54% 18.8 GB/s
SC Read 12.9
SC Write 19
SC Mixed 15.9
46% 15.9 GB/s
Latency 94.5
42% 94.5 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
51.2% Above average
MC Read 18.7
MC Write 18.7
MC Mixed 16.3
51% 17.9 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 16.5
SC Mixed 16.8
45% 15.8 GB/s
Latency 88.9
45% 88.9 ns
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
51% Above average
MC Read 18.7
MC Write 18.9
MC Mixed 16.9
52% 18.2 GB/s
SC Read 11.6
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 15.7
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 84.1
48% 84.1 ns
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
16.4% Very poor
MC Read 5.7
MC Write 6.9
MC Mixed 6.2
18% 6.27 GB/s
SC Read 3.3
SC Write 2.7
SC Mixed 3.3
9% 3.1 GB/s
Latency 370
11% 370 ns
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Desktop 55%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Lenovo 20378

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples1,357x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples1,007x
Core i5-4210HIntelBench 55%, 12,540 samples228x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples1,779x
GTX 860MNvidiaBench 16%, 18,736 samples627x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples404x
SSD
MZ7TE512HMHP-000 512GBSamsungBench 75%, 3,033 samples136x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 69%, 2,145 samples128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples102x
RAM
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 2,188 samples1x
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