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Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

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Average Bench: 54.1% (82nd of 105)

Based on 12,140 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 4x4GB
Poor: 41%Average: 54.1% Great: 64%

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Average average bench

The Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB averaged 45.8% 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. Physical RAM Latency 66.7ns
Avg. 16 Core Write Bench 19.4GB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB is 23.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 14.2GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Mixed IO Bench 16.4GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,140 samples)
Rank 8254.1%
Min Avg Max
14.8 MC Read 19.2 22.6
13.5 MC Write 19.4 23.3
13.6 MC Mixed 17.3 20.6
53.3% 18.6 GB/s
Min Avg Max
8.3 SC Read 14.2 17.7
8.1 SC Write 17 22.8
10.2 SC Mixed 16.4 20.8
45.4% 15.9 GB/s
Min Avg Max
54 Latency 66.7 83.7
59.9% 66.7 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
59% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 21.8
MC Mixed 17.9
58% 20.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 18.7
SC Mixed 18.2
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 59.8
67% 59.8 ns
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1373 MHz
54.5% Above average
MC Read 19.2
MC Write 19.8
MC Mixed 16.8
53% 18.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 19.6
SC Mixed 16.3
48% 16.7 GB/s
Latency 65
62% 65 ns
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
51.7% Above average
MC Read 18.1
MC Write 17.5
MC Mixed 15.7
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 19.1
SC Mixed 17.4
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 61.1
65% 61.1 ns
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
47.9% Average
MC Read 17.9
MC Write 16.3
MC Mixed 15.7
48% 16.6 GB/s
SC Read 12.2
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 11.8
36% 12.6 GB/s
Latency 67.4
59% 67.4 ns
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
45.4% Average
MC Read 18.9
MC Write 12.7
MC Mixed 16.6
46% 16.1 GB/s
SC Read 10.1
SC Write 8.5
SC Mixed 12.1
29% 10.2 GB/s
Latency 69.8
57% 69.8 ns
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
36.5% Below average
MC Read 16.9
MC Write 7.1
MC Mixed 12.7
35% 12.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.5
SC Write 7.5
SC Mixed 12.1
28% 9.7 GB/s
Latency 69.9
57% 69.9 ns
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
35.6% Below average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 6.9
MC Mixed 12.8
34% 12 GB/s
SC Read 8.6
SC Write 7.5
SC Mixed 10.9
26% 9 GB/s
Latency 71.8
56% 71.8 ns
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Gaming 61%
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Desktop 70%
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Workstation 46%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $167

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $350Bench 75%, 79,985 samples4,441x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $488Bench 74%, 55,296 samples1,776x
Core i7-3770Intel  $400Bench 69%, 83,301 samples793x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $300Bench 64%, 328,704 samples1,047x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $340Bench 99%, 416,626 samples848x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $234Bench 71%, 419,597 samples689x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 319,548 samples721x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $97Bench 111%, 263,223 samples647x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $199Bench 95%, 76,168 samples244x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,140 samples231x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $897

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