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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 34.9% (112th of 115)

Based on 85,415 user benchmarks.  Model: Unknown 12GB
Poor: 20%Average: 34.9% Great: 50%

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Poor average bench

The Unknown 12GB averaged 65.1% 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 89.6ns
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 13.2GB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Unknown 12GB is 30.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Unknown 12GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 8.96GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Write Bench 9.01GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 85,415 samples)
Rank 11234.9%
Min Avg Max
6.9 MC Read 13.2 19.4
5.4 MC Write 11 18.4
5.8 MC Mixed 11.4 16.5
34% 11.9 GB/s
Min Avg Max
4.7 SC Read 8.96 13.8
4.97 SC Write 9.01 16
5.3 SC Mixed 9.97 15.2
26.6% 9.31 GB/s
Min Avg Max
61.4 Latency 89.6 145
44.6% 89.6 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
null MHz
8192, 4096 MB
39.9% Below average
MC Read 13.5
MC Write 13.9
MC Mixed 12.5
38% 13.3 GB/s
SC Read 11.6
SC Write 13.4
SC Mixed 13
36% 12.7 GB/s
Latency 77.9
51% 77.9 ns
null MHz
4096, 8192 MB
33.9% Below average
MC Read 12.8
MC Write 10.7
MC Mixed 11.1
33% 11.5 GB/s
SC Read 8.4
SC Write 6.9
SC Mixed 10.2
24% 8.5 GB/s
Latency 76.7
52% 76.7 ns
null MHz
8192, 4096 MB
30.9% Below average
MC Read 10
MC Write 10.1
MC Mixed 11
30% 10.4 GB/s
SC Read 9.2
SC Write 10.8
SC Mixed 11.8
30% 10.6 GB/s
Latency 120
33% 120 ns
null MHz
4096, 2048, 2048, 4096 MB
28.8% Poor
MC Read 11.8
MC Write 10.3
MC Mixed 11.4
32% 11.2 GB/s
SC Read 3
SC Write 3.8
SC Mixed 4.9
11% 3.9 GB/s
Latency 168
24% 168 ns
null MHz
8192, 4096 MB
28.2% Poor
MC Read 9.8
MC Write 8.9
MC Mixed 8.6
26% 9.1 GB/s
SC Read 8.1
SC Write 7.3
SC Mixed 8.2
22% 7.87 GB/s
Latency 75.4
53% 75.4 ns
null MHz
2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB
24.6% Poor
MC Read 9.2
MC Write 8
MC Mixed 8
24% 8.4 GB/s
SC Read 5.7
SC Write 4.4
SC Mixed 6.2
16% 5.43 GB/s
Latency 98.1
41% 98.1 ns
null MHz
2048, 2048, 8192 MB
16.5% Very poor
MC Read 5.7
MC Write 6.4
MC Mixed 6
17% 6.03 GB/s
SC Read 3.7
SC Write 5
SC Mixed 3.1
11% 3.93 GB/s
Latency 285
14% 285 ns
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 63,772,736 RAM Kits tested.

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $100Bench 29%, 946,701 samples124x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples79x
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A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples79x
A400 480GBKingston  $33Bench 74%, 237,487 samples48x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples46x
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12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples1x
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