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Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9

XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 45.8% (100th of 113)

Based on 5,732 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair XMS3 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 2x4GB
Poor: 26%Average: 45.8% Great: 54%

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Below average average bench

The Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB averaged 54.1% 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 73.8ns
Avg. 16 Core Read Bench 16.4GB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB is 27.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 12.2GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Mixed IO Bench 13.6GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,732 samples)
Rank 10045.8%
Min Avg Max
8.9 MC Read 16.4 19.1
7.07 MC Write 16 19.5
8 MC Mixed 14.6 17.2
44.8% 15.7 GB/s
Min Avg Max
6.4 SC Read 12.2 15.5
5.97 SC Write 13.9 18.9
6.9 SC Mixed 13.6 17.1
37.8% 13.3 GB/s
Min Avg Max
61.2 Latency 73.8 105
54.2% 73.8 ns
User Benchmarks Bench Multi core Single core Latency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
47.9% Average
MC Read 17
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 16
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 10.8
SC Write 8.1
SC Mixed 11.8
29% 10.2 GB/s
Latency 65.1
61% 65.1 ns
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
47.2% Average
MC Read 17.1
MC Write 16.4
MC Mixed 15
46% 16.2 GB/s
SC Read 11.5
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 13.6
39% 13.5 GB/s
Latency 69.8
57% 69.8 ns
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
46% Average
MC Read 16.3
MC Write 16.5
MC Mixed 14.7
45% 15.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 14.5
SC Mixed 13.2
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 78.8
51% 78.8 ns
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
44.8% Average
MC Read 15.8
MC Write 15
MC Mixed 12.9
42% 14.6 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 14.7
44% 15.3 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
42.3% Average
MC Read 15.6
MC Write 15.8
MC Mixed 14.5
44% 15.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 5.1
SC Mixed 9.3
27% 9.3 GB/s
Latency 88.4
45% 88.4 ns
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
30.2% Below average
MC Read 9.8
MC Write 8.7
MC Mixed 13.1
30% 10.5 GB/s
SC Read 8
SC Write 6.4
SC Mixed 7.8
21% 7.4 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
28.9% Poor
MC Read 9.3
MC Write 9.5
MC Mixed 8.6
26% 9.13 GB/s
SC Read 9.1
SC Write 10
SC Mixed 9.2
27% 9.43 GB/s
Latency 79.5
50% 79.5 ns
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM 1333 MHz
24.7% Poor
MC Read 8.1
MC Write 7
MC Mixed 6.6
21% 7.23 GB/s
SC Read 8.4
SC Write 9.2
SC Mixed 8
24% 8.53 GB/s
Latency 68.9
58% 68.9 ns
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Gaming 6%
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Desktop 65%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $226Bench 74%, 190,565 samples1,251x
Core i7-2600Intel  $213Bench 72%, 118,729 samples1,051x
Core i5-2400Intel  $75Bench 69%, 111,470 samples743x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 107,262 samples945x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $145Bench 31%, 603,361 samples836x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 105,650 samples569x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 64%, 196,784 samples602x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 59%, 99,987 samples383x
Virtual NVMe Disk 275GBParallelsBench 202%, 497 samples369x
RAM
XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 46%, 5,732 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $254

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Excellent

19 months ago.

Decent ram for the price, I would recommend to anyone looking for cheaper and reliable DDR3 ram!

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