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ACR26D4U9S1KA-4 ACR26D4U9S8ME-8 12GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 56.4% (90th of 115)

Based on 475 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston ACR26D4U9S1KA-4 ACR26D4U9S8ME-8 12GB
Poor: 25%Average: 56.4% Great: 69%

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Average average bench

The Kingston ACR26D4U9S1KA-4 ACR26D4U9S8ME-8 12GB averaged 43.6% 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 Read Bench 22GB/s
Avg. 1 Core Write Bench 21.3GB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston ACR26D4U9S1KA-4 ACR26D4U9S8ME-8 12GB is 44.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston ACR26D4U9S1KA-4 ACR26D4U9S8ME-8 12GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 1 Core Read Bench 13.7GB/s
Avg. 16 Core Mixed IO Bench 15.6GB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 475 samples)
Rank 9056.4%
Min Avg Max
8.78 MC Read 22 26.3
7.7 MC Write 20.4 25.9
8.08 MC Mixed 15.6 20.2
55.3% 19.3 GB/s
Min Avg Max
6.18 SC Read 13.7 17.1
7.2 SC Write 21.3 32.9
7.68 SC Mixed 17.9 23.2
50.4% 17.6 GB/s
Min Avg Max
60.7 Latency 73.1 107
54.7% 73.1 ns
User Benchmarks BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
The fastest RAM (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2666, 2666 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
75.6% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 22.1
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 31
SC Mixed 22.6
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 64.2
62% 64.2 ns
2666, 2666 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
74.6% Very good
MC Read 29.8
MC Write 23.1
MC Mixed 27.5
77% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 27.6
SC Mixed 23.2
67% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
2667, 2667 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
66.7% Good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 24.8
MC Mixed 20.7
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 26.6
SC Mixed 18.4
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 104
39% 104 ns
2667, 2667 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
65.2% Good
MC Read 24
MC Write 24.3
MC Mixed 19.3
64% 22.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 21
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 65.6
61% 65.6 ns
2667, 2667 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
60.7% Good
MC Read 24.3
MC Write 23.9
MC Mixed 19.6
65% 22.6 GB/s
SC Read 10.6
SC Write 21.1
SC Mixed 14.7
44% 15.5 GB/s
Latency 124
32% 124 ns
2666, 2666 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
48.5% Average
MC Read 18.2
MC Write 17.6
MC Mixed 12.5
46% 16.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 18.1
SC Mixed 14.4
45% 15.7 GB/s
Latency 63.6
63% 63.6 ns
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 65,399,208 RAM Kits tested

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Gaming 41%
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Desktop 89%
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System: Acer Nitro N50-610

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $107Bench 85%, 153,026 samples2,017x
Core i5-10400Intel  $146Bench 84%, 71,804 samples452x
Core i7-10700Intel  $230Bench 93%, 71,010 samples402x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples1,230x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $200Bench 71%, 428,800 samples747x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $339Bench 90%, 645,160 samples202x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 512GBWDCBench 168%, 18,999 samples409x
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1014 512GBWDCBench 169%, 12,303 samples325x
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ1 256GBKingstonBench 100%, 13,793 samples149x
RAM
ACR26D4U9S1KA-4 ACR26D4U9S8ME-8 12GBKingstonBench 56%, 475 samples185x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $262

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