Kingston HyperX Blu 1600MHz 16GB (2x8GB) Memory Kit Review

AIDA64 Extreme Edition

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.60 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business Edition 2.60 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises. This version just came out today (August 22, 2012) and we were able to quickly run the tests and include them in this review.

Corsair Vengeance Memory at 1600MHz CL9 1T:

Kingston HyperX Blu Memory at 1333MHz CL9 1T:

Kingston HyperX Blu Memory at 1600MHz CL10 2T:

Kingston HyperX Blu Memory at 1600MHz CL10 1T:

Benchmark Results: Running
AIDA64 Extreme Edition we found the read and write memory bandwidth
scores are 16376MB/s read and 18941MB/s write at 1333MHz 9,9,9,24 1T and increase to 18349MB/s read and 19597MB/s write at 1600MHz 10,10,10,27 1T timings. The read scores improved by 12.1% and the write scores improved by 3.5%. It’s a pretty solid performance improvement from setting the memory up to the specifications.