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G.SKILL F1-3200PHU2-2GBNS PC3200 |
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Test Setup
| Test System | |
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| CPU: | AMD Athlon64 3000+ Venice |
| Motherboard: | DFI LanParty NF4, Bios 5.10-2 Fix |
| Memory: | 2x 1024 MB G.SKILL F1-3200PHU2-2GBNS PC3200 |
| Video Card: | ATI Radeon X850 Pro PCI-E |
| Harddisk: | Maxtor Diamondmax 160GB |
| Power Supply: | HEC PurePower 475 |
| Software: | Windows XP SP2, Catalyst 6.1 |
Performance
Usually we are showing you here how a certain memory scales with increased voltage. But after a while of testing it became clear that this memory does not benefit from increasing voltage or changing the timings. Pretty much our sample always ran at 213-215 MHz, no matter the voltage. Relaxing timings did not help the overclock either. We tried voltages from 2.6V up to 2.9V and timings up to 3-4-4-8.With this memory it is best if you run it at the best timings possible because there is nothing to be gained from relaxing them.
The last test "JEDEC DDR-400A" is for comparison with a generic DDR module running at JEDEC standard timings.
| G.SKILL F1-3200PHU2-2GBNS PC3200 | ||||||||
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| CPU Clock & Memory Ratio | Memory Speed | Memory Timings | Everest Read | Everest Write | Everest Latency | Quake 3 Timedemo | 3DMark 2001SE | SuperPi Mod 1M |
| 9 x 200 1:1 | 200 MHz | 2.5-3-3-6 2.6V | 5345 MB/s | 2144 MB/s | 51.7 ns | 255.1 fps | 20182 | 46.60 s |
| 9 x 213 1:1 | 213 MHz | 2.5-3-3-6 2.6V | 5648 MB/s | 2133 MB/s | 48.9 ns | 270.0 fps | 21208 | 43.99 s |
| 9 x 214 1:1 | 214 MHz | 2.5-3-3-6 2.8V | 5714 MB/s | 2243 MB/s | 48.8 ns | 271.3 fps | 21243 | 43.75 s |
| 9 x 215 1:1 | 215 MHz | 3-3-3-6 2.8V | 5620 MB/s | 2154 MB/s | 49.0 ns | 271.2 fps | 21118 | 43.63 s |
| JEDEC DDR-400A | 200 MHz | 2.5-3-3-8 2.6V | 5314 MB/s | 2123 MB/s | 52.1 ns | 255.1 fps | 20162 | 46.61 s |
For easier comparison with other modules, we set the maximum voltage required for the best result (here 2.8V; max 3.1V) and tested until we found the highest clock frequency and fastest timings for this memory. The benchmarks Everest Read, Everest Write and Quake 3 were run. We then calculated the performance increase in percent compared to some standard DDR-400 memory running at JEDEC standard timings (2.5-3-3-8). The average percentage of the three benchmarks is listed in following table:
