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Mushkin XP2-6400 2 GB CL4 Kit |
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Test Setup
| Test System | |
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| CPU: | Intel E6300 Conroe 1.8 GHz, 2 MB Cache |
| Motherboard: | ASUS P5B Deluxe BIOS 1101 Intel P965 C1 |
| Video Card: | ATI Radeon X850 Pro PCI-E |
| Harddisk: | Maxtor DiamondMax 160GB |
| Power Supply: | OCZ GameXStream 700W |
| Software: | Windows XP SP2, Catalyst 7.6 |
Performance
In the first test we evaluate how these modules do at their default settings of 4-4-3-10, to establish a baseline performance value. At those settings we increased the clocks as far as possible to find out how much overclocking you can get out of the box.The next three tests show how well the memory responds to different voltages at the CL5 setting. The frequencies shown are the maximum stable clock at this setting. As you can see the overclocks scale very nicely, the more juice you give the memory. The same is happening for the CL4 and CL3 scenarios. Please note that we had to run the CL3 tests at 3-3-3-4 because 3-2-2-4 was extremely unstable, the memory only booted with 2.25V+.
I find it very important to point out that the memory can run DDR2-800 MHz @ CL4 at 1.8Vand that you can reach DDR2-1066 @ CL5 with about 2.30V. With a bit of tweaking you can probably get it to run DDR2-800 @ CL3 but it will require a lot of voltage.
These different timings gives you added flexibility in situations where you want to reduce the clocks a bit and tighten the timings.
After looking through the benchmarks you can see that maximizing CPU clock is the most important factor when it comes to performance, then you should optimize memory speed.
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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 |
| 6 x 266 2:3 | 400 MHz | 4-4-3-10 2.1V | 6250 MB/s | 4219 MB/s | 75.4 ns | 472.4 fps | 23457 | 33.30 s |
| 6 x 293 1:2 | 439 MHz | 4-4-3-10 2.1V | 6879 MB/s | 4641 MB/s | 68.7 ns | 518.7 fps | 25400 | 30.27 s |
| 6 x 336 2:3 | 504 MHz | 5-5-5-15 1.85V | 7877 MB/s | 5333 MB/s | 61.5 ns | 589.1 fps | 27986 | 26.42 s |
| 6 x 354 2:3 | 531 MHz | 5-5-5-15 2.15V | 8304 MB/s | 5624 MB/s | 58.3 ns | 621.6 fps | 29201 | 25.08 s |
| 6 x 379 2:3 | 568 MHz | 5-5-5-15 2.35V | 8881 MB/s | 6014 MB/s | 54.5 ns | 662.1 fps | 30060 | 23.49 s |
| 6 x 276 2:3 | 414 MHz | 4-4-4-12 1.85V | 6478 MB/s | 4376 MB/s | 72.9 ns | 331.6 fps | 24174 | 32.13 s |
| 6 x 319 2:3 | 479 MHz | 4-4-4-12 2.15V | 7507 MB/s | 5062 MB/s | 63.0 ns | 382.9 fps | 27246 | 27.77 s |
| 6 x 344 2:3 | 516 MHz | 4-4-4-12 2.35V | 8074 MB/s | 5462 MB/s | 58.6 ns | 411.8 fps | 28645 | 25.73 s |
| 6 x 255 4:5 | 319 MHz | 3-3-3-4 1.85V | 5585 MB/s | 4027 MB/s | 88.7 ns | 436.0 fps | 21630 | 35.49 s |
| 6 x 293 4:5 | 366 MHz | 3-3-3-4 2.15V | 6423 MB/s | 4631 MB/s | 77.1 ns | 496.5 fps | 24238 | 30.91 s |
| 6 x 319 4:5 | 399 MHz | 3-3-3-4 2.35V | 7017 MB/s | 5043 MB/s | 70.9 ns | 541.2 fps | 25918 | 28.40 s |


This graph shows you at a quick glance which clock frequencies you can expect at which voltage. Please note that each individual module overclocks different, the results here can only be seen as an indicator of performance.

