OCZ DDR3 PC3-14400 Platinum 2 GB

Test Setup

Test System
CPU:	Intel E6300 Conroe 1.8 GHz, 2 MB Cache
Motherboard:	ASUS P5K3 Deluxe BIOS 0704
Video Card:	PowerColor X800XL Pro 16 PCI-E
Harddisk:	Samsung P80 80 GB
Power Supply:	Ultra V-Power 450W
Software:	Windows XP SP2, Catalyst 7.6

Performance & Overclocking

The first thing done, when testing this memory is simply running it at the rated speed. This meant setting the OCZ memory to 1800 MHz in the BIOS. The only way to achieve this, is to set the FSB to 450 MHz, so you will have to have a board that can manage such high settings. On the ASUS P5K3 Deluxe, the memory ran like a charm at the rated settings. The next step was to increase the memory voltage to the maximum supported - 2.05V in this case. With this we managed to get 1860 MHz at the same CL rating. So you still have a bit of headroom with this kit. Lowering the CL rating to 9 or 10 only gave us an extra 10-15 MHz, so we were not able to break 2000 MHz with these sticks.

The next step is used to find the tightest timings the memory will work at. This is CL 5-4-4-12. At this rating we managed to squeeze 1198 MHz out of these at 2.05V, which is quite impressive. The last benchmarking process is done by going through each CL rating and benchmarking certain milestones like 1333 MHz or 1600 MHz and benchmarking the maximum the memory is capable of at standard voltage and 2.05V. The CPU mulitplier was dropped from 7 to 6x as soon as a FSB above 400 MHz was required. This is done to make sure, that the processor does not become the bottleneck.

OCZ DDR3 1800 MHz CL8-8-8-27 2GB Kit
CPU Clock Memory Ratio	Memory Speed	Memory Timings	Everest Read	Everest Write	Everest Latency	Quake 3 Timedemo	3DMark 2001SE	SuperPi Mod 1M
7 x 266 2:3	400 MHz	5-4-4-12 1.5V	6281 MB/s	4841 MB/s	80.3 ns	534.8 fps	24452	28.97 s
7 x 289 2:3	434 MHz	5-4-4-12 1.5V	6811 MB/s	5256 MB/s	73.8 ns	575.3 fps	25778	26.73 s
7 x 339 2:3	598 MHz	5-4-4-12 2.05V	7989 MB/s	6169 MB/s	62.9 ns	673.8 fps	27801	22.79 s
7 x 318 2:3	478 MHz	5-5-5-15 1.5V	7458 MB/s	5765 MB/s	67.9 ns	634.8 fps	26858	24.34 s
7 x 320 3:5	533 MHz	5-5-5-15 1.7V	7260 MB/s	5772 MB/s	71.1 ns	632.5 fps	27070	24.28 s
7 x 300 1:2	600 MHz	5-5-5-15 1.9V	7389 MB/s	5402 MB/s	67.7 ns	603.4 fps	26277	25.67 s
7 x 325 1:2	651 MHz	5-5-5-15 2.05V	8075 MB/s	5871 MB/s	62.5 ns	650.5 fps	27440	23.62 s
7 x 328 3:5	547 MHz	6-6-6-18 1.5V	7416 MB/s	5972 MB/s	69.9 ns	641.9 fps	27104	23.73 s
7 x 333 1:2	667 MHz	6-6-6-18 1.8V	8245 MB/s	5999 MB/s	61.1 ns	662.5 fps	27776	23.14 s
7 x 386 1:2	772 MHz	6-6-6-18 2.05V	9567 MB/s	7021 MB/s	52.6 ns	754.9 fps	28877	19.93 s
7 x 329 1:2	658 MHz	7-7-7-24 1.5V	7819 MB/s	5929 MB/s	65.9 ns	649.1 fps	27315	23.60 s
7 x 395 1:2	791 MHz	7-7-7-24 2.05V	9015 MB/s	6298 MB/s	57.1 ns	679.6 fps	28171	22.53 s
7 x 346 1:2	692 MHz	8-8-8-27 1.5V	8225 MB/s	6292 MB/s	62.6 ns	680.3 fps	27982	22.48 s
7 x 400 1:2	800 MHz	8-8-8-27 1.7V	8925 MB/s	7241 MB/s	59.1 ns	754.9 fps	29803	19.56 s
6 x 450 1:2	900 MHz	8-8-8-27 1.9V	9640 MB/s	7139 MB/s	54.6 ns	760.4 fps	29692	19.96 s
6 x 465 1:2	930 MHz	8-8-8-27 2.05V	9993 MB/s	7378 MB/s	52.8 ns	768.8 fps	30187	19.29 s

The voltage scaling graph shows some great properties. The OCZ DDR3 memory is very balanced, as both a higher CL setting and a raise in voltage result in a speed improvement. Only at CL7 do we see an invisible wall, which the memory did not seem to be able to break, no matter how much we set the voltage at. Please note that each individual module overclocks different, the results here can only be seen as an indicator of performance.