System Config and Test methodologies.
We used an Intel 965 chipset based mainboard with an Intel Core 2 Duo Conroe e6600 to test this memory kit.
The tests were made with Microsoft Windows XP SP2 fully updated with the last patches and without any optimization.
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Intel Platform |
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Cpu |
Core 2 Duo E6600 |
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Mainboard |
Asus P5B De Luxe bios 0804 |
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Chipset |
Intel 965 |
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Memory Kit |
BALLISTIX TRACER PC 6400 Dual Channel 4-4-4-12 a 2.2v |
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Video Card |
Sapphire X850XT su bus PCI |
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Hard Disk |
HD WD Caviar Special Edition 80 GB PATA 100 with 8 MB buffer |
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Cooling |
Liquid Cooled By OCLABS MB-6E + eheim 1250 |
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PSU |
Thermaltake ThoughPower 750 watt |
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OS |
Windows XP Professional SP2 |
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Benchmarking Tool |
CpuBench (memory score) |
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Tools used |
Clockgen 1.0.5.0 Cpu-z ver. 1.38 |
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Test Frequencies and voltages |
CPU with 9x multiplier in all the tests. Synthetics Benchmark with 2.2v e frequencies/timings: · DDR2 533 with 3-2-2-4 · DDR2 667 with 3-3-2-4 · DDR2 800 with 3-3-3-4 · DDR2 1067 with 4-4-4-4 Maximum Overclock reached for SuperPI 1M and 32M with the following voltages: · 2,25v da bios (2,24 in windows) · 2,45v da bios (2,43 in windows)
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We will make two different kind of tests, made to answer to these two following philosophies:
- the first type of test will be made by testing the memories under a series of benchmarking programs aimed to find the general performances. All the test are made to let at default the CPU frequency (leaving the CPU fsb @ 266MHz) and using the memory multiplier to reach all the frequencies we need. We will have a complete and usefull scheme for the DDR2 533/667/800/1067 frequencies.
- A second type of tests will made by applying two different voltage: 2.25v (to simulate a daily use) and 2.45 v (to simulate a benchmark usage, to analyse the behaviour of the kits with higher voltage). SuperPI 1 M will be used to find the minimal stability and SuperPI 32 M to find a better stability.
We used a mainboard without vmod and with air cooling, so eberyone will be able to make our test ad home.
