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DDR3 Week Round-Up
Test Rig:
All of the RAM sets were tested on the same computer, with the parts listed below:
- Thermaltake Kandalf LCS case
- ASUS Striker II NSE motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
- Western Digital 80GB SATA HDD
- ATI Radeon HD 3870
- Tagan BZ900 900W PSU
CPU-Z:
CPU-Z isn't exactly a benchmark, so there's really no "who's better than the other" here. Below, we've posted the CPU-Z images for all 6 products for each frequency. Refer to the individual product reviews if something you see doesn't make sense.
Kingston
1375 |
Corsair 1600 |
Kingston 1600 |
PQI 1600 |
Super Talent 1800 |
Patriot 1800 |
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MemTach:
Higher numbers are better.
| Model: | memset 1375 | memcpy 1375 | memset 1600 | memcpy 1600 | memset 1800 | memcpy 1800 |
Kingston 1375 |
2351.4 |
1872.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Corsair 1600 |
2410.6 |
1928.4 |
2443.3 |
1938.5 |
0 |
0 |
Kingston 1600 |
2403.2 |
1866.3 |
2469 |
1926.2 |
0 |
0 |
PQI 1600 |
2413.6 |
1902.1 |
2296.8 |
1875 |
0 |
0 |
Super Talent 1800 |
2360.5 |
1878.4 |
2429.3 |
1910.9 |
2344.2 |
1798.7 |
Patriot 1800 |
2402.3 |
1924.8 |
2452 |
1934.3 |
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memset |
memcpy |
As you can see from the graphs above, the PQI RAM seems to lead in the memset 1375 test, but drops to the bottom for the memset 1600 test (since the Kingston 1375 can't be tested at that frequency). The leader in memset 1600 becomes the Kingston DDR3-1600 kit. Memcpy 1375 starts with a nice lead from the Corsair DDR3-1600 kit, and stays strong through the memcpy 1600 test as well. We notice in the 1800MHz test that the Super Talent RAM has a severe drop in performance, even below the 1375 test. Our Patriot kit wouldn't operate at a FSB of 1066, so the results were not included to be fair.
Real Time Pricing: