Test Rig:

• Pentium 4 2.4c
• ABIT IC7-MAX3
• PowerColor Radeon 9800 XT (Catalyst 4.2)
• 200 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9
• LiteOn 16X DVD-ROM
• Soyo Raptor 400W Power Supply
• Windows XP Professional (latest updates)

SiSoft Sandra 2004

Our first test is Sandra's memory benchmark. The results are purely theoretical and may not accurately represent real-world performance.

SiSoft Sandra
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Memory Bandwidth Int

Memory Bandwidth Float

Corsair XMS PC3500 @ 400 MHz (Single)

Corsair XMS PC3500 @ 433 MHz (Single)

Corsair XMS PC3500 @ 433 MHz (Dual)

Crucial PC3400 @ 400 MHz (Single)

3006

3247

5179

2998

0

(MB/s)

6000

 

 

Memory Bandwidth Int

Memory Bandwidth Float

Corsair XMS PC3500 @ 400 MHz (Single)

Corsair XMS PC3500 @ 433 MHz (Single)

Corsair XMS PC3500 @ 433 MHz (Dual)

Crucial PC3400 @ 400 MHz (Single)

3003

3250

5181

2991

0

(MB/s)

6000

 

 

With the Corsair PC3500 clocked at 400 MHz (PC3200 speeds), it performs on par with the Crucial PC3200. Compare those results to the Corsair at 433 MHz, and there is a nice performance increase. And as you would expect, when using two channels, there is a much, much larger increase in speed.

Aida32

AIDA32 has a built in benchmark that tests the theoretical read/write bandwidth of system memory. Like Sandra, the results may vary from the memory's real-world performance.

The results of the Read Bandwidth benchmark show results much like those given by Sandra.