PCMark04

PCMark04 is FutureMark's latest benchmarking utility aimed to test almost every component in computers. For today's testing, we will be looking specifically at the memory and overall system performance.

PCMark04
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System Score

Memory Score

Corsair @ 400 MHz

Corsair @ 500 MHz

Transcend @ 400 MHz

Transcend @ 500 MHz

3888

4760

3906

4714

0

(PCMarks)

6000

 

 

System Score

Memory Score

Corsair @ 400 MHz

Corsair @ 500 MHz

Transcend @ 400 MHz

Transcend @ 500 MHz

4113

5169

4123

5163

0

(PCMarks)

6000

 

 

PCMark04, a more real-world benchmark, shows a 22% increase in system performance from 400 MHz to 500 MHz while the increase in memory performance is once again around the 25% mark.

ScienceMark2

ScienceMark2 is a rather interesting utility which uses mathematical calculations to benchmark the CPU and memory. It also includes a very detailed memory benchmark. I focused on Bandwidth, ALU Register Copy, and MMX Register Copy for this benchmark. The ALU and MMX Register Copy test how fast the memory can handle transfers coming from the processor. The Bandwidth benchmark is quite obvious.

The MMX and ALU Register Copy tests both show around a 19-20% increase in performance from the extra 100 MHz while the Memory Bandwidth test shows a 24% increase in performance.