Test System

Pentium 4 2.4c
ABIT IC7-MAX3
ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256 MB
160 GB SATA Seagate Barracuda (8 MB cache)
LiteOn 16X DVD-ROM
Soyo Raptor 400W Power Supply
Windows XP Professional (all the latest updates except Service Pack 2 installed)



SiSoft Sandra 2004

Our first test is SiSoftware Sandra 2004's memory benchmark which calculates both integer and float memory bandwidth. The results are purely theoretical and may not accurately represent real-world performance. Higher numbers represent better performance.

SiSoft Sandra 2004
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Memory Bandwidth (Int)

Memory Bandwidth (Float)

Corsair PC3200 XL Pro @ 200 MHz

Mushkin PC3200 LII V2 @ 200 MHz

Mushkin PC3200 LII V2 @ 213 MHz

Mushkin PC3200 LII V2 @ 250 MHz

4839

4819

5139

5838

0

(MB/s)

8000

 

 

Memory Bandwidth (Int)

Memory Bandwidth (Float)

Corsair PC3200 XL Pro @ 200 MHz

Mushkin PC3200 LII V2 @ 200 MHz

Mushkin PC3200 LII V2 @ 213 MHz

Mushkin PC3200 LII V2 @ 250 MHz

4818

4851

5140

5875

0

(MB/s)

8000

 

 

At stock speeds, the modules from Corsair and Mushkin show very little variation. This might have a little something to do with the fact that both modules use the same exact stock speeds and timings, no?

FutureMark PCMark04 Build 120

PCMark04 is FutureMark's latest benchmarking utility aimed at testing almost every component in a computer. PCMark04 uses portions of real applications to stress the system. For today's testing, we will be looking specifically at the memory and overall system performance.

The overclock from 200 to 213 MHz while keeping timings of 2-2-2-5 gives the Mushkin memory a good 5% boost in the PCMark04 system score and almost an 8% increase in memory score.