Sisoft Sandra 2002 |
Source: Sandra |
|
Sandra is designed to
test the theoretical power of a complete system and individual components. The
numbers taken though are again, purely theoretical and may not represent real
world performance.
| SiSoft Sandra 2001 Benchmark Results |
|
Memory Benchmark |
ALU/FPU |
| 1. |
256MB Crucial PC1600 |
1542 MB/s / 1480 MB/s |
| 2. |
256MB Crucial PC2100 |
2072 MB/s / 1993 MB/s |
|
| 3. |
256MB Mushkin Enhanced PC2100 |
2077 MB/s / 1995 MB/s |
| 4. |
256MB Corsair XMS2400 |
2069 MB/s / 1991 MB/s |
|
| 5. |
256MB KingMAX PC2700 |
2072 MB/s / 1993 MB/s |
| 6. |
256MB OCZ PC3000 |
2070 MB/s / 1994 MB/s |
As we can see, only the RAM running at PC1600 offers less
bandwidth and since the other sticks of memory are all running at PC2100 speeds, they
all perform within a few MB/s of each
other.
PCMark is a new benchmark from our pals at MadOnion
which a whole system benchmark. It can be used on desktop PC's, Laptops and even
Workstations and tests everyday computing from home to office usage. PCMark
specifically stresses the CPU, memory subsystem, graphics subsystem, hard
drives, WindowsXP GUI (if WinXP is used), video performance and even laptop
batteries. This benchmark was released March 12, 2002 and can be downloaded from
Madonion if you would like to give it a test run on your computer for
comparisons sake... don't cry to hard when you compare your numbers to the ones
listed below!
Are we staring to see a trend here? You bet it. All the memory
running at PC2100 speeds performs at the same speed since they have the same memory
timings in the BIOS. The only stick of RAM that lags behind is the Crucial PC1600 because it runs slower.
3DMark2001 SE is the latest installment in
the 3DMark series by MadOnion. By combining DirectX8 support with completely new
graphics, it continues to provide good overall system benchmarks. 3DMark2001 SE
has been created in cooperation with the major 3D accelerator and processor
manufacturers to provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite
demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test
a system's true performance abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders,
Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping,
support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests
using Ipion real-time physics. Higher 3DMark scores denote better
performance.
| 3DMark2001 SE Benchmark Results |
|
Motherboard (FSB/Memory) |
3DMarks |
Ranking |
| 1. |
256MB Crucial PC1600 |
7865 |
|
| 2 |
256MB Crucial PC2100 |
8664 |
 |
| 3. |
256MB Mushkin Enhanced PC2100 |
8646 |
|
| 4. |
256MB Corsair XMS2400 |
8675 |
|
| 5. |
256MB KingMAX PC2700 |
8635 |
|
| 6. |
256MB OCZ PC3000 |
8651 |
|
Again, we
see that the PC2100 and higher class DDRAM performs the
same because they're all running at the same speed. Because the system is
bandwidth starved when running the memory at PC1600 speeds, the score is much
lower.
Quake III Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS)
that revolutionized gaming as we know it. Using multiple light sources and
having graphics textures that can fill videocards, even after 3 years it's still
able to bring a cutting edge system to its knees.
| Quake III Arena Fastest demo001 |
|
Motherboard (FSB/Memory) |
3DMarks |
Ranking |
| 1. |
256MB Crucial PC1600 |
225.5 |
|
| 2 |
256MB Crucial PC2100 |
281.4 |
|
| 3. |
256MB Mushkin Enhanced PC2100 |
282.1 |
|
| 4. |
256MB Corsair XMS2400 |
282.1 |
|
| 5. |
256MB KingMAX PC2700 |
281.6 |
|
| 6. |
256MB OCZ PC3000 |
282.3 |
|
| Quake III Arena Fastest nv15demo |
|
Motherboard (FSB/Memory) |
3DMarks |
Ranking |
| 1. |
256MB Crucial PC1600 |
64 |
|
| 2 |
256MB Crucial PC2100 |
80.3 |
|
| 3. |
256MB Mushkin Enhanced PC2100 |
80.3 |
|
| 4. |
256MB Corsair XMS2400 |
80.3 |
|
| 5. |
256MB KingMAX PC2700 |
80.3 |
|
| 6. |
256MB OCZ PC3000 |
80.4 |
|
It's well known that Quake III love memory bandwidth and
only the PC1600 DDR trails. Everything else is closely packed together way
ahead. The nv15demo is more CPU limited then anything else, but it's still
apparent that the CPU needs memory
bandwidth.
What was the purpose of this article?
Why did
we spend the time to state the obvious? Did we
though?
I for one know a few people who always insist on using
the fastest things available in their computers but yet they don't
overclock.
If you're not going to push your system beyond it's rated spec's, you really
honestly don't need that cool looking BGA RAM on the KingMAX or those cool
copper heat spreaders on the OCZ PC3000 DDR.
As we can see here, the only stick of RAM which
is left behind is the Crucial DDR when it's running at PC1600 speeds, it
simply doesn't have enough memory bandwidth to feed the Athlon processor.
The rest of the memory sticks perform identically because they're all
running at the same speed with the same RAM settings regardless of whether they
are DDR200-PC1600, DDR266-PC2100, DDR300-PC2400,
DDR333-PC2700, or DDR366-PC3000.
There you have it. If you're not going to be
overclocking you can pretty much get any ole stick of good quality PC2100
DDR RAM for your system, since at stock speeds it be performing as well as the more expensive
stuff like PC2700 and PC3000. However, if you're more of an enthusiast, it
is worth your while to pick up some higher quality DDRAM since it will allow you to
go higher in your overclocking adventures.
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