Performance Tests

Mushkin PC3500 Level II, Adata 450, and all of the Memory in our Part 2 roundup was compared at DDR400. Results are compared for Quake 3, Sandra UNBufferred Memory Test, Sandra Buffered Memory Test, and Super PI. The Sandra Memory Test reports 2 results for each memory test — an Integer value and a Float value. We considered adding the results together for our tests, but felt it might be difficult to compare to other Sandra UNBuffered test results.

Intel 875P DDR400 — 800FSB Memory Performance
Memory Memory Timings
& Voltage
Quake3
fps
Sandra UNBuffered Sandra Standard
Buffered
Super PI 2M places
(time in sec)
Mushkin PC3500 Level II 2-2-2
— 2 x 512MB DS
2-2-2-6
2.55v
328.30 INT 3091
FLT 3145
INT 4942
FLT 4901
126
OCZ 3700 Gold
— 2 x 256MB DS
2-2-3-6
2.55v
328.07 INT 2840
FLT 2852
INT 4821
FLT 4789
130
Kingston HyperX 4000
— 4 x 256MB SS
2.5-3-3-6
2.55v
324.30 INT 2514
FLT 2500
INT 4735
FLT 4757
131
Corsair XMS4000
— 2 x 512MB DS
2.5-3-4-5
2.55v
319.63 INT 2636
FLT 2647
INT 4702
FLT 4740
132
Kingston HyperX 4000
— 2 x 256MB SS
2.5-3-3-6
2.55v
320.13 INT 2589
FLT 2671
INT 4808
FLT 4745
132
OCZ 4000 Copper
— 2 x 512MB DS
2.5-3-4-5
2.55v
319.67 INT 2620
FLT 2657
INT 4701
FLT 4742
132
Adata DDR450
2 x 256MB SS
2-2-3-7
2.65v
311.0 INT 2590
FLT 2667
INT 4776
FLT 4744
132
Adata PC4000
— 2 x 512MB DS
2.5-3-3-6
2.55v
326.47 INT 2655
FLT 2624
INT 4704
FLT 4745
133
Geil Platinum 4000
— 2 x 512MB DS
2.5-3-4-5
2.55v
321.53 INT 2612
FLT 2646
INT 4701
FLT 4710
133

Results reported in our charts are the result of averaging the INT and FLOAT scores, which are normally close in value. INT and FLOAT scores were added and divided by 2 for our reported score. Since this is basically a continuation of our “Searching for the Memory Holy Grail” series, which examines the best performing configuration and memory for the 875/865 chipset, we have only included Intel 875 Performance Data in our charts.

Since current AMD systems really can’t use memory with DDR500 performance, and don’t require DDR500 for best performance, they were not included in earlier parts of this survey. However, DDR400 performance is very important on AMD boards, so we have included AMD memory performance for Mushkin and Adata.

AMD nForce2 Ultra 400 DDR400 — 400FSB Memory Performance
Memory Memory Timings
& Voltage
Quake3
fps
Sandra UNBuffered Sandra Standard
Buffered
Super PI 2M places
(time in sec)
Mushkin PC3500 Level II 2-2-2
2 x 512MB DS
2-2-2-4
2.55v
353.03 INT 1475
FLT 1589
INT 3073
FLT 2905
101
Adata DDR450
2 x 256MB SS
2-2-3-4
2.65v
344.6 INT 1402
FLT 1503
INT 3060
FLT 2880
104

Intel and AMD Performance numbers from these tests should not be compared. These tests were designed to benchmark memory performance. Due to differences in architecture, the AMD Barton testbed is running at 3200+ in these tests while the Pentium 4 2.4C is running at 2.4Ghz.

Mushkin PC 3500 Level II DDR400 Test Results
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  • Wesley Fink - Tuesday, September 2, 2003 - link

    MUSHKIN PC3500 LEVEL II AT FSB1000, 5:4 (DDR400, 2-2-2-5)

    We ran 1000FSB (500) at 5:4 with Mushkin PC3500 Level II at CAS 2-2-2-5. The testbed and ALL hardware and settings were the same as this review except for FSB/Ratio. Results are:

    Sandra UNBuffered - 2964/2959 or avg. 2962
    Sandra Buffered (Standard) ? 5470/5468 or avg. 5469
    Quake 3 ? 393.7fps
    UT2003 ? Flyby: 241.84
    Botmatch: 87.66
    SuperPI (2M places) ? 105s

    Write these numbers down and compare them to DDR400 on page 8&9 and DDR500 in Part 2 Page 14 (500FSB/DDR500) charts. You will see that 5:4 2-2-2-5 is very close to the performance of the DDR500.
  • Anonymous User - Tuesday, September 2, 2003 - link

    Oops... I have to take my last comment back. :(

    I have read through the whole article, and I dont see 250 FSB 1:1 3-4-4-8 vs 5:4 2-2-2-5 (200fsb vs. 250fsb ram speed) If they arent both tested together at the same CPU speed and FSB, only with the mem speed and timings change, its not perfect... But still a good review anyhow. :D

    Retrospooty
  • Anonymous User - Tuesday, September 2, 2003 - link

    Awesome review Wes,

    You took user feedback from the last review and tested your ram in a way NO OTHER REVIEWER HAS DONE SO FAR !!!! The right way.

    Well done my friend, well done.

    Retrospooty
  • Anonymous User - Tuesday, September 2, 2003 - link

    Black is cool!

    the mushkin PC3500 Level II is the perfect combination with a IC7 Max3.

  • Anonymous User - Tuesday, September 2, 2003 - link

    Given your propensity (and abuse by others) for OCZ, why did'nt you include OCZ platinum 3500 which is their ultra low latency RAM in this test. I have 2x256Mb OCZ platinum PC3200 (PC3500 wasnt and still isn't available in Australia when I built my system) in an ABIT IC7-G with 2.6C CPU. I get 2-2-2-5 to 190Mhz, 2-2-3-5 to 218 MHz and up to 230MHz on looser settings. I am moderately satisfied with this but I was offered CORSAIR XMS 3200 at time of purchase and, given your comments about Rev 1.1, I perhaps regret the path I took!
  • wicktron - Tuesday, September 2, 2003 - link

    I think you need to change the titles of the graphs on this page: http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.html?i=185...

    to DDR400 rather than DDR500.
  • wicktron - Tuesday, September 2, 2003 - link

    Great review Wes.

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