Benchmarks
The following results were obtained on an un-optimized Windows 7 64-bit system, with the CPU sped at 4600MHz. As with all benchmarks your
own results may vary from ours. These are only used as a guide to what kind of performance you can expect on a similarly configured system.
Frequency
AIDA 64 Read
AIDA 64
Write
AIDA64 Copy
AIDA 64 Latency
MaxxMem
Super Pi 8M
Timings
2510 MHz
22788
17461
20246
40.6
1260
1m31.104
10-12-11-30-1T
2510 MHz
22561
17522
20194
41.3
1237.3
1m31.853
11-12-11-30-1T
2400 MHz
22494
17512
20101
41.6
1244.7
1m31.276
10-11-10-28-1T
1866 MHz
21015
17511
19188
45.7
1108.5
1m32.555
8-9-8-24-1T
us to drop the timings
to a respectable 8-98-24-1T. However the
sacrifice we had to make
in frequency was too much
for the tightened timings
to compensate for. As
such, this was the slowest
configuration we recorded.
It is worth noting however
that AIDA64 doesn’t really
tally the results of the
various frequencies and
settings properly, so the
results are in a very narrow
band which underplays the
differences these various
settings would actually
make to your benchmark
runs. 3DMark03 while not
presented here shows
some impressive gains
when comparing the lowest
speed we tested against
the highest overclock
we achieved. We ran two
settings at 2510MHz and at
10-12-11-30-1T we needed
significantly more voltage
(1.7V) than at 11-12-11-30-1T
but there was a difference
in the b enchmarks and one
that is sure to make itself
very evident in Super Pi
32M and other dependant
benchmarks. A more
comfortable setting for this
speed was 11-12-11-30-1T
which was achievable at
1.66V. If you have a CPU
that has a capable IMC this
should be easy to achieve
with very little adjustment in
the VCSSA voltage or VTT.
On that note, we also found
that in the X.M.P settings,
this set was configured
for a VCSSA voltage of
1.4V at 2400MHz, which is
seriously high for operating
an everyday system. So
we’d be cautious of setting
such a voltage should you
come across any instability.
1.2V proved to be more than
enough for any configuration
we tested.
[ Neo Sibeko ]
Summary
Overall we are
impressed with the
set, the X.M.P issue is
annoying but it’s nothing
that can’t be fixed easily.
This set gets thumbs
up from us especially
at such an aggressive
price. GEIL has
produced a decent set
with the EVO TWO PC319200. It may not set
the overclocking world
alight, but it’s sufficient
for most people’s
overclocking endeavours
on the X79 platform
Would you buy it?
There’s no reason not
to buy this set for the
asking price. If you need
an emergency OC set
this kit will do just fine.
The Score
7
.5/10
2012 | Issue 18 The OverClocker 17