Benchmarks
All results were obtained at 4600MHz s on a normal install of Windows 7 64-bit. These are our results, yours may vary so only
use these as a guideline for a similarly configured system
ADATA XPG DDR3
2133MHz 2x8GB
AIDA 64 Read
AIDA 64 Write
AIDA 64
Copy
AIDA 64
Latency
Maxxmem
SuperPi 8M
Frequency
Timings
22192
23507
25646
33
1638.4
1.29.482
2200
9-11-11-28-1N
23083
23333
26478
32.5
1659.4
1.29.045
2400
10-12-12-28-1N
23881
23543
27237
31.8
1725.4
1.29.637
2600
11-13-13-28-1N
24945
24345
28420
30.4
1914.4
1.29.398
2667
11-13-13-30-1N
You can see from the
performance, courtesy of the
Maximus V Extreme and its
memory profiles we were able
to hit 2,600MHz which is mighty
impressive given that we hadn’t
adjusted the operating voltage
much and in fact reached this
speed and timings with 1.67V.
Good enough for everyday use.
The 2,667MHz setting was
uncharacteristically delivering
great numbers which is great
for overclockers who are
willing to operate their RAM at
1.7V or more for overclocking
sessions. However, given that
this RAM is specifically geared
towards gamers, we felt the
2,600MHz setting is more
attainable and in a way safer,
because as mentioned earlier,
the adjustment in operating
voltage is small enough to not
be damaging to the memory.
With the 2,400MHz setting,
we didn’t even need to adjust
voltage but merely loosen the
timings to reach the desired
frequency. This is where
we think ADATA missed an
opportunity. Indeed it’s true
that CL9 will always look more
attractive than CL10 but we’ve
established already that timings
mean nothing to the target
market at all. We’d wager
that you can sell frequencies
better than you can timings
and as such selling this set as
a 2400MHz CL10 kit would go a
long way into making the price
a little easier to swallow. If not
2,400MHz at least 2,200MHz
especially because the X.M.P
profile is actually for 2,200MHz
with the exact same given
timings for 2133MHz.
Ultimately the biggest
challenge facing this kit is not
other vendors with similar sets
but it’s from within ADATA’s
own range, namely the cheaper
8GB kit. It’s for all intents and
purposes an identical kit and
we’d be surprised if it didn’t
reach the same speeds as this
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