Testing:
The test system listed in the "Installation" section was used for the execution of all benchmarks, which include tests from these packages:
» PassMark Performance Test v6.1 Memory
» Lavalys Everest Ultimate Edition
» FutureMark 3DMark Vantage
» Track Mania Nations Forever Benchmark
All tests were executed in Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit, and then a second round of testing was conducted in Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit. Up until now, all of the kits have had 2GB capacities, but since this G.Skill kit has 4GB under its heatspreaders, 32-Bit Windows might not let them really shine.
For comparison purposes the G.Skill Pi Series PC3-12800 memory kit was tested head-to-head with three other 1600MHz kits, all of which happened to be 2GB in size. The image below shows the four kits to be compared, and the list below that details the basic specifications of the five configurations to be tested.
» G.Skill Pi Series 4GB PC3-12800 @ 1700MHz, 7-7-7-18, 1.92V
» G.Skill Pi Series 4GB PC3-12800 @ 1600MHz, 7-7-7-18, 1.90V
» Aeneon XTune 2GB PC3-12800 @ 1600MHz, 9-9-9-28, 1.60V
» Crucial Ballistix 2GB PC3-12800 @ 1600MHz, 8-8-8-34, 1.80V
» Patriot Viper 2GB PC3-12800 @ 1600MHz, 7-7-7-18, 1.80V
These five configurations represent each of the four kits at their stock speeds, as well as the G.Skill kit running overclocked to 1700MHz.
PassMark Performance Test v6.1 Memory:
PassMark Performance Test v6.1 was the first benchmark executed. Only the memory portion of this suite of tests was used, and the composite "Memory Mark" value is presented below as a general indication of performance. Higher numbers are better for this unitless value. The first chart shows all of the kits on hand, as tested under the 32-Bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium.
Here we see that the extra capacity obviously weighs in the G.Skill kit's favor as it has the same speed and timings of the Patriot kit, but puts up 44 Marks (5.7%) more.
Since 32-Bit operating systems can't take full advantage of 4GB of memory, I ran the 64-Bit version of this test with the same system booted into the 64-Bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium. The chart below shows the massive surge the Performance Test score receives by providing access to all that memory. We're looking at a 22% increase simply by going from 32-Bit to 64-Bit.
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