OCZ 2x1GB DDR3 PC3-12800 Platinum EB Review

System Benchmarks:

The next round of benchmarks will look at the system as a whole and then focus in on the memory sub-system. First up is PCMark 05 which tests all of the subsystems of a computer including hard drive, memory, graphics, etc.. Memory doesn't tend to play a massive role in PCMark 05 results but with the inherent differences between the DDR2 and DDR3 systems, we might get a bit of a surprise. The built in WinRar benchmark can be sensitive to memory timings and frequency so we might see some results identifying this.


As expected, the PCMark 05 scores are all but the same between the two setups at 3200Mhz. WinRAR, however, does seem to show some definite benefits to higher memory frequency. The DDR2-1200 and DDR3-1600 times are almost identical but when compared to the first red result, they are less than 10 seconds behind and over 300MHz of CPU frequency less.


SuperPi is one benchmark that really shows off the power of DDR3 especially in the longer bench of 32 Million digits. There is over a 20 second difference which is quite substantial. Of course, SuperPi doesn't really relate to a whole lot of real world performance but for those that are into benchmarking SuperPi, DDR3 is a must have as the advantage is pretty substantial. The last of the benchmarks we will look at deal with 3D performance.