Super Pi32mb Shoot out 1600mhz standard Timings vs 2133,2600,2666 + 2800

[8 Pack]

I did some testing inspired mainly by Surveyor who has asked a couple of times if I could run some average 1600mhz Dimms and Timings vs some higher binned and tuned dimms in this benchmark. So here we see 1600mhz vs 2133 Tuned, 2600 Tuned 2666 Tuned and 2800 semi tuned I say this as my best timings at this speed are on an ES CPU and I could not use these with this retail sample so I had to slacken a few vital ones as the controller on this one simply cant match my ES in terms of tight timings and high memory frequency. CPU speed on all these is constant at 5.8ghz my full benching speed is 6ghz but that needs a lot of volts. I thought 5.8 was enough to show up any differences RAM speed could make.

1600mhz

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2133 mhz Tuned

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2600mhz Tuned

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2666mhz Tuned

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2800mhz Semi- Tuned

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Any comments / questions let me know.

 

[8 Pack]

8Pack, go away with your stupidly ridiculous RAM would ya

On a serious note, could you post you sub-timings for each speed please?

Yes I will no problem.

 

[8 Pack]

There does seem to be a bad case of diminishing returns beyond 2133 Mhz, good to know. Thanks for sharing.

No problem

 

[8 Pack]

Samsung Green can go 2800MHz, it's a prime candidate for extreme overclockers/benchmarkers as well.

It does scale well yes. But Samsung will not go as tight as these do. But your right you could bench with it for sure.

 

[8 Pack]

Thanks for the tests.

So there's very little difference after 2133MHz and around 6% difference between the bog standard, non-optimised (not even 1T) 1600MHz settings and your best results.

With the type of overclock on the processor most users are going to achieve I imagine the difference will be even less.

In my opinion these tests demonstrate:

1) The vast majority of Ivy Bridge users will be perfectly fine with 1600MHz RAM.

2) If the vast majority of users fancy having a tinker with higher RAM speeds then something like the Samsung Green is all they need. Not too expensive and it will get them nearly all the extra performance you can get from faster RAM.

3) The much more expensive RAM is really only for extreme overclockers/benchmarkers.

Thanks again.

I think in this your correct but I personally care about scores and about over clocking lower spec RAM too so I have a few different kits. I am gonna throw some PSC Based Gskill at tight timings at 2400 into the mix when I finish tuning. Thats another option for all I believe 2400mhz Cas7.

 

[8 Pack]

Tuned 2850 for retail CPU up on gene thread