Test Setup and Procedure
The following system will be used to test this ram:
| Processor | Intel Core i7 3770K |
| Motherboard | Asus Maximus V Gene |
| Ram | 2x4Gb Patriot Intel Extreme Master |
| Graphics Card | MSI Radeon 7970 Lightning |
| Hard Drive | Patriot 120Gb Pyro SSD (Thanks Patriot) |
| Optical Drive | Samsung 8x DVD-rw |
| CPU Cooler | Custom Watercooling loop |
| Power Supply | 1200w Antec Quattro |
| Chassis | Navig Benching station |
| Network | Asus wireless |
| Monitor | 24″ Dell |
| OS | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit |
We’ll be using the following benchmarks and identification programs:
- CPU-Z
- AIDA64
- wprime
- Maxxmem
- Maxxmem2
- SuperPi 32m
CPU-Z Info
With this memory it might be a good idea to use system defaults before you apply XMP profiles. Using a couple different boards I was given weird XMP settings when using them after previously using a different set of ram. I also had to raise the memory voltage to 1.53v in bios in order to compensate for any memory voltage drop that happens. So don’t be surprised if you are welcomed by a BSOD the first couple times you try to boot into windows without adding a little bump of voltage.
Here is the SPD information. I have to say that command rate of 3 is pretty depressing. This memory had no problem at all running a command rate of 2 or 1 throughout testing on stock voltages/XMP profile settings.
AIDA64
Here we have your standard SPD information in AIDA64. However AIDA64 goes more in-depth to show additional subtimings that cpu-z does not show.
SuperPi 32m
SuperPi 32m is a benchmark that is heavily affected by the speed and timings of memory, as well as the amount of memory chanels that are used.
Wprime
Although wprime is not heavily affected by memory speed, additional speed does in fact help speed up the benchmark even if it is a slight amount.
Maxxmem
Maxxmem hwbot version calculates memory speed, however it does not use more than two channels. But of course that is not a problem with Ivy Bridge.
MaxxMem2
