What's your memory assessment speed?

[StreetSpirit]

Memory Assessment Speed

Mine is attached!

 

[Dave76]

Your x58 board and RAM should be in the +20k range.

Might want to check the settings or run memtest86+.

 

[Tweek]

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[Tweek]

8Gb (4x2Gb) Corsair XMS2 DDR 800
@ 866MHz, Timing 5-5-5-15-2T Timing
About 7870+ MB/sec

 

[Jaska]

 

[StreetSpirit]

Cheap RAM

Your x58 board and RAM should be in the +20k range.

Might want to check the settings or run memtest86+.

Good advice, however the RAM was free. This is a Dell (not my choice). At the time my sister ordered it, they screwed up and filled it with 12 gigs of ram. Unfortunately, it's their usual Elpida PC3-8500(F) @ 533mhz... As it's impossible to adjust timings with the Dell bios/mobo, I guess I'll have to settle for the score as is.

Attached is the screenshot of the timings. Could slow cheap ram be the reason my x58/950 is only showing ~15,000MB/s on the ram test?

 

[Jaska]

Attached is the screenshot of the timings. Could slow cheap ram be the reason my x58/950 is only showing ~15,000MB/s on the ram test?

I highly doubt it.. I bought the cheapest memory sold at the store (kingston) and it wasnt any overclocking memory, still 400mhz ddr2 running at 450mhz with no problem.

Comparing to other users results mine are double the bandwidth, am I doing something wrong with the test or comparing wrong results?

 

[StreetSpirit]

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Tweek, thanks for posting this. Cheers!

As for my ram situation - as there's nothing to adjust with a Dell BIOS and proprietary motherboard, I'm at a loss to figure out what I could do.. Suggestions anyone?

Thanks again.
Dave

 

[Dave76]

Your x58 board and RAM should be in the +20k range.

Might want to check the settings or run memtest86+.

Good advice, however the RAM was free. This is a Dell (not my choice). At the time my sister ordered it, they screwed up and filled it with 12 gigs of ram. Unfortunately, it's their usual Elpida PC3-8500(F) @ 533mhz... As it's impossible to adjust timings with the Dell bios/mobo, I guess I'll have to settle for the score as is.

Attached is the screenshot of the timings. Could slow cheap ram be the reason my x58/950 is only showing ~15,000MB/s on the ram test?

New higher quality RAM should raise the performance but, only a little since you can't adjust any settings with OEM BIOS.
I would just leave it as is, the performance is what it is designed to be.

 

[StreetSpirit]

Your x58 board and RAM should be in the +20k range.

Might want to check the settings or run memtest86+.

Good advice, however the RAM was free. This is a Dell (not my choice). At the time my sister ordered it, they screwed up and filled it with 12 gigs of ram. Unfortunately, it's their usual Elpida PC3-8500(F) @ 533mhz... As it's impossible to adjust timings with the Dell bios/mobo, I guess I'll have to settle for the score as is.

Attached is the screenshot of the timings. Could slow cheap ram be the reason my x58/950 is only showing ~15,000MB/s on the ram test?

New higher quality RAM should raise the performance but, only a little since you can't adjust any settings with OEM BIOS.
I would just leave it as is, the performance is what it is designed to be.

Good suggestion. My sister is happy with the performance and actually only scratches the surface of the capabilities of the i7-950 coupled with 12 gigs of ram, and that's what matters.

--
Regards
Dave

 

[Perkone]

2x2GB Transcend and 2x2GB Kingston, clocked 1533MHz 9-9-9-24

 

[ickymay]

happy with mine

 

[shnabz]

G.SKILL RIPJAWS
DDR3
4GB (DUAL 2X2)
669.7 MHz
9,9,9,24,33,1T

 

[paulpicks21]

8gb G.skill Ripjaws x DDR3 1600 8-8-8-24

So far seems to be very good memory , a bargain at £77 I think.

 

[jcgriff2]

I seem to be on the slow end here...?

[FONT=lucida console]Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601][/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.[/FONT]
 
[FONT=lucida console]C:\Windows\system32>winsat mem[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]Windows System Assessment Tool[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Running: Feature Enumeration ''[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Run Time 00:00:00.00[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Running: System memory performance assessment ''[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Run Time 00:00:05.18[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Memory Performance                           [B]5256.81 MB/s[/B][/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Total Run Time 00:00:08.55[/FONT]
 
[FONT=lucida console]C:\Windows\system32>winsat mem[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]Windows System Assessment Tool[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Running: Feature Enumeration ''[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Run Time 00:00:00.00[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Running: System memory performance assessment ''[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Run Time 00:00:05.12[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Memory Performance                           [B]7489.00 MB/s[/B][/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Total Run Time 00:00:07.53[/FONT]
 
[FONT=lucida console]C:\Windows\system32>winsat mem[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]Windows System Assessment Tool[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Running: Feature Enumeration ''[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Run Time 00:00:00.00[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Running: System memory performance assessment ''[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Run Time 00:00:05.15[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Memory Performance                           [B]5257.07 MB/s[/B][/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]> Total Run Time 00:00:07.46[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]C:\Windows\system32>[/FONT]

[FONT=lucida console]System Model:     HP Pavilion dv7-1020us Notebook PC[/FONT]
[FONT=Lucida Console]OS:               Windows 7 x64 Ultimate - full retail version[/FONT]
 
[FONT=lucida console]Motherboard:[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]    Manufacturer    Compal[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]    Model    30F4[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]    Version    F.2C[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]    Chipset Vendor    Intel[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]    Chipset Model    PM45[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]    Chipset Revision    07[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]    Southbridge Vendor    Intel[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]    Southbridge Model    82801IM (ICH9-M)[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]    Southbridge Revision    03[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]        [/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]BIOS           HP  Version F.2C   Date    08/24/2009[/FONT]
 
[FONT=lucida console]Processor:   Intel Core2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs) [COLOR=red]185°F[/COLOR]                 [/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]                Penryn 45nm Technology[/FONT]
 
[FONT=lucida console]Memory:     4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 398MHz (6-6-6-18)[/FONT]
 
[FONT=lucida console]HDD:         488GB Seagate ST9500325AS ATA Device (SATA) [COLOR=red]92°F[/COLOR][/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]Video:       512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT   [COLOR=red]180°F[/COLOR][/FONT]
 
[FONT=lucida console]Audio:       VIDIA High Definition Audio[/FONT]
[FONT=lucida console]            IDT High Definition Audio CODEC[/FONT]
 
[FONT=lucida console]Network:   Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN[/FONT]

 

[Dave76]

jcgriff2,
For the system specs, DDR2, those numbers are good.

Intel Core2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs) 185°F

I would definitely be concerned with the CPU at 185°F (85°C).

Max temp CPU core should be around 149°F (65°C) or less.

Average running temp should be below 122°F (50°C).

My 'similar' laptop runs at 112°F (45°C).

Check that it has good airflow from the bottom.
Open it up and see if there is a lot of dust in there, and that the fans are working.

 

[paulpicks21]

Yeah I agree with Dave , seems bang on for DDR2 , I used to get around 6000MB/s
on my slightly overclocked DDR2 800 ram.

Oh and I couldnt resist a cheeky overclock on my new ram , check out the score now lol.

 

[oreo27]

And here's mine. Is everything in order for my RAM sticks?

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Yeah I agree with Dave , seems bang on for DDR2 , I used to get around 6000MB/s
on my slightly overclocked DDR2 800 ram.

Oh and I couldnt resist a cheeky overclock on my new ram , check out the score now lol.

So is this normal then? They're not overclocked.

And here's mine. Is everything in order for my RAM sticks?

View attachment 137672

 

[Dave76]

oreo27, your looks good.

The above posts are discussing laptop RAM speeds, desktops are a bit faster.

 

[oreo27]

oreo27, your looks good.

The above posts are discussing laptop RAM speeds, desktops are a bit faster.

Thanks mate. Haven't had the money to upgrade yet.

But hey, I can play Mass Effect 2 on all high settings with 4X anti aliasing on 1920x1080. It's pretty good overall.