Benchmarks (continued):
Everest Ultimate Edition 2006 Memory Benchmark:
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Everest Ultimate Edition 2006 Memory Benchmark is similar to the SiSoft Sandra test. The values are provided in units of MB/s, and higher values are better. The results follow the SiSoft Sandra benchmarks, showing an increase in scores over the G.Skill RAM. However, the Everest benchmark shows close to a 2% performance increase at the 230MHz overclocked speed. At the base speed, there was barely any increase in benchmark scores. Once again, I received a large boost in performance from the stock speed benchmark and the overclock benchmark, with a reported 14% increase.
3dMark2006:
The 2006 edition of 3DMark offers a sampling of tests that are used to develop a composite score to reflect your system's potential gaming performance. The results are presented in unitless "Marks", and higher is better. The results did not show a large potential increase in gaming performance. I received less than 1% over the G.Skill RAM, and nearly 2% between the stock and overclock scores.
Real World Gaming:
Finally, we have some real world 3D gaming tests. I tried out several 3D games, and could notice an improvement in gameplay in every one of them. At 1280x1024 resolution, I ran through a few sessions of Quake 4, F.E.A.R. Extraction Point (demo), and Battlefield 2. The results below are the average frames per second values as recorded by FRAPS over 10 minute periods. Higher results are better in these tests.
