Testing (continued):
Performance Test v6.1:
Performance Test offers a whole suite of benchmarks that can analyze the performance of just about all system components, and it will be used here to isolate the system memory. The composite "Memory Mark" (no units of measure) is shown in the chart below as an overall indication of the performance, while values for memory write speed (MB/s), uncached memory read speed (MB/s), and cached memory read speed (MB/s) are also provided. Higher numbers are better for all values.
The increased capacity seems to be a factor in greatly improving the overall score (Memory Mark), and once again overclocking increases the performance differential in favor of the G.Skill kit.
3DMark Vantage Build 1.0.1:
The effect of system memory on 3D gaming performance was analyzed with the latest 3D gaming benchmark from FutureMark... 3DMark Vantage. The complete suite of tests was executed in Performance mode, which has the settings on high and a resolution of 1280x1024. The chart below provides values for the CPU score, the GPU score, and the total score (higher is better for all results).
Other than the CPU doing a fraction of a percent better with the Kingston memory (when comparing results with identical memory clock speeds), the system receives a slight boost by switching to the G.Skill 4GB DDR2Pi Black Series dual channel memory kitry kit. For example, at 1000MHz the total score is 233 "Marks" higher with the G.Skill kit.
