Product Application:

PC3-15000 DDR3

Product Provided by:

Patriot

Available at:

Newegg

Memory MSRP:

$264.99

Availability:

Now

Review by:

Paul

Edited by:

Scott

Review date:

May 4th, 2008

 

 

 

Test Results

     The majority of testing will be done using SiSoft Sandra Pro Business version.  ClubOC has been using SiSoft Sandra for many years now and it's pretty much the main benchmarking program we use for testing memory.

 
Memory Speed / Bus Speed Timings Int Buff'd Float Buff'd
1066MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 4663MB/s 4687MB/s
1866MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 8855MB/s 8833MB/s

     Linked is definitely the way to go as long as your CPU can run that high.

 

Everest Ultimate Edition
Speed Timings Read Write Copy Latency
1066MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 5171MB/s 4855MB/s 5380MB/s 64.0ns
1866MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 10273MB/s 8464MB/s 8511MB/s 58.9ns

     Everest tests the memory in a bunch of different ways.  That's one of the reasons I like to use it.  Overall, the memory performed alright.  The latency scores are really high, but what can you expect with the memory timings.  Next up is the PCmark05's memory test.

PCMark05 Memory Test
Speed Timings Score
1066MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 4475
1866MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 7544

 

PCMark Vantage Memory Test
Speed Timings Score
1066MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 3385
1866MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 4203

 

3DMark06
Speed Timings Score
1066MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 8356
1866MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 12032

 

3DMark Vantage
Speed Timings Score
1066MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 P4192
1866MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 P4807

 

Aquamark
Speed Timings Score
1066MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 79,842
1866MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 128,628

 

Super PI
Speed Timings Score
1066MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 27.600s
1866MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 15.921s

Cinebench 10
Speed Timings Score
1066MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 Rendering 1 CPU 1910 CB-CPU
Rendering X CPU 3572 CB-CPU
OpenGL 3237 CB-GFX
1866MHz / 1866MHz 8-8-8-24 Rendering 1 CPU 3328 CB-CPU
Rendering X CPU 6347 CB-CPU
OpenGL 4618 CB-GFX

Conclusion

     It's great to see DDR3 coming into the price range of normal people.  Patriot has released some very fast memory.  This is the fastest default speed for memory that we've tested here at the Club.  This memory was very close to the magical 1000Mhz (DDR2000).  It would achieve that speed but at the sacrifice of CAS latency.  The memory overclocked only 55MHz (110DDR) more, but that is still better than not overclocking at all.  to be honest, I wasn't expecting the memory to have any headroom, since it was already overclocked pretty far from the factory.  Overall, The PC3-15000 from Patriot is very fast and affordable.  That is a combination that we like to see at Club Overclocker.  This memory is easily, "Club Overclocker Recommended".

Performance: 5 out of 5

Innovation:

4 out of 5

Quality:

4 out of 5

Stability:

5 out of 5
Aesthetics: N/A

Software/Drivers Pack:

N/A

Overclocking:

2 out of 5
Value: 4 out of 5

Project Skill Level
(5 being most difficult)

2 out of 5