High Performance Results (Cont.)

Of course we also let Everest Ultimate Edition have a go on these Tracer memory modules to find out how well these perform at the speed they are rated for. So once again the system was rebooted with our Intel P4 at 3.75GHz. I fired up Everest Ultimate Edition software suite from Lavalys and started to compile the outcome of the test runs. So let's dig into the findings of the DDR500 performance.

And to make it clear, the memory ran at 250MHz (500MHz DDR) HTT and with default memory timings selected by the SPD of the Crucial memory. The timings are reported as 2.5-4-4-8 which is quite common for PC-4000 ram modules.

Memory Read Results

So what does it say at 250MHz HTT for Everest, well we actually put down one hell of a score, namely 7404MB/s. Who will do better? I was amazed at how well these performed and Everest Ultimate Edition just confirmed my impressions. Fast as hell and topping of a top score on performance. Only some DDR2-800 can keep it from taking first place.

Memory Write Results

Once again I am impressed; the Crucial Ballistix memory puts down a score of 5256MB/s. If we compare those with the latest enhanced performance results we notice a boost of about 995MB/s on the Memory Write benchmark. Can it get any better? Well I certainly am quite fond of these Ballistix Tracer DDR500 sticks!

Memory Copy Results

Moving on we have the Copy results which resulted in a score of 4841MB/s which is a boost of about 600MB/s over the performance reported at 200MHz with tight timings. Once again a quite significant boost in performance and the stability was never compromised.

Memory Latency Results

And last but not least the Memory Latency results, which show again a nice decrease to about 91.0ns. I am somehow not really sure how to interpret these as for my understanding those seem high but I might be wrong. Although these Crucial memory modules do have very stable operation so we might just leave the latency results for what they are.

After having overclocked our Intel P4 processor to meet the 250MHz required bus speed to fully utilize the potential of the Crucial Ballistix Tracer dual channel memory kit I am very pleased to have these sticks in my hands. They perform better then I ever expected from DDR500 memory and even at DDR400 settings they deliver excellent performance, just awesome!