Initial Performance Results (Cont.)

Now we will grab some sample information from Everest Ultimate Edition and get some feedback on the ram's performance. Lavalys was nice enough to allow us to evaluate their software for this review. I really like the wealth of information this utility gives us and we thank Lavalys for there support. On top of that it will allow us to show you some extra performance figures to give you a second opinion about the raw power of the Team Group Xtreem memory series.

Once again we are using a default configuration for the out of the box experience. No tweaking or overclocking will be done for these tests; we want to know what's up with these modules at bone stock! After we tested with RMMA, we rebooted the system to refresh the resources, so that we can get the optimum performance without tweaking the system. So let's check it out...

Memory Read Results

The Xtreem DDR500 2x 1024MB Cronus Edition dual channel memory pulls of some great scores indeed. Our test consisted of firing up the system and with having everything on default with stock timings and voltages. Meaning that we are set at 200MHz FSB and memory timings set to 2.5-3-3-6 as detected by the SPD. The Xtreem Edition ram sticks kicked out a 6022MB/s score on a synthetic measurement. This makes this ram a decent 2GB kit we have stuffed in this ASUS P4P800 Deluxe configuration...

Memory Write Results

The Write results are a little different, here we see 4229MB/s of throughput, but this is still some nice score of the Xtreem Edition memory. These scores might seem a bit lower then you are used to see but that is normal as this memory is rated at DDR500 with 2.5-3-3-6 timings and we are running these at DDR400 speeds. Of course with more adapted memory latencies, that should make some difference and boost the raw performance and bandwidth...

Memory Copy Results

Next coming with the benchmark suite are the Memory Copy results, also here the Xtreem Edition modules prove that they are of high performance with a scoring of 3950MB/s. This should certainly improve when applying better memory timings. But all in all not a bad result at all, and certainly not when comparing to other systems. The Xtreem Edition from Team Group is just slightly slower than the Platinum Edition from OCZ Technology, but certainly proves they are up for the battle.

Memory Latency Results

The latency results are a bit of scale but that is to be expected with the 2.5-3-3-6 configuration. So a bit disappointing score of only 111.5ns again linked somehow to the rated speed and the not adapted memory timings used. We should see some better results once these have been reset to DDR400 appropriate values. Although this is the same for all DDR500 sticks when running em at lower clock speed.

In the end the Team Group Xtreem series does perform quite well taken into account that they are set at timings that are not really appropriate for a 200MHz (400MHz DDR) operation speed. However by setting the latency manually, there is still room for improvement. The SPD itself is quite well as it immediately already lowered the default timings to 2.5-3-3-6 when running at 200MHz FSB. That is quite an advantage that you should take into account because not all gaming enthusiast will play with the memory timings, but just let the SPD decide on that...