Initial Performance Results

RightMark Memory Analyzer comes in handy for getting a good view on the performance and the stability of the OCZ Special Ops Edition PC2-6400 Urban Elite dual channel memory. We will start with an out-of-the-box approach by simply running this memory at default speed of 800MHz and timings selected automatically by the SPD chip and the mainboard BIOS. Loading up to Windows desktop, we opened up RMMA and took a couple of screen shots for you, this is what we got. Actually the SPD chip doesn't seem to have the advertised latency numbers encoded, but use a very relaxed 5-5-5-15 timing. This is a common approach and will have some advantages for those who like to do some basic overclocking.

Float Copy Results

We have to start somehow and that is exactly what we are doing now... The first benchmark on RightMark Memory Analyzer is the Float Copy results. We actually used these as well some time ago on our Crucial memory kit and we are kindly sold by these results. So we keep on using the same approach that has proven to be quite efficient. The OCZ Special Ops PC2-6400 Edition scores a pretty high core of 3414MB/s on average, keeping in mind that the memory actually runs below their rated operational clock speed. This certainly will impact the performance a bit, and show lower results.

Float Scale Results

The next one on our list is the Float Scale performance and once again the OCZ ram puts down a nice score of around 3431MB/s average. For DDR2 memory rated at PC2-6400 this might seem at the low side, but we have to take into account that the memory timings are at default of 5-5-5-15 which are actually a bit high. Crucial clearly states on their website that these memory sticks should operate at about 4-4-3-15, which should give higher scores. In that light with non optimized timings, the performance figures are quite okay.

Float Add Results

Moving forward we find back the Float Add results of the OCZ Special Ops Edition PC2-6400 Urban Elite memory modules reaching and average of 3936MB/s. Again the OCZ Technology memory does very good and the minimum and maximum scores are keeping up their level of performance. With a maximum over 4000MB/s it really stands out in the crowd. A very strong impression is actually the average as it is damn close to the maximum reported, which means that bandwidth not going up and down too much, but rather linear. So an excellent point when it comes to stability.

Float Triad Results

To end we have the Float Triad results showing a 3937MB/s average score. Again we notice that the minimum and maximum results are on par in relation to each other. The less the gap is between these the better the stability will be. Naturally there will always be some difference, but the minimum speed may not drop too low. And certainly these Special Ops Edition show of their awesome stability and high performance operation through the below figures. Again showing a constant bandwidth, as the average is not far from the maximum reported.

The OCZ Special Ops Urban Elite memory clocks some decent scores and certainly does well on the different benchmarks than most other memory modules we have seen passing our hands. Keep in mind that this is how the memory will perform when you just plug these in your computer and start using em at 800MHz speed with the default SPD memory timings as stored on the memory. Of course the Special Ops Edition are high performance memory modules which are advertised at better latency and should have a lot more up their sleeves.