Product Application:

PC3-10666 DDR3

Product Provided by:

OCZ

Available at:

Newegg

Memory MSRP:

$439.99

Availability:

Now

Review by:

Paul

Edited by:

Scott

Review date:

October 1st, 2007

 

 

 

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
1333MHz / 1600MHz(400MHz) 7-7-7-20 7398MB/s 7299MB/s
1333MHz / 1600MHz(400MHz) 6-6-6-20 7458MB/s 7463MB/s
1600MHz / 1600MHz(400MHz) 7-7-7-20 7853MB/s 7800MB/s
1700MHz / 1700MHz(425MHz) 7-7-7-20 8151MB/s 8228MB/s
1800MHz / 1800MHz(450MHz) 8-8-8-20 8507MB/s 8554MB/s

Speed Timings Read Write Copy Latency
1333MHz/1600MHz(400MHz) 7-7-7-20 8510MB/s 7286MB/s 6243MB/s 62.5ns
1333MHz/1600MHz(400MHz) 6-6-6-20 8839MB/s 7292MB/s 6514MB/s 59.8ns
1600MHz/1600MHz(400MHz) 7-7-7-20 9359MB/s 7292MB/s 7055MB/s 55.5ns
1700MHz/1700MHz(425MHz) 7-7-7-20 9924MB/s 7749MB/s 7454MB/s 52.2ns
1800MHz/1800MHz(450MHz) 8-8-8-20 10107MB/s 8205MB/s 7790MB/s 52.0ns

     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.

Speed Timings Score
1333MHz/1600MHz(400MHz) 7-7-7-20 6796
1333MHz/1600MHz(400MHz) 6-6-6-20 6931
1600MHz/1600MHz(400MHz) 7-7-7-20 7039
1700MHz/1700MHz(425MHz) 7-7-7-20 7490
1800MHz/1800MHz(450MHz) 8-8-8-20 7830

     As you can see from the above scores, the memory overclock along with the increased FSB speed improved the overall scores.  Lastly, I'm going to use the 1M test in SuperPi mod 1.5XS.

Speed Timings Score
1333MHz/1600MHz(400MHz) 7-7-7-20 16.287s
1333MHz/1600MHz(400MHz) 6-6-6-20 16.224s
1600MHz/1600MHz(400MHz) 7-7-7-20 16.099s
1700MHz/1700MHz(425MHz) 7-7-7-20 15.319s
1800MHz/1800MHz(450MHz) 8-8-8-20 14.726s

Conclusion

    I was very pleased with the OCZ PC3-10666 kit.  I've come to expect OCZ's memory to perform well and overclock well and I wasn't disappointed.  Almost 500MHz over stock is very awesome and tighter timings at stock is always a bonus.  There really isn't much to complain about except the price tag.  At $440, the OCZ PC3-10666 Platinum series is about what you'd pay for a high-end set of DDR2.  The big difference is, you probably won't be running your DDR2 at 1800MHz.  Club Overclocker Recommended.

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Performance: 4 out of 5

Innovation:

4 out of 5

Quality:

5 out of 5

Stability:

5 out of 5
Aesthetics: N/A

Software/Drivers Pack:

N/A

Overclocking:

4 out of 5
Value: 4 out of 5

Project Skill Level
(5 being most difficult)

1 out of 5