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To test today, we decided to use our long term Asus P8P67 Deluxe motherboard which has been one of the most reliable boards within one of our long term review systems.
We overrode the manual speed, to set the Topower memory at 1600mhz, which didn't cause a problem. The system posted first time. Auto settings showed 9-9-9-24 1T timings.
System validation at these speeds is available here.
Trying to push the memory further proved difficult, we did manage a post at 1866mhz, but the timings were so relaxed that performance was worse than the relatively tight 1,600mhz 9-9-9 timings.
Main system:
CPU: Intel Core i7 2700k
Cooler: Thermaltake Frio OCK
Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Deluxe
PSU: ADATA 1200W
Graphics: Sapphire HD6950 Flex Edition
Chassis: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit Enterprise
Monitor: Dell U2410
NOTE: We haven't tested many memory kits on the P67/Z68 platform in recent months, so we felt it would be worth including results from our high end Quad Channel X79 system featuring the 3960X EE processor. Obviously this shouldn't be used as a direct comparison, but more to highlight a wider overview of performance levels between the various Intel platforms.
Comparison system:
Processor: Intel i7 3960X EE @ 4.4ghz
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Cooler: Antec H20 920
Graphics Card: Nvidia GTX590
Power Supply: Enermax Platimax 1200W
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Chassis: Lian Li PC-A77FR Aluminium Red Full Tower Case
Monitors: Dell U3011, 3x Ilyama ProLite E2472HDD
Boot Drive: Patriot WildFire 120GB
Secondary Drive: 1TB Samsung
Comparison memory:
Kingston HyperX 2400mhz
8GB Kingston HyperX 2,400mhz
16GB G.Skill 2400mhz
8GB Corsair Dominator GT 2400mhz
16GB GSkill Ripjaws Z 2133mhz
32GB Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz
Software:
SiSoft Sandra
PcMark 7
3D Studio Max 2011
MaxxMem 2
