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alexcomp
12-22-09, 02:55 PM
On the Sandra Lite tests, I get a number like 5.19 GB/s which is higher than only 13.18% - in other words my memory bandwidth stinks compared to others, some as much as 36 GB/s.

I am running an Asus P5B Deluxe board, (Intel p965), with a Q6600 processor, (4 core at 2.41Ghz).

I am not overclocking anything yet. All bios settings are standard. I have 4 sticks of Corsair ram - TWIN2X4096-6400C5C. This is 800MHZ DDR2 with stated clock timings of 5-5-5-18. My bios is saying 800mhz and I have the ram set to auto timings.

I realize that the people posting Sandra timings may often be "enthusiasts" so I did not expect to be at the top of the heap but with a fairly expensive rig and name brand ram I did not expect to be at the bottom.

Is this bandwidth to be expected or am I doing something wrong? Could I tweak this up somewhat? This memory will pass loop after loop them Memtest X86 but eventually will throw a few errors after being on all night. Wonder what that's about?

WarriorII
12-22-09, 03:31 PM
Stock settings ALWAYS suck.

Throws errors after running a while? Hm...
Try upping the memory voltage a little bit & see if it stops the errors.
Then when you actually get it stable, then start upping your settings.

Yes, you CAN improve on your test scores with some tweaking.

:attn:
WII

alexcomp
12-23-09, 09:31 AM
After running memtest all night, the test through some errors on the eight pass. Makes me wonder if there might have been a power glitch to cause it.

EarthDog
12-23-09, 09:33 AM
I doubt it was a power issue if it keeps throwing errors... Sounds like some bad sticks or something