CPU-Z and Overclocking

CPU-Z

CPU-Z Information - Before we actually dive into the benchmark, first a small overview of what CPU-Z is reporting back to us.

CPU-Z system values. We disabled all power saving features. And with turbo mode enabled your Core i7 processor will always run a little faster than originally specced.

CPU-Z does a swell job of reading out the JEDEC timings. We however are more interested in what you see above, 800 MHz (x2) as that is our target and the sole reason we purchase this memory. At 1600 MHz we can select a Command rate of 1T, lovely. And yes, we entered these timings manually in the BIOS.

Once you first plug the memory into your system, it will boot with JEDEC timings, some of you might need to CLEAR CMOS. Jedec - horribly save timings.

Overclocking

Overclocking then. This A-Data kit was easily setup at 1600 MHz, and you can take it higher. We could not get it running at 2000 MHz though. Since I did not want to raise Voltages any higher and I don't like CAS latency higher than 9, we just settled at ~1833 MHz, anything higher would require higher voltages .. and since we are already at 1,65, I was not willing to take that chance with our 1200 USD processor.

I'm sure though, that if you are a hardcore tweaker, you can get more out of it. Tweaking memory takes time to find the perfect balance of the maximum frequency versus latency versus voltage versus stability.