12 - Performance ZLib CPU | Memory READ WRITE

ZLib CPU test

This integer benchmark measures combined CPU and memory subsystem performance through the public ZLib compression library Version 1.2.2

CPU ZLib test uses only the basic x86 instructions, and it is HyperThreading, multi-processor (SMP) and multi-core (CMP) aware. A very good test to measure multi-core performance among platforms.

Ya'll better get used to this picture coz you'll be seeing it a lot my kind Sir. This typically is a test where Phenom processors take the lead, but they are no match whatsoever to Core i7.

Memory Read test

Lavasys Everest has an excellent tool to measure memory bandwidth. At last a platform where DDR3 finally can kick in massively. Here we see the DDR3 memory really taker off thanks to that triple-channel memory controller. It is SICK how much bandwidth that is. And this is just the beginning. If you can get 2000 MHz or even faster memory running on this puppy, I wouldn't be surprised to see 20.000 MB/sec. The memory controllers surely can cope with it, thic is a stock memory at 1333 MHz by the way.

Memory Write test

Even with memory write performance we see absolutely amazing stuff. The 965 Extreme however will take 1333 MHz on the memory explaining an increase in bandwidth over the 920 at 1066 MHz. But still, that cheapo processor is also pushing a near 10k MB/sec. Mind you we tweaked or overclocked memory wise absolutely NOTHING. So there plenty of room for some tweaking here.