Performance - DDR3 Memory read | write

Memory Read test

Obviously we also had to peek at memory bandwidth performance. Now, obviously Intel has an advantage here, triple-channel memory. This explains the tremendous amount of read performance for the Core i7 platform.

Now we test memory at reference clocks and here's a small downer, Gulftown utilizes the DDR3 memory at 1066 MHz, we set it at 1333 MHz. You can expect number close to the 9000 MB/sec, which is pretty good really.

Memory Write test

The same can be said for the memory write tests. Normally Intel dominates here considering we always use 1333 JEDEC timed memory. Triple channel performance on Nehalem is just frighteningly good. For the 890FX/1090T combo expect close to 7000 MB/sec memory write performance. Let's move onward to some actual game testing.