First test of GSkill 16GB kit (F3-17000CL9Q-16GBXLD)

[massman]

Kit and content of box



First set of results

I received this kit a few weeks before I was allowed to bin Sandy Bridge CPUs at Tones. Now, I have a CPU that can do ~ 108MHz BCLK on air, so I will have to retest the kit to see if it goes any higher than on the previous chip (max 5.4GHz). Also will try a benchmark that makes full use of all 16GB.

Tests will be continued after MOA!

Test setup:

- Core i7 2600k
- Asus P8P67 Deluxe
- MSI P67A-GD65
- Antec Truepower Quattro 1KW
- WD Raptor

Results:

This kit doesn't really scale that well with voltage. More than 1.75V makes the scaling go down quite rapidly. Also, CL9-11 isn't easy to push much further than the stock rated speed; with CL10 everything goes a lot more smoother, but then again ... CL10 looks so dirty .

- DDR3-2133 CL9-10-9
- DDR3-2146 CL9-10-9

- DDR3-2133 CL9-11-9
- DDR3-2144 CL9-11-9
- DDR3-2199 CL9-11-9

- DDR3-2234 CL10-12-10
- DDR3-2252 CL10-12-10

[Leeghoofd]

wOOOOOt Massman goes stability testing !! Well done Gskill !!

Is the OC potential IMC limited PJ ?

[massman]

Yes, it's possible. I'm trying to set up the 5.7G setup now (which can do much higher BCLK) to see if that's the issue.

[M.Beier]

Hmm, why not test on P55 to find max?

[SoF]

Hmm, why not test on P55 to find max?

reserved for 01 testing i guess

[massman]

Hmm, why not test on P55 to find max?

LOL!

(Lack Of Lynnfield)

reserved for 01 testing i guess

After seeing your performance at CeBIT, I'm pretty sure I can beat your Sandy Bridge with my P55

Serious Overclocking Failure.

[jstutman]

Ok. Why would they put blue LED's on the fans when the chips are red

[SoF]

After seeing your performance at CeBIT, I'm pretty sure I can beat your Sandy Bridge with my P55

Serious Overclocking Failure.

You have seen any performance of me during cebit?!
Oh and how the heck you decoded my secret fully nick Ah I see it was runnymc downgrading my title

to get a bit on topic: well it maybe belongs into bandwidth, but I don't blame you for not beeing able to put it into the right section 16 GB at thoose speeds look really damn nice - timings might be not that sexy but still we have 16GB here and a plattform that likes high ram-mhz more than 6-9-6 933 so it shouldn't be bad for the performance. Me likes (the RAM not YOU :p ) !

[chispy]

Nice set of ram , thanks for sharing MM

[massman]

I can't post it in the bandwidth section. For a valid thread in that subforum, I should have added a bandwidth test.

[massman]

Even though this is not remotely interesting for 24/7 users and makes the huge timings make this stuff look oh so dirty, I still kinda like this screenshot



Oh right. I do use a special force to mount my CPU cooler for this: gravity.