SiSoft Sandra Lite XII.2008.SP2c (14.24)

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Again the Patriot Viper's slightly lower total overclock sets it a bit slower than the other overclocked modules, but it still sets it above the native 1,800MHz parts. On the EVGA board, the Patriot at 1,800MHz C8 offers a slightly lower performance than the G.Skill GT1 at the same speed and timings. The Elixir overclocked performance is pretty decent, and sits exactly where we'd expect it to, and its base performance at 1,600MHz is still slightly faster than Corsair's base score as well.


In terms of memory latency for the EVGA board that the Patriot is "designed for" with Nvidia EPP2 technology, it scores very well and is only fractionally slower in the fastest terms, whereas its stock speed of 1,800MHz C8 is only a single nanosecond behind its overclocked performance at C9. The Elixir is slower down the table, even when overclocked and at 1,600MHz C9 it matches the Corsair memory at the same speed.


On the Asus front with Intel chipset, the Patriot again drops slightly slower when overclocked and the fastest we could run it at C8 is almost as good as the limit however, but it's still slightly behind the cheaper Elixir at 20MHz faster but C9.


Patriot's Viper turns up trumps on the latency test by a small margin, with both its 1,800MHz C8 and low latency 1,600MHz topping the table. The C9 overclock is slightly slower where we'd expect it, and most things beat the Elixir which isn't designed for a super overclock or more specifically, very low latency operation.