Intel announces DDR333 Chipsets: 3-way 845PE shootout
by Evan Lieb on October 7, 2002 5:22 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
ASUS P4PE: Stress Testing
We ran the same amount and types of stress tests on the ASUS P4PE to see what we could uncover. We tested the ASUS P4PE in several different areas and configurations, including:
1. Chipset and motherboard stress testing was conducted while running the FSB at 162MHz.
2. Memory stress testing was conducted by running RAM at 333MHz with all banks filled and at 400MHz with all banks filled. We used the most aggressive timings possible.
Running at 162MHz FSB, we were able to rerun our benchmark suite as well as conduct hours upon hours of Prime95 torture tests with perfect stability. We were very pleased with these results.
Moving on to the memory tests, the ASUS P4PE was able to reliably run 3 sticks of Corsair CAS2 DDR400 at 333MHz at the following timings:
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Stable
DDR333 Timings |
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Clock
Speed:
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166MHz
|
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Timing
Mode:
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Optimal
|
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CAS
Latency:
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2
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Bank
Interleave:
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N/A
|
|
Precharge
to Active:
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2T
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Active
to Precharge:
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5T
|
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Active
to CMD:
|
2T
|
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Command
Rate:
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N/A
|
Even though the 845PE chipset does not officially or unofficially support DDR400 memory (and neither does ASUS), we decided to run DDR400 tests on the P4PE anyway. Here were our best results:
|
Stable
DDR400 Timings |
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Clock
Speed:
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200MHz
|
|
Timing
Mode:
|
Optimal
|
|
CAS
Latency:
|
2
|
|
Bank
Interleave:
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N/A
|
|
Precharge
to Active:
|
2T
|
|
Active
to Precharge:
|
5T
|
|
Active
to CMD:
|
2T
|
|
Command
Rate:
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N/A
|
These are very good timings for two DIMMs of DDR400 memory. We're more impressed by the minute.
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