SiSoft Sandra 2005	Source:Sandra

Sandra is designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system as well as the individual components. The results are also purely theoretical and may not represent real world performance.

Sisoft Sandra 2005 Benchmark Results
Memory	Integer SSE2:	Float SSE2:
2x 512MB Mushkin PC2-4200 (200/533)	4906	4903
2x 512MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (200/667)	5041	5036
2x 512MB Corsair Twin2X1024-8000UL (200/800)	5083	5072
2x 1024MB Corsair Twin2X2048-6400 PRO (200/800)	5077	5076
2x 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800)	5063	5066
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G8000+XBLK (200/800)	5109	5135
2x 1024MB Buffalo FSX1000D2C-K2G (200/800)	5096	5102
2x 1024MB Buffalo FSX1000D2C-K2G (255/1020)	6154	6183

Memory bandwidth numbers are in line with what we expect from DDR2 memory on an Intel platform. It will be interesting to see how AMD Athlon64 systems respond to DDR2 when Socket AM2 is released at the end of May.

PCMark05	Source: FutureMark

PCMark05 is a premium tool for measuring both normal home use and simple 3D performance of the latest PC hardware. There are 11 system tests - each one is designed to represent a certain type of PC usage. By running these tests, PCMark05 stresses the components in a similar manner as they are stressed in normal home usage.

PCMark05:
Overall	Points	Ranking
2x 512MB Mushkin PC2-4200 (200/533)	6103
2x 512MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (200/667)	6095
2x 512MB Corsair PC2-8000UL (200/800)	6142
2x 1024MB Corsair Twin2X2048-6400 PRO (200/800)	6139
2x 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800)	6128
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G8000+XBLK (200/800)	6101
2x 1024MB Buffalo FSX1000D2C-K2G (200/800)	6136
2x 1024MB Buffalo FSX1000D2C-K2G (255/1020)	6586
Memory	Points	Ranking
2x 512MB Mushkin PC2-4200 (200/533)	4103
2x 512MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (200/667)	4126
2x 512MB Corsair PC2-8000UL (200/800)	4124
2x 1024MB Corsair Twin2X2048-6400 PRO (200/800)	4198
2x 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800)	4255
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G8000+XBLK (200/800)	4173
2x 1024MB Buffalo FSX1000D2C-K2G (200/800)	4185
2x 1024MB Buffalo FSX1000D2C-K2G (255/1020)	4812

If you haven't figured it out, memory that is clocked at the same speed, using the same timings, performs exactly the same. ;-) When overclocked the Buffalo Technology FireStix FSX1000D2C-K2G scores higher than the rest, but then again the processor is overclocked pretty heavily too.

3DMark05	Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is best suited for the latest generation of DirectX9.0 graphics cards. It is the first benchmark to require a DirectX9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shaders 2.0 or higher! By combining high quality 3D tests, CPU tests, feature tests, image quality tools, and much more, 3DMark05 is a premium benchmark for evaluating the latest generation of gaming hardware.

3DMark05
Overall	Points	Ranking
2x 512MB Mushkin PC2-4200 (200/533)	7563
2x 512MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (200/667)	7602
2x 512MB Corsair PC2-8000UL (200/800)	7724
2x 1024MB Corsair Twin2X2048-6400 PRO (200/800)	7698
2x 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800)	7711
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G8000+XBLK (200/800)	7718
2x 1024MB Buffalo FSX1000D2C-K2G (200/800)	7723
2x 1024MB Buffalo FSX1000D2C-K2G (255/1020)	8347
CPU	Points	Ranking
2x 512MB Mushkin PC2-4200 (200/533)	6124
2x 512MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (200/667)	6242
2x 512MB Corsair PC2-8000UL (200/800)	6347
2x 1024MB Corsair Twin2X2048-6400 PRO (200/800)	6322
2x 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800)	6318
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G8000+XBLK (200/800)	6335
2x 1024MB Buffalo FSX1000D2C-K2G (200/800)	6328
2x 1024MB Buffalo FSX1000D2C-K2G (255/1020)	6651

3DMark05 numbers are very good, and it's nice to see the performance boost due to overclocking the system. Fast memory definitely helps out in this benchmark.