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 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800)	7314	7262
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G800+XBLK (200/800)	7318	7236
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 (200/800)	7334	7251
2x 512MB SyncMAX PC2-5300 Express (200/667)	6750	6690
2x 1024MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (200/622)	6916	6885
2x 1024MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (252/784)	7208	7144

Memory bandwidth numbers are in line with what we would expect from PC2-5300 class memory. Overclocking the Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 RAM gives us a nice bandwidth boost.

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 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800)	6623
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G800+XBLK (200/800)	6612
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 (200/800)	6619
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 (200/800)	6622
2x 512MB SyncMAX PC2-5300 Express (200/622)	6653
2x 1024MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (200/622)	6612
2x 1024MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (252/784)	6773
Memory	Points	Ranking
2x 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800)	5194
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G800+XBLK (200/800)	5207
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 (200/800)	5214
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 (200/800)	5391
2x 512MB SyncMAX PC2-5300 Express (200/622)	4909
2x 1024MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (200/622)	5011
2x 1024MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (252/784)	5115

PCMark05's overall numbers are pretty good for the Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300, the systems didn't seem to differentiate between the different memory modules tested. In the memory portion of the PCMark05 tests, the Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 memory trails the Corsair PC2-6400 DIMMs just slightly.

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 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800)	7980
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G800+XBLK (200/800)	7995
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 (200/800)	7993
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 (200/800)	7935
2x 512MB SyncMAX PC2-5300 Express (200/622)	7924
2x 1024MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (200/622)	7952
2x 1024MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (252/784)	8046
CPU	Points	Ranking
2x 1024MB Super Talent T800UX2GC4 (200/800)	7843
2x 1024MB Patriot PDC22G800+XBLK (200/800)	7856
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 (200/800)	7879
2x 1024MB Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 (200/800)	7994
2x 512MB SyncMAX PC2-5300 Express (200/622)	7315
2x 1024MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (200/622)	7558
2x 1024MB Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (252/784)	7914

The lower memory bandwidth does not affect 3DMark05's overall score, but it does lower the CPU score at stock speeds. Overclocking the Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 brings performance up to par with the DDR2-800 class memory.