MSI P45 Platinum review and P45 to P35 comparison
- MSI P45 Platinum review and P45 to P35 comparison
- Page 2 - Packaging and contents
- Page 3 - Closer look, connectors and BIOS
- Page 4 - Methods of testing
- Page 5 - Performance in 3DMark Vantage
- Page 6 - Performance in Cinebench 10, WPrime
- Page 7 - Memory performance
- Page 8 - SATA performance
- Page 9 - Performance in editing video and pictures
- Page 10 - Compressing and decompressing performance
- Page 11 - Gaming performance
- Page 12 - Overclock and power efficiency
- Page 13 - Conclusion
Page 7 - Memory performance
Page 7 - Memory performance
In order to test the memory we choose two popular independent programs - Everest and SiSoft Sandra. Their methods of testing are different and their results cannot be compared, though some of them are close.
Everest Ultimate
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Now here we see some significant difference! In reading and searching in the memory (that we read with latency) P45 has 10-15% advantage, while in writing it's almost identical to P35.
SiSoft Sandra Lite XII.SP2c
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While results for searching in the memory with Sandra are similar to the ones with Everest, the ones with general memory operations, does not offer any explanation as to why Intel worked on P45 for a whole year.