Kingston HyperX 2GB PC3-14400 Memory Kit with Intel XMP

RST Pro 3 Testing and The Test System

RAM Stress Test Professional 3 PCI Express is a memory testing hardware/ firmware designed for the rigorous testing needs of memory and system manufactures, design engineers, and service professionals. R.S.T. Pro3 is a Self-Booting, Operating System Independent memory diagnostic card for exercising and validating RAM in Intel Core2 / Xeon and AMD Athlon/Opteron compatible processors. I use one here at Legit Reviews as I have found it the best way to find faulty memory modules and one of the best ways to see if an overclock is really stable or not.

I placed the RAM Stress Test Pro 3 PCI Express into the test system and let it test the memory at 1800MHz with 8-8-8-22 timings and 1.9V to see if it would detect any errors.

Just over an hour later the test results came back showing that this 2GB memory kit was rock solid with no errors!

The Test System:

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit with Service Pack 1 installed. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. All of the modules were run in dual channel mode with a 120mm fan placed on top of them to keep them cool. The PNY GeForce GTX 280 used NVIDIA ForceWare 177.39 video card drivers and the ASUS P5E3 motherboard using BIOS version 1203, which was the most recent available when testing was done.

Testing on the DDR3 1333MHz and 1600MHz memory kits were done with the FSB of the processor at 400MHz in order to run the memory at these speeds. This means the overall clock frequency was 3.0GHz on these two kits. In order to reach DDR3 1800MHz the FSB was increased to 450MHz, but the multiplier was lowered down to 7. This gave the processor an overall clock frequency of 3.15GHz or a 4.7% increase. Any difference greater than 4.7% in the benchmark should show an improvement thanks to the memory bandwidth.

Here is the Intel X38 Express Test platform:

Intel Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Q9300 Quad-Core	Click Here
Motherboard	ASUS P5E3 Deluxe	Click Here
Memory	4GB Corsair DDR3 1600C9	Click Here
Video Card	PNY GeForce GTX 280	Click Here
Hard Drive	Western Digital RaptorX 150GB	Click Here
Cooling	Corsair Nautilus 500	Click Here
Power Supply	Corsair HX620W	Click Here
Operating System	Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit	Click Here

CPU-Z Test System Screen Shots: