G.Skill DDR3-1600 CL7 6GB PI Series DDR3 Memory Kit Review

Test Configuration

Today’s testing was performed on my interim X58 review platform. I’m using an Intel Xeon w3570 on the Gigabyte X58A-UD7 with the F6 BIOS. An Asus HD5870 with the Catalyst 10.3 drivers was used but the image above shows an XFX GTX 470; please bear in mind this discrepancy. First I tested maximum overclocking frequency at common timings to see how the kit scaled. I then chose 3 frequency/timing combinations, stock DDR3-1600C7, DDR3-1800C7, and DDR3-1866C8 that also enabled me to maintain roughly similar CPU frequencies for the tests. For the overclocking segment I then switched to a Core i7 980x and set vCore to 1.25v, vtt to 1.35v, and vdimm to 1.50v, 1.65v, and 1.75v to test voltage scaling. Stability was considered achieved when the system could pass a single Super Pi 32M run without error.

Intel X58 Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Xeon w3570	Click Here
Motherboard	Gigabyte X58A-UD7	Click Here
Memory	G.Skill DDR3-1600C7 3x2GB PI Series	Click Here
Video Card	Asus HD5870 1GB	Click Here
Hard Drive	Seagate 7200.10 320GB	Click Here
Case	Dimastech Bench Table Hard V2	Click Here
Cooling	Prolimatech Armageddon	Click Here
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000	Click Here
Operating System	Windows 7 Professional x64	Click Here