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Do memory timings affect real-world computer performance?

Will paying more for memory modules with lower timings (or latencies) actually improve the computer performance? Let's find out!

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Gaming Performance

Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. How We Tested
  • 3. PCMark 8
  • 4. 3DMark
  • 5. Photoshop CC and Cinebench R15
  • 6. Gaming Performance
  • 7. Conclusions

Dirt Rally

Dirt Rally is an off-road racing game released in April 2015, using Ego engine. To measure performance using this game, we ran the performance test included in the game, in 1280 x 720 resolution, image quality configured as “low” and MSAA off.
The results below are expressed in frames per second (fps).
memory timings

In this game, the results were similar on both tests.

Dying Light

Dying Light is an open-world horror game launched in January 2015, using the Chrome Engine 6. We tested the performance at this game with quality options at the minimum and 1280 x 720 resolution, measuring three times the frame rate using FRAPS.
The results below are expressed in fps and they are the mean between the three collected results.
memory timings
In this game, the performance also did not change with different timings.

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V) is an open-world action game released for PCs in April of 2015, using the RAGE engine. In order to measure the performance on this game, we ran the performance test of the game (the part the camera follows the plane), measuring the frame rate with FRAPS. We ran GTA V at 1280 x 720, with image quality set to the minimum.

The results below are expressed in frames per second.

memory timings

On GTA V, we also had the same performance on both tests.

Continue: Conclusions

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