Asus 680i Striker - tighten sub timings for 975x like performance

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eva2000

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System:
  • Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 L627A872 B2 Step 6
  • Swiftech Apogee/Radiical Triple Fan Single Pass Rad/MCP655 + Kayl 100W Custom PSU
  • Asus 680i Striker Extreme 0402 bios
  • 128MB Gainward FX5200 PCI card
  • 2GB OCZ PC2-8000 Titanium Alpha VX2
  • 4x80GB Hitachi 7K80 SATAII Raid 0 on SATA3 to SATA6 ports
  • Pioneer DVD Burner
  • 600W OCZ EvoStream

560mhz 4-3-3-4 2T 3-1-3-6-34 at 2.5v vdimm​

Yup tight ass main and sub timings on Asus 680i Striker really do make a huge difference. Who would of thought I could pull off sub 13min 30s Super Pi 32M times at 3600mhz with a 680i chipset motherboard without even clocking memory above 560mhz (DDR2-1120) speeds!

Jumped all the way to 560mhz 4-3-3-4 2T with sub timings of 3-1-3-6-34 at 2.5v vdimm bios set. According to memtest86+ v1.70, reported bandwidth at 560mhz 4-3-3-4 2T was 5413MB/s versus at 533mhz 4-3-3-4 2T of 5209MB/s.

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Digital camera snapshots of 32M run with 3x cpuz windows open + memset window.

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Final result = 13m 28s 391ms :eek:

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Re-ran 32M but with cpuz and memset windows closed = 13m 27s 719ms !

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1M time = 13.922s

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Everest Ultimate Bandwidth with 43.3ns latency!

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Hexus Pi Fast

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All I can say is bloody fast for 680i chipset considering 32M time at 3600mhz is pretty much right up there with 975x chipset as far as i can see :D
 
EVA2000 for King :)

lo there mister Australia, greetings from Belgium....

Just on a note which timing did boost the score the most ? TRAS ? TRC ?
Got my Swiftech kit also ready to be installed would be glad to have 50°C under load as max temp....
 
trrd, twr, twtr, trfc, and trc all helped ;)

Managed to clock ram up to 600mhz 5-3-3-3 2T but with even further tighten the sub timings even more but had to loosen CAS from 4 to 5 in order to keep vdimm at 2.5v bios set ceiling (within OCZ warrantied max vdimm of 2.52v) :)

Memtest86+ v1.70 reported bandwidth
  • @533mhz 4-3-3-4 2T 3-1-3-6-30 at 2.35v vdimm = 5,209MB/s
  • @560mhz 4-3-3-4 2T 3-1-3-6-34 at 2.5v vdimm = 5,413MB/s
  • @600mhz 5-3-3-3 2T 2-1-2-8-24 at 2.5v vdimm = 5,625MB/s

600mhz 5-3-3-3 2T 2-1-2-8-24 at 2.5v vdimm​

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Super Pi 1M
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Super Pi 32M
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Everest Ultimate Bandwidth with 42.9ns latency!
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Hexus Pifast
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That's fastest I've managed to run Super Pi 32M at 3600mhz cpu speeds on any core2 platform to date (including Asus P5B Deluxe/P5W DH, Intel D975XBX, DFI ICFX3200) !
 
4000Mhz - 10x400FSB / 3950mhz - 10x395FSB​

The Asus 680i Striker Extreme just runs my X6800 hotter than on Asus P5B Deluxe at higher vcore settings ~10-13C hotter at idle.

I tried X6800 @10x400FSB = 4000Mhz at 1.56-1.62v vcore and idle coretemp reported 57-67C versus same X6800 on Asus P5B Deluxe at 4092mhz at 1.65v vcore only reporting coretemps idle at 45-47C.

So only could manage 1M times for X6800 @4000mhz at 1.6v (1.57v load) on Asus 680i Striker Extreme. Higher vcore just meant reboots in windows under load (maybe vdroop too much at higher vcore like on P5B Deluxe ? )

Super Pi 1M
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Everest Bandwidth with 42.7ns latency
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But at much lower vcore of 1.56v idle/1.54v load, coretemp reports more reasonable idle temps and I can manage 3967-3972mhz at 1.56v idle for 32M with lower mem clocks but once hit 600mhz 5-3-3-x timings seems tight sub timings cause instability until I drop cpu down to 3950mhz at 1.57v idle!

@592.5mhz 5-3-3-5 3-1-6-8-28 2T timings at 2.5v vdimm bios set, Memtest86+ v1.70 reports 5540MB/s memory bandwidth.

Super Pi 1M
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Super Pi 32M
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Everest Bandwidth with 43.0ns latency
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Compared to my old previous max 32M on Asus 680i Striker

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You bring a new meaning to the words "56k beware" I have cable and often dread going in your . Nice timings for the speed you are running them at to.
 
Cpt Twitchy said:
You bring a new meaning to the words "56k beware" I have cable and often dread going in your . Nice timings for the speed you are running them at to.
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LOL my screenies aren't that bad file size wise compared to what others post file size wise... right click on their properties and see ;) Only around total of ~1.4MB worth of screenies :D

But thanks :)
 
I guess it just seems bad when you scroll down to what seems like an endless thread of screenies. It is worth the scroll though as you are very knowledgeable and give tips and hints on everything.
 
Those benchies just turn my A64 3200 into a laughing stock! My stock speed takes about 36 mins to do a 32MB PI. That's like back in stone age! :mad: :(
 
Well wait ... there's more :D

520mhz 4-3-3-4 2-1-2-6-20 2T at 2.3v​

Now to look for a compromise between max memory clocks with high vdimm and more reasonable lower vdimm and suitable memory clocks which have very tight sub timings.

I ended up with 520mhz 4-3-3-4 2-1-2-6-20 2T at 2.3v vdimm bios set. Only ~1.39 seconds slower in 32M Super Pi than 533mhz 4-3-3-4 3-1-3-6-30 2T at 2.35v run but uses 0.05 vdimm less! Interestingly, 520mhz run was faster in 1M Super Pi due to tighter sub timings at 13.938s (520mhz) vs 13.969s (533mhz).

Super Pi 1M
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Super Pi 32M
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Everest Ultimate Bandwidth
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Hey Eva2000, - I just realised we live in the same city!!! Do you feel like coming around to my house and sorting my timings out for me?! :p Haha
 
worthIT said:
Hey Eva2000, - I just realised we live in the same city!!! Do you feel like coming around to my house and sorting my timings out for me?! :p Haha
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only if i can take home with me your QX6700/2x 8800GTX SLI and very rare Maxtor Raptor 10k SATA disk :D

Oh i'll take the 6400C3DF memory too :)
 
Yeah that Maxtor drive was hard to find... I spent months checking out different forums and e-shops trying to find one. Eventually my search let me to a 110 year old guru in the foothills of an ancient indian mountain range. He explained to me in great detail in an ancient tounge that he had them on special for $99.95 with 5-years warranty, so I got one... Bargain!

:D
 
LOL

Well 1 second faster at 3600mhz, and also did 3612mhz and 3647mhz runs to see what it takes on 680i striker to hit sub 13min 05s times for 32M

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