Everest Ultimate Edition 2006 Performance

In order to give yet another view of memory performance, bandwidth and latency, we have incorporated the Everest Ultimate Edition 2006 into our benchmark mix. With many platforms changing to DDR2 or adapting to ever-increasing clock speeds, the question of memory performance has never been more important. The Everest benchmarking suite offers several different memory performance modules, and has quickly become a standard for many hardware evaluations.

For this review, we use latest Everest Ultimate Edition version 3.5, which is essential for valid Athlon 64 X2/FX and Core 2 Duo/Extreme/Quad platform testing. Our benchmark testing centers on the Memory Read, Memory Write and Memory Latency tests, which should give us an overall view of the various platforms, and exactly how the Athlon 64 X2 6000+ stacks up.

Our first Everest benchmark is the Memory Read test, and again we find the AMD dual core processors holding the top spots, even outperforming the Intel quad core models. But the Athlon 64 X2 6000+ is not the top performers, as its lower DDR2 clock speed holds it back again, and it falls to the Athlon 64 FX-62 running at a full DDR2-800 clock.

The Memory Write test is another huge victory for AMD, and now the Athlon 64 X2 6000+ sits on top with a very serious score. The write side of the equation doesn't seem to be hampered by the non-standard DDR2 clock speed, and instead seems to be linked to the clock speed.

The memory latency benchmarks make it three for three for the AMD side. The Athlon 64 X2 6000+ posts a memory latency of under 50 ns, but is again edged out of a pure victory by the Athlon 64 FX-62.