System Builder Marathon: Overclocking

Synthetics, Continued

Overclocking doesn't affect hard drive speed, but the motherboard's RAID controller appears to function better with a faster processor.

Sandra gets exactly 45% more CPU math performance from a 45% increase in clock speed.

Sandra's CPU tests get exactly 45% more performance from a 45% increase in CPU speed.

Our memory is overclocked by 30%, and Sandra sees a suitable 29% bandwidth increase.

Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.