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When I was in charge of DriverHeaven I wrote a scripted benchmark which was not only used to help users ascertain system specific performance levels but was useful in reviews to accurately measure performance in key areas. Leading tech sites such as Madshrimps, Hardware Canucks, Benchmark Reviews and Hardocp used my benchmark in their reviews also.
This version of the script has been thoroughly tested on Adobe Photoshop CS5 and CS4 and is compatible with Photoshop 7. It is important to document however that different versions of Photoshop give different end results. Adobe have been fine tuning the program over the years and enhancing specific filters and algorithms for better performance (some filters were rewritten during the CS2 time period). This means ultimately that comparing times with users running other versions of Photoshop is not going to give consistent results.
Lower times are better
| KitGuru PS Bench 1(4) | Reference 1066mhz results |
Reference 1333mhz results
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Kingston HyperX 8GB @ 1600mhz
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| 1. Texturiser (1) |
1.7
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1.6
|
1.6
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| 2. CMYK |
1.6
|
1.5
|
1.5
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| 3. RGB |
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.4
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| 4. Ink outlines |
29.1
|
28.9
|
28.7
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| 5. Dust & Stratches |
3.3
|
3.2
|
3.1
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| 6. Watercolor |
25.9
|
25.8
|
25.6
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| 7. Texturiser (2) |
2.0
|
1.9
|
1.9
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| 8. Stained Glass |
23.9
|
23.6
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23.5
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| 9. Mosiac Tiles |
14.1
|
13.9
|
13.8
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| 10. Extrude |
157.8
|
157.4
|
157.2
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| 11. Rough Pastels |
12.8
|
12.7
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12.4
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| 12. Smart Blur |
98.4
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98.3
|
98.2
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| 13. Underpainting |
36.6
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36.4
|
36.1
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| 14. Mosiac Tiles |
15.0
|
14.9
|
14.7
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| 15. Spherize |
3.6
|
3.5
|
3.4
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| 16. Palette Knife |
23.1
|
23.0
|
22.9
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| 17. Sponge |
43.1
|
42.9
|
42.8
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| 18. Smudge Stick |
13.9
|
13.7
|
13.5
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| Total: |
507.3
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504.6
|
502.3
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While Adobe have yet to properly implement multicore support for their filtering algorithms it is clear that memory bandwidth aids with performance and we record minor increases with some of our test results throughout the benchmark. This ends up showing a 5 second differential between DDR1066 and the Kingston Hyper X 8GB kit @ 1600mhz. This could translate into a few hours saved each week, if heavy Photoshop filtering use is high on your priority.
great results from such big memory sticks. thanks!
Interesting results, I would have though latencies would need reduced due to board population. Kingston clearly got their heads screwed on !
ahhh nice looking modules. quite expensive, but I suppose its like buying two ‘normal’ kits!
I love those heat spreaders and its nice to see good performing memory without the oversized spreaders. More enthusiasts want the big cooler like noctua NHd14 and its not a possible combo
They are expensive, but not a rip off. if people wanted 16gb in their system, this is the way to go, I wonder though if performance would lower with 4 of them in a system, lower latencies etc/
I always liked Kingston heatspreaders, they look very futuristic and purty.
2000mhz is quite an achievement really from these. you know how to OC Z, thats for sure !
bit expensive for me, but nice kit as always. you gurus always get the nice stuff!
I have been trying to buy a set of these for a month now,. no stock anywhere. anyone got links in the UK for buy now ?
No stocks either in Germany. Zardon send me yours please.
The lifetime warranty is a good bonus. wonder if they could tell if you overvolted them and they died 🙂
Good oc’s for big sticks
I can honestly say ive never owned a kingston product, but I liked the look of that SSD you reviewed last week. they seem to be producing some quality goods lately.
I might get kingston memory for my next system, probably 4gb though, not 8. thats a lot of dosh
nice performance, and good review.
they make the sexiest coloured heatspreaders on the market.
Dont mean to sound like im picking holes, but the price seems a little over the odds, 2gb modules are cheap. 4gb are way overpriced.
Wen to look for prices, non in stock anywhere. not much use doing reviews KG if you cant buy the goods
Nice, but too much cash, 2x4gb kits are better value now.
Kingston are good, I had one of their SSds in the past and although they failed to get firmware updates out, it performed well.
I like those, quality product.
A very high quality product, if rather expensive, one for a designer or a designer/gamer who didnt want to compromise. sadly i yet to see any need for 8gb for gaming.
rather sexual performance there. almost got carried away with the end result.
When I find these, ill order them, but it might be a while, looking at stock levels.
Kingston are very underrated.
Is it justifiable to be spending almost 1000 buck on memory?
no stock here in France. useless
great review but I must join the masses and say, I cant buy them.
Wish I could get these, noticed them on another site a while ago, as a preview. but im shocked the review is up and no stock is anywhere in sight
i bet they would overclock higher if you cranked them to 1,75 volt
found this review via google, very good indeed. 2000mhz is good for such large modules. I would be interested, but it seems no where has them in stock anyway
I’m using these same chips on a ASUS Crosshair IV Formula board with an AMD X6 1100T cpu,. what should my timing & voltage be set at to get the best performance at 1600 MHz with these here chips. Please advice with as much detail as possible.