MSI Z77 GD65 1U DAW Benchmarks

[dawman]

Had my Kontakt/DAW GuRu stop by this afternoon to see my recent build.
I explained I had plenty of horsepower from using the XITE-1 so I didn't
want to OC the CPU.
But we did MemTest and AS-SSD Benchmarks. Bumped up the RAM to
1800MHz from the stock 1.35v/1600MHz.
Voltage now reads @ 1.65v and the temps are the same.
The Voltage and Speed bump allow the extra RAM we now use for
larger/faster Kontakt 5.2 buffers.
Here's the impressive SSD Benchmarks. The Random tests are really half
of the equation, as it relates to the speed that the SSDs are accessed from
Keyboard > RAM > SSDs. Sequential Reads show the transfer/read throughput.

All samples are now using Compressed Audio, so the pre load buffers can be
increased in RAM for even better response.

The Random Read of 30 IOps x 2 means 60 IOps, which translates to 60 MIDI
note triggers simultaneously which is 3 times as fast as my older Raptors.
It is noticable when playing live MIDI over the DAW triggering MIDI tracked
VSTi's.

Tests were run on the MSI-Z77 GD65 / i7 3770S w/ 16GBs Samsung Low Profile
Green 1.35v RAM (4 x 4GB DIMMs) and a pair of 128GB OCZ Vertex 4 SSDs for audio
streaming, and a Seagate Momentus Hybrid SATA II 500GB for OS+Apps.

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SEQUENTAIL READS MBps.JPG (69.99 KiB) Viewed 974 times

[Bud Weiser]

Had my Kontakt/DAW GuRu stop by this afternoon to see my recent build.

Very informative,- thx for posting !

best

Bud

[dawman]

Also the Samsung low profile Green RAM is spectacular, 3 hours of 6 x simultaneous instances measuring 2047 MBs each as on 16GBs I wanted to test the leftover RAM after Window 7 had been dumped into RAM.
It really doesn't have any benefits under the Z77 chipset past 1866 MHz.
But stock speeds and voltages were 1.35v and 1600 MHz.
Going to 1.65v and 1800 MHz was the sweet spot, which leaves the CPU at the Tempurature and Speed I like, which is stock. It runs under full load at 39C, idles at 34C. Case Temps are always 32C, and when the RAM tests were done it was so nice to see the Supermicro Fans and the 1U Dynatron CPU HSF, all idle down simultaneously.
This RAM is really high quality considering it's cheap price, and the reproducable results with Kontakt are the same everytime.

It's dead on Balls accurate.
Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinnie
20th Century Fox 1992