Why are memory timings important?
The general idea of memory performance is that higher speed — in MHz and lower latencies mean more bandwidth and better performance. Latencies are often overlooked, when seeking increase system performance. Memory performance is not entirely determined by bandwidth, but also the speeds at which it responds to a command or the times it must wait before it can start or finish the processes of reading or writing data. These are memory latencies or reaction times (timings). Memory timings control the way your memory is accessed and can be either a contributing factor to better or worse ‘real-world’ performance of your system. Two basic signals are sent to the RAM in order for it to read/write data, address and control. The address is of course where the data is located on the memory banks, and the control signals are various commands needed to read or write. There is a delay before a control signal can be executed or finish and this is where we get latencies. The standard format for memor
