The RAM will run at 667 MHz no matter what, since Intel designed the chipset with 667 MHz memory speed only.

Mine is the same and I have never really been sure why as I have seen others with much higher scores.

I run 4Gb OCZ 667 and have a Vista score of only 4.8 while my processor returns 4.9 and my ssd 5.9.

yeah i gotta 4.8 but my SSD gives me a 5.3! Whats up with that?!?!?!?

This is pretty interesting... I had no idea about any of this.  I have an XPS 1530 with 3GB of Ram.  In the house there is also an Inspiron 1525 with 2GB of ram.  The Inspiron has a score of 5.9 for Ram and the XPS has a score of 4.8 for ram.  The overall score is lower on the Inspiron (3.0 vs. 4.8 for the XPS) it is just the ram part that is higher.  Interesting huh?  Pretty funny!  I guess I shouldn't be laughing - as I paid a grand more for the XPS.  Maybe not so funny...

Sandy

but i thought the ram would go as fast as the FSB would allow it........that seems kinda wierd to have a FSB of 800mhz but ram can only go to 667mhz.................... Why are some of us getting different scores on SSD's?!?!??

there is something weird with Vista's scores as I see it is not a very reliable way of comparison.

I have an XPS 1530 with 3gbs of ram and its score is 5.0, which is my lowest score coming from Ram. I have a 7200rpm 160GBs of harddrive and get 5.3 with that. It is surprising that even with SSD, the score is 5.3. I am sure that SSD is faster than HDD, but Vista doesn't reflect that.

our score is not calculated.  The Vista Experience score is the lowest one of the lot.  It could be ram or HD or graphics but is only as high as the lowest score.

I get a 5.9 from my SSD but my score is still 4.1 because of the 8400m graphics card.