Before going into testing, OCZ suggests a good burn in for memory to maximize speed while minimizing voltage and latency. There is no hands down best way to do it; even people at OCZ have differing suggested ways of burning in. Some suggest running Memtest86 for 24 hours at 2-2-2, 200 MHz, and with 3.3 volts.

The method I did Memtest86 at highest stable FSB with 3.25 volts, followed by 3DMark; I allow it take a break, and then repeated. This permits memory to have a cool down period. Whether you do straight Memtest, or the way I did it, you want to have a fan circulating air around memory. When putting constant stress on this memory, it actually gets hot, which causes instability. Before I burned them in I could only make 235 MHz at 2-2-2-5.