Intel configuration test:
Of course, this kit will only be tested on an AMD platform since currently only AMD motherboards support EXPO profiles. We should however see these profiles being taken into account in the next BIOS of motherboards with an Intel chipset:
- Motherboard: ROG Crosshair X670E Gene (BIOS 0805)
- Processor: Ryzen 9 7950X
- Memory : 32 GB Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000 MT/s CL32 EXPO
- Graphics Card: MSI GT 710
- Cooling system : Optimus Foundation + 480 mm EK radiator
- SSD : Western Digital SN850 NVMe SSD M.2
- Power supply : be quiet! Dark Power PRO 12 1500w
- Operating system : Windows 10 64 bits
For our tests, since this is the first kit we are going to test with AMD EXPO technology, we have added the performance of the Corsair Vengeance 5600 MT/s CL36 memory kit. But don’t worry, more AMD EXPO kit tests are coming in the next few days.
Please note! All DDR5 kits that are not AMD EXPO compatible and whose frequency is lower than 6000 MT/s should be compatible without any problem, but from 6000 MT/s onwards, opt for AMD EXPO. Our Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6600 MT/s CL32 kit is not recognized and it is impossible to activate the DOCP. In fact, it is quite complicated to be stable beyond 6400 MT/s on the new AMD chipset.
Aida 64 :
It is a software able to provide you with a lot of information about your configuration but it has the particularity to have a memory benchmark. It will calculate the speed of reading, writing, copying and the latency of your memory kit. It is very often used to compare memory kits between them. It is an excellent tool if you want to compare the performance of your memory kit with those we have already had the opportunity to test.
The version used for testing is the latest beta version and we are just starting to test this type of memory kits, so it will take time for our graphs to grow. Please note that we do not recommend the purchase of a non-EXPO kit with a frequency higher than 6000 MT/s as it may not be compatible.
The performance of this first test seems perfectly logical to us, even if at the same frequency and on an Intel platform, the performance will be better. Our Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000 MT/s CL30 kit gets a score of 79468 MB/s.
In writing, same observation but here our sample of the day reaches a speed of 79378 MB/s.
The findings are identical in copy with again a first place for our Dominator Platinum RGB with a throughput of 69853 MB/s.
Finally, the latency. It is on this value that all eyes are riveted because the DDR5 is a little behind. Here we get 61.9 ns for our Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000 MT/s CL30. As a reminder, AMD announced a latency lower than about 63 nanoseconds which is perfectly the case here.
Geekbench 3.4.4 :
It is a benchmark available in several revisions, version 5 having just been released a few weeks ago. It allows you to obtain two scores: one in single and the other in multi. Using this benchmark, we will focus on the performance obtained on the ” Memory Multi-Core ” score which allows to differentiate the memory performance.
The version used for the tests is 3.4.4.
For the Geekbench 3 benchmark, despite the fact that in single core the frequency of our Ryzen 9 7950X is 5.8 GHz, there is a difference in score between the different memory kits. Our kit of the day takes the first place with 9055 points.
In multi core, the gap between our kits is less important since it is 863 points.
As soon as we isolate the memory score, real differences are visible between our two kits. Our kit of the day gets a score of 11346 points! Not always easy to compare with two kits, but as we said in the introduction, two kits are coming in the next few days and AMD EXPO compatible.
Geekbench 5.2.5 :
We decided to add this extra benchmark but why? The CPU benchmark uses new tests that more closely simulate the tasks that processors face in recent applications. Geekbench 5 also increases the memory used in the benchmark to better reflect the impact of this parameter in the CPU results. For now, we will keep both since version 3 is still widely used.
While in Geekbench 3 we had a difference in single core, here in version 5 the performance is pretty much the same and it’s still our kit of the day that takes the top spot with a total of 2349 points.
Finally, the last score of our benchmark series with a total of 24469 points for our sample. So, don’t stop this article here because overclocking is full of surprises!
