Pushing for Speed

With testing out of the way, I endeavored to see if these sticks had any headroom. For Intel, I lock in the primary timings at their XMP defaults and then increase the frequency until the system loses stability.


I was able to achieve an impressive 4200 MHz at XMP timings with the G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Elite.


For AMD overclocking, I follow the same procedure as with Intel to find the maximum possible frequency with XMP timings. Next, I set the frequency to 3600 MHz and use DRAM Calculator for Ryzen to optimize the timings. I then bench each setting with AIDA64 to showcase what kind of benefits you can expect from each. I also include the default (non-XMP) settings as a base reference point.


I was able to get a great 4133 MHz out of the G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Elite on my MEG X570 ACE with the XMP default timings. Running this kit at the B-die "Fast" preset was a breeze as well.

AIDA64

Looking at the graphs, there is no consistent benefit to overclocking the frequency of this kit past its XMP settings, at least for use with Ryzen systems.