Pushing for Speed

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


I was able to get 3733 MHz out of this kit with all other XMP settings at their default.


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 included the default (non-XMP) settings as a base reference point.


I was able to squeeze 4000 MHz out of the Thermaltake TOUGHRAM on my MEG X570 ACE with the XMP default timings. For tightening timings, the "Fast" preset was not stable, but the "Safe" preset worked great. The Hynix C-die used in the Thermaltake TOUGHRAM is geared for high frequencies rather than tight timings.

AIDA64

Looking at the graphs, there is some benefit to overclocking this kit past XMP settings, at least for use with Ryzen systems.