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.

My sample proved to have no headroom on my Intel test bed. I was able to boot into Windows at 4900 MHz, but the setting did not pass stability testing. At 4800 MHz, this is still the fastest kit I have ever tested on an Intel system.


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 also was not able to make any gains on AMD with the XMP default timings. With that said, running this kit at the D-die "Fast" preset was a breeze.

AIDA64

While there may be gains to be had on Ryzen from down-clocking and tightening the timings, this kit is best served in a high-end Intel system.