Our testing is conducted using an Intel Core i7 5960X processor on an Asus X99 Deluxe motherboard. Each memory kit is set to run at its 3GHz XMP configuration.
Note: Our data for the Kingston HyperX Predator memory kit was obtained when running at 1.50V, before the company reduced its voltage level to 1.35V.
DDR4 Memory Test System:
- Processor: Intel Core i7 5960X Engineering Sample.
- Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe.
- Graphics Card: Asus R9 280X Matrix Platinum 3GB.
- System Drive: 500GB Samsung 840 SSD.
- Power Supply: Seasonic Platinum 1000W.
- Operating System: Windows 7 Professional with SP1 64-bit.
Comparison memory:
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 2800MHz 16GB (CMK16GX4M4A2800C16).
- G.Skill Ripjaws 4 3000MHz 16GB (F4-3000C15Q-16GRR).
- Kingston HyperX Predator 3000MHz 16GB (HX430C15PB2K4/16).
Tests:
- SiSoft Sandra 2014 SP2 – Memory bandwidth, cache & memory latency.
- Super Pi – 32M test.
- Cinebench R15 – All-core CPU benchmark.
- 3DMark 1.3.708 – Fire Strike.
- Bioshock Infinite – 1920 x 1080, ultra quality.