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3DMark
We used 3DMark‘s ‘Fire Strike’ benchmark which is designed to be used on gaming PCs. We opted for the Normal setting, NOT the Extreme mode.
Bioshock Infinite
We used the Bioshock Infinite demanding ‘Ultra’ setting and a 1920×1080 resolution to push today’s hardware. Our data was recorded using a section of the game, not the built-in benchmark.
Irrelevant of how minor the differences are, Kingston's HyperX Predator consistently manages to outperform the G.Skill and Corsair parts by a small margin. Grouping of the results is within 1% for 3DMark and 0.25% for Bioshock Infinite, hence testing errors may have an effect on the results.
There is very little between each kit in terms of performance, but the benchmarks do show that tighter timings will reap small boosts in scores from synthetic benchmarks such as 3DMark.
I AM IN IT TO WIN IT GREAT MEMORY
Thanks KitGuru – been struggling to work out how to get my Corsair 4 x 4GB 2800MHz to play ball in my Rampage V – just the article I needed to get my head around the XMP settings 🙂
Is there any real difference between DDR3 and DDR4 that would justify to get DDR4 for a new rig right now despite the difference in price ?
You don’t have a choice if you plan on building an X99 system. It only uses DDR4 memory modules and you can’t use DDR4 on Z97 and older mainstream motherboards. But if you mean Z97 with DDR3 vs X99 with DDR4, then their is real and significant performance difference.
yes, I meant Z97+DDR3 vs Z99+DDR4, especially for games.