Kingston HyperX T1 12GB DDR3 1600mhz Review (X58)

1. Introduction2. Kingston HyperX T1 12GB DDR3 1600mhz3. Testing Methodology and Setup4. KitGuru Photoshop Benchmark5. Adobe Photoshop CS5 Real World testing6. AIDA 647. SiSoft Sandra8. 3dStudio Max 20119. MaxxMem10. Closing Thoughts11. View All Pages

Today we are using the latest high end motherboard from ASUS – The Rampage III Black Edition, which we reviewed late March.

Until we updated the bios to the latest version, the Kingston HyperX T1 12GB kit would not run faster than 1333mhz.

The bios correctly tuned the DRAM voltage to 1.65v (1.66v reading above), however we manually increased the QPI/DRAM core voltage to 1.35 for added stability.

Trying to force timings and latencies any tighter proved unsuccessful. We did notice that the tRAS setting was automatically detected by the ASUS bios as 24, rather than 27 noted by the XMP-1600 profile in CPU-z.

System validation is available over here

This Kingston HyperX T1 memory didn't overclock particularly well, we did manage to increase speeds to around 1670mhz, but it made negligible difference to performance results. Extra voltage didn't really help either. We would expect most people buying this specific memory kit to run with the XMP profiles enabled so it is how we will test it today.

Test System:
CPU: Intel Core i7 990x @ 4.8ghz
Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Black Edition
Cooler: Antec Kuhler 620 H20
Chassis: Lian Li X2000F
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W
Graphics: AMD HD6990 QuadFireX
Memory: Kingston HyperX T1 12GB @ 1600
Hard Drives: Intel 128GB SSD (Boot), Samsung 2TB (storage), Crucial 128GB SSD.

Comparison memory: No Brand DDR3 1333mhz 4GB 9-9-9-24

Software:
SiSoft Sandra
Adobe Photoshop CS5 64 bit
3D Studio Max 2011
Cinebench R11.5 64 bit
Aida 64 Extreme Edition
MaxMemm

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