Patriot Viper Gaming Venom RGB DDR5-6200 32GB Kit Review

I would like to thank Patriot for providing this review sample! Let us see what Patriot Viper Gaming has to say about themselves on their website:

WHO WE ARE

Viper Gaming is a brand of Patriot Memory, a global leader in performance memory, Solid State Drives (SSD’s), and flash storage solutions. Viper Gaming was established in 2007 with the unveiling of the well-known, top-tier line of computer memory. Since then,
the Viper Gaming brand has become synonymous with elite performance and reliability among gamers worldwide.

In 2015, Viper Gaming decided to expand its product categories to include gaming keyboards, headsets, and mice. Offering entry, mid-level and high-end solutions with rich feature sets. Viper Gaming’s award-winning peripherals provide gamers everywhere the best price-for-performance and reliability that enables every Viper Gamer to dominate in their sport.

THIS IS OUR VISION

Patriot Memory has over 30 years of experience building high performance memory kits and has been providing Viper memory to the gaming enthusiast audience for over 10 years. We have harnessed that same passion to develop our line of gaming peripherals as well. Viper Gaming is committed to designing and engineering products that gamers of all kind will appreciate, plain and simple.

You can buy the Viper Gaming Venom RGB DDR5-6200 for around USD ~~$379.99~~ from Amazon – https://amzn.to/3F4IrYY

Overview

Viper Gaming is very excited to reveal the next generation Viper Venom DDR5 DRAM series! The Viper Venom DDR5 memory series will be our fastest DRAM available, for the latest DDR5 platforms for insane system performance! Viper Venom DDR5 memory modules are designed with groundbreaking technology to set bench mark higher than most extreme overclocked DDR4 modules and delivers twice as fast, doubling the current bandwidth of DDR4.The Viper Venom DDR5 modules have innovative onboard power management ICs for more efficient operation and lower power consumption, along with onboard thermal management technology providing longer life for the modules. With a limited lifetime warranty, this cutting-edge technology will enable blazing quick application start-ups while expanding your system’s capabilities. Viper Venom DDR5 DRAM modules generate superior improvements towards user experience over previous memory lines and will be the next ultimate solution for gaming enthusiasts globally!

Features

Series: Viper Venom RGB DDR5 series
Edition: Matte Black with Red Viper logo / Silver name plate
Aluminum heat spreader with unique and specific design element
Compatibility: Tested across latest DDR5 platforms for reliably on high performance
Limited lifetime warranty

Specs:

On-Die ECC
Thermal sensor
Capacity: 32GB (2 x 16GB)
Base Frequency: PC5-38400 (4800MHz)
Base Timings: 40-40-40-77
Base Voltage: 1.1V
Tested Frequency Profile 1: PC5-49600 (6200MHz)
Tested Timings: 40-40-40-76
Tested Voltage for Profile 1: 1.35V
RGB Sync with ASUS/ASRock/MSI/Gigabyte motherboard (please check with motherboard vendor for more info)
Viper Venom Exclusive RGB APP

More information can found on Patriot’s website.

The Box and Packaging

Photo Gallery

A Closer Look

Test Rig

For our tests, we used our Test Rig which consists of an ASRock Z690 Taichi motherboard, along with an Intel Core i9-12900KF and a ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT (4GB GDDR6) graphics card.

* ALL tests are conducted at specified default speeds and settings.

CPU	Intel Core i9-12900KF
Cooling	Cooler Master MasterLiquid PL240 Flux AIO
Motherboard	ASRock Z690 Taichi
Ram	Patriot Viper Gaming Venom RGB DDR5-6200 32GB Memory Kit
XMP 2.0 profiles	Memory timings : 40-40-40-76 @1.35v (2x16GB)
SSD	Adata Legend 840 PCIE Gen4 NVMe
PSU	Thermaltake ToughPower PF1 ARGB 1050W
VGA card	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT (4GB GDDR6)
OS	Windows 10

Installation

RGB in Action

BIOS Setup

To se the default speed of DDR5-6200 using XMP 3.0 Profiles. Just select the XMP Profile 1 and the BIOS and “Save” and that’s it! All other settings were left untouched on AUTO.

CPU-Z and SPD Information

As you cn see from the CPU-Z screenshot, the DRAM frequency is running at 26000MHz which is correct for the default speed of DDR5-5200. The other thing you’ll notice is that the ram is now running in Quad channel mode. Here’s a quick reason why … DDR5 gives you two 32-bit wide (40-bit wide, with ECC) channels per stick, which means that you get a quad-channel configuration when running two DIMMs.

AIDA64 Memory Information

Full Load Temperatures

Benchmarks

I’ll let all the numbers do the talking.

Aida64 Memory Benchmarks

PCMark 10

PCMark 10 is the latest in our series of industry standard PC benchmarks. Updated for Windows 10 with new and improved workloads, PCMark 10 is also faster and easier to use. PCMark 10 features a comprehensive set of tests that cover the wide variety of tasks performed in the modern workplace. With express, extended, and custom run options to suit your needs, PCMark 10 is the complete PC benchmark for the modern office and an ideal choice for organizations that buy PCs in high volumes.

PassMark 9

Fast, easy to use, PC speed testing and benchmarking. PassMark PerformanceTest allows you to objectively benchmark a PC using a variety of different speed tests and compare the results to other computers.

HyperPi 32M

A simple-to-configure and portable software program that helps you calculate the pi value for a given number of digits and perform overclocking operations on multi-core machines

3DMark – Time Spy (default settings)

3DMark Time Spy is a new DirectX 12 benchmark test for Windows 10 gaming PCs. Time Spy is one of the first DirectX 12 apps to be built “the right way” from the ground up to fully realize the performance gains that the new API offers. With its pure DirectX 12 engine, which supports new API features like asynchronous compute, explicit multi-adapter, and multi-threading, Time Spy is the ideal test for benchmarking the latest graphics cards.

Unfortunately, I was not able to test the motherboard using a GeForce RXT 30-series due to chip shortage/scalpers/overpricing, so the bottleneck would come from the graphics card itself. Yes, I’m stuck with a Radeon RX 6500 XT … *sigh*

Cinebench R23

CINEBENCH is a real-world cross platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s performance capabilities. CINEBENCH is based on MAXON’s award-winning animation software Cinema 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. MAXON software has been used in blockbuster movies such as Iron Man 3, Oblivion, Life of Pi or Prometheus and many more. CINEBENCH is the perfect tool to compare CPU and graphics performance across various systems and platforms (Windows and OS X).

7-Zip LZMA Benchmark

The benchmark shows a rating in MIPS (million instructions per second). The rating value is calculated from the measured CPU speed and it is normalized with results of Intel Core 2 CPU with multi-threading option switched off. So if you have Intel Core 2 Duo, rating values must be close to real CPU frequency.

Verdict and Conclusion

You can buy the Viper Gaming Venom RGB DDR5-6200 for around USD $379.99 from Amazon – https://amzn.to/3F4IrYY

Pros:

Rated at DDR5-6200
XMP 3.0 ready
Superb Compatibility
Excellent performance
On-die error correcting code (ECC)
Thermal sensor

Cons:

Couldn’t find any