Performance
Performance has been tested on the Intel Rocker Lake-S platform, which contains a Core i7-11700K processor, MSI Z590I Unify motherboard, ASRock RX6800 XT graphics card, Silicon Power US70 1TB NVMe SSD, and Abkoncore 850W 80+ Gold PSU.
All results have been made using the Predator Apollo RGB 16GB DDR4-3600 memory kit. All overclocking results were stable and passed multiple tests, as listed in the comparison.
As usual, we will start with the AIDA64 Memory and Cache benchmark, which is probably the best application to check memory bandwidth and latency.
AIDA64 bandwidth results are high, as expected. Overclocking results are even better. Without big problems, we could pass 70GB/s. All settings were easy to achieve, while problems started above DDR4-4800. Either way, I assume that even less advanced users can have some fun and reach at least DDR4-4600 at more relaxed but still fast timings.
Latency is very low at even XMP settings. Because of the required Gear 2 mode at higher memory frequency, we are losing in access time, but it still looks good, and as you find out later, the balance between memory bandwidth and latency gives the best results in daily work or games.
In PCMark 10, the best results are at DDR4-4800, but all other settings are not far behind.
In Cinebench R23, the best results are at the XMP profile. This is because Cinebench likes low latency, but also Gear 1 mode is faster in CPU rendering.
3DMark series benchmarks are showing similar results in all settings. We can tell which one is higher or lower, but most are closer to the error margin. DDR4-4600 and DDR4-4800 are slightly faster in these tests than lower RAM frequencies.
VRMark used to show higher differences in our previous reviews, but in this case, we can see a 1-2FPS difference between all our settings barely. A quick conclusion can be that all settings are equally fast in virtual reality.
The same barely visible differences are in Final Fantasy XV and Superposition benchmarks. We can’t make much more to gain higher performance on these fast platforms with already fast RAM. On the other hand, users expect to buy the best possible components and play games at optimal settings without wasting time on manual tunning.
The highest FPS differences are always in benchmarks based on popular games. There are up to 4FPS gains because of overclocking, but it’s not convincing enough to spend many hours on stability tests. For sure, it’s better to play favorite games at this time. Predator Apollo shows that we don’t have to overclock our RAM to enjoy high performance in games and the XMP profile is optimal for nearly every user.
I will tell you a couple of words about overclocking the Predator Apollo DDR4-3600 RAM on the next page.
