Performance
Our test platform contains an Intel i5-12600K processor, ASUS Strix Z690-I Gaming WiFi motherboard, and EVGA RTX3060 XC 12GB graphics card. All tests were performed on Windows 11 Pro x64 with the latest updates.
Our comparison includes overclocking results and settings where the Apacer NOX 32GB DDR5-5200 memory kit was stable. The maximum stable frequency using the mentioned motherboard was DDR5-5600 CL38-42-42 1.25V. Results with MSI Z690 Unify-X and Aorus Z690 Master were about the same.
We will start with the AIDA64 Memory and Cache benchmark, probably the best application to check memory bandwidth and latency.
AIDA64 bandwidth results are high, even at the XMP profile, but we can’t compare them with top DDR5 kits. On the other hand, higher memory frequency is not helping much, as you may find out in the following tests.
Latency results are much better than at standard or JEDEC settings. Again, they will be much better for higher frequency memory kits as latency is scaling with memory frequency and timings.
In PCMark 10, we can already see that overclocked settings are not much better, so I assume that most users won’t waste time on overclocking and stability testing.
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.
In VRMark, we can see a 1FPS difference between all our settings. This is not changing much, even at higher series memory kits.
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.
Results in benchmarks based on popular games are usually showing higher differences. In this case, overclocking isn’t high enough to see that difference, and we are limited to a 1FPS gain. I highly doubt that overclocking would improve the user’s experience.
Apacer NOX DDR5-5200 is already fast at XMP settings, but those who want something more can read a couple of words about overclocking on the next page.
