Performance
Performance has been tested on the latest AMD platform, including the Ryzen 5 7600 processor, ASRock B650E PG-ITX WiFi motherboard, Colorful RTX4080 16GB graphics card, and Lian-Li SP850 850W Gold 80+ PSU.
All tests were performed on the Crucial 64GB DDR5-5200 memory kit. The 64GB memory kit could overclock up to DDR5-6000 and CL32, which is very good for any IC. The DDR5-6200 also passed tests, but because it was much harder to stabilize, we skipped it in the comparison. The DDR5-6000 CL32 setting was fully stable, confirmed by hours of various tests.
Let’s begin the tests.
The fastest setting and the optimal performance we could see at DDR5-6000 CL32. This is precisely the same as for the DDR5-5600 memory kit previously tested, even though it could overclock higher.
The EXPO profiles are not as fast as overclocked settings, mainly because of the lower frequency.
The latency at the EXPO 4800 profile is already about 10ns better than in standard DDR5-4800 memory kits. It’s also 10-15ns slower than the overclocked settings. On the other hand, the fastest memory kits on the market designed for AMD chipsets are usually not better than 65ns at EXPO profiles.
The difference in synthetic bandwidth and latency tests does not always show the whole story, so let us look at other tests.
PCMark 10 Applications benchmark shows us differences in popular Microsoft Office. The most significant performance gains can be seen in Excel. It’s also the most demanding if we use various macros and add-ons.
3DMark tests show a clear performance bump at overclocked settings. It wouldn’t matter in gaming, but in competitive benchmarking would be significant.
Rendering benchmarks like Cinebench R23 show some gains too, but it’s hard to tell if the faster RAM is really so much better. All the settings perform well in this benchmark. If we were working on projects requiring rendering, higher RAM capacity would probably give us more than the memory performance.
Final Fantasy XV and Superposition results are also barely different. We can tell that RAM helps, but the difference between the slowest and fastest settings is not much higher than the error margin.
In games, we can finally see the expected performance gain. At a lower display resolution, we can count on even 40FPS better results because of faster memory settings. With the higher display resolution and details, RAM is starting to be less critical, as DDR5 is already fast enough.
Crucial DDR5 is not designed to break world records but delivers a solid performance for those who expect high stability, low temperatures, and also a lower price.
The tested memory kit certainly has overclocking potential, so if we still need better results, we can try our luck in overclocking. Our results are on the next page of this review.
