Performance
AIDA64 3.20 Memory and Cache Benchmark
As usual I will start from AIDA64 Memory and Cache Benchmark which is testing memory bandwidth in multithreaded tests.
G.Skill RipjawsZ achieved best result in memory copy while other results are lower but still really good. We have to remember that memory write for Haswell platform base also on memory clock and RipjawsZ have lowest clock in this comparison.
MaxxMem Preview v1.99
MaxxMem so also memory bandwidth benchmark but in this case tests are single threaded.
In single threaded tests, RipjawsZ 2133 performs really good. Two out of three results are the best in comparison. Read bandwidth is slightly lower but also not bad.
HyperPi 32M
HyperPi so multithreaded benchmark which loves fast memory.
As we see above, RipjawsZ memory won this stage with slightly better result than the other G.Skill memory – TridentX. Simply great result for a DDR3-2133 memory.
Cinebench 11.5
At the end Cinebench so rendering benchmark.
To be honest, all results in this benchmark for high end memory look similar so we can at least check that G.Skill RipjawsZ has no issues also in applications like this. Result is maybe not best but as we see, is nearly the same as for most other memory kits in this comparison.
Overclocking
All overclockers are probably curious what IC ( Integrated Circuit ) we can find in this memory kit.
RipjawsZ 2133 C9 memory, so F3-17000CL9Q-16GBZH kit , is based on Samsung HCK0. Samsung based overclocking memory is lately quite rare since most higher clocked RAM contain Hynix chips ( usually CFR/MFR ).
Since we know what we will test, let’s start the fun part.
On both platforms, so Z87 and X79, RipjawsZ 2133 C9 was working perfectly stable at 1200MHz ( DDR3-2400 ) 9-11-11-28 ~1.68V. It’s really nice result. After relaxing timings to 10-12-12-28 and raising voltage up to ~1.7V I was able to stabilize this memory at 1300MHz ( DDR3-2600 ) on the Gigabyte Z87X-OC motherboard.
Maximum clock using Z87 platform was ~DDR3-2800 but at pretty tight timings of 10-12-12-28. Probably it’s possible to push it some more but not on air cooling and reasonable voltages.
MSI X79A-GD45 Plus had some issues running at DDR3-2666 ( there is no DDR3-2600 in X79 ) but finally I made it work using much higher VCCIO/VCCSA voltages. In this case it’s clearly motherboard’s limit but I think that all motherboards designed for Ivy Bridge-E processors are going to reach this clock without issues.
Let’s take a look at amazing ~74GB/s bandwidth in AIDA64 benchmark with quad channel memory at DDR3-2672 10-12-12-28.
RipjawsZ 2133 CL9 is overclocking well keeping good performance. I don’t think anyone will be disappointed deciding on this memory kit. Even at XMP settings it has really good results.
