Performance
Performance has been tested on the AMD Ryzen platform, which contains the Ryzen 5 3600, 6-core processor, ASRock X570 Extreme4 motherboard, MSI GTX1660Ti graphics card, and Patriot VPN100 500GB SSD. Used OS is Windows 10 x64 and the latest updates.
Everything is readily available in stores so our readers can compare results on their computers.
All results were performed on the HyperX FURY 16GB DDR4-3200 memory kit, so this is what you can expect, but of course, overclocking is never guaranteed as it depends on many factors.
Let’s begin the tests.
Memory bandwidth in AIDA64 is scaling well with memory frequency. As we can see above, DDR4-3600 or higher provides the best results in synthetic memory benchmarks. It doesn’t change the fact that the results at XMP profiles are quite good for their settings.
It can look different in daily usage, so let’s take a look at other test results.
Rendering benchmarks like Cinebench R15 are showing slightly higher results at higher memory frequency. Results are repeatable, so it’s just how this benchmark is scaling. Regardless of memory speed, results are not much different.
In PCMark 10, we can see the higher difference in the results. The XMP at DDR4-3200 is in the middle of the list and is only slightly lower than the overclocked settings. Even though there is a visible difference in the graph, then I highly doubt that anyone will see it during work.
Similar results are also in UL benchmarks, which base mostly on graphics card performance like 3DMark Fire Strike or Time Spy. In all these tests, we can see the difference mainly in CPU and physics tests. Total scores are almost the same at all settings what was expected considering how the new AMD platform acts at DDR4-3200 and higher.
Results in VRMark are not much different. The least demanding Orange Room is showing better results at balanced high frequency and tighter timings, but even there, we can count on only 1-3 FPS better results.
Below are our results in Final Fantasy XV 2K and Superposition 8K benchmarks. Total scores are again similar, but we can see that higher memory frequency slightly affects our results.
In games, there are already improvements worth to mention. In FarCry 5, we can see up to 4FPS improvement going from DDR4-3000 to DDR4-3733. HyperX FURY at DDR4-3200 performs well being only 1FPS slower than the DDR4-3600 setting.
The Tomb Raider gives us only a 1FPS difference between XMP and overclocked settings.
As we can see, results in synthetic memory tests are not always showing real performance in daily work or games. Looking at AIDA64 bandwidth results, we could expect a different scenario. However, most of our tests are showing not much worse performance at XMP and overclocked settings.
The FURY RGB DDR4-3200 performs well. I wish to see the same memory at DDR4-3600 out of the box as then; it would be even more interesting for gamers.
