Performance
Performance has been tested on the Intel Coffee Lake platform which includes the i5-8600K processor and MSI Z370I Gaming Carbon ITX motherboard. In 3D tests has been used EVGA GTX1060 SC ITX graphics card. Everything is easily available in stores so our readers can compare results on their computers.
Let’s begin the tests.
Memory bandwidth in the AIDA64 is as high as expected. We wish to see higher numbers but our memory kit is specified to run at DDR4-2933 so not really high considering available memory kits on the market. There is a second XMP profile which is programmed at DDR4-2666 so even lower but it’s a good thing as most users care more about compatibility than additional speed. It’s still memory designed for gamers and enthusiasts so at least the Predator RGB has tighter timings than we can find in lower Kingston memory series like HyperX Fury.
Synthetic benchmarks are now telling us whole truth as a lot depends on the used platform. Modern Intel and AMD platforms like higher memory frequency but even at lower settings performance isn’t bad.
Multithreaded Pi calculation benchmark is showing quite good performance at DDR4-2933 and anything above that. Those users who are searching for additional performance gain should check the availability of higher frequency HyperX Predator memory kits. We’ve received one of the first memory kits available on the market but you should already find DDR4-3200 or higher kits.
In rendering benchmarks results at DDR4-2933 or higher settings are not much different. There are also other tests where the balance between frequency and lower latency shows good results.
Especially in 3D tests and most games, we can see that it’s not always worth paying more for the highest speed memory kits. Below you can see our results in VRMark.
Regardless of which test we run, results are not much different in all 3D tests.
Additional VR Mark tests are showing similar results.
At the end compression and decompression benchmark which bases on 7-Zip. This is one of not many tests where we can clearly see that higher frequency memory is really faster.
HyperX Predator RGB DDR4-2933 memory has quite high overclocking potential but we can’t compare it to the popular Samsung B-die available in the most expensive memory kits. All overclocking results are already included in the comparison. I will only add that the maximum possible settings were DDR4-3466 at CL17-19-19 1.35V or DDR4-3600 at CL18-20-20 1.35V. Higher voltage wasn’t helping much with higher frequency. Also, tighter timings were not possible without higher voltage but it wasn’t changing much in performance.
Considering the fact we are buying the DDR4-2933 memory kit then overclocking potential is high.
Regardless of the memory settings, the Predator RGB performs well and most users will be satisfied. Those who are counting on higher performance should take a look at higher speed HyperX memory kits as they’re also available.
There is one more advantage of the HyperX Predator RGB memory. Used memory IC runs well on Intel but also on AMD Ryzen. Older memory kits have often problems to run at more than the DDR4-3200 while new Hynix or Micron IC (this one you will see in our next HyperX review) have no problems to reach DDR4-3466 or DDR4-3600 on good motherboards.
