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.
Our comparison includes overclocking results and settings at which the Viper RGB DDR4-3600 was stable. The maximum stable settings on our motherboard were DDR4-3800 CL16-19-19 at default 1.35V. The memory can run above DDR4-3800, but because of the architecture and Infinity Fabric dividers, it provides lower performance than expected, so I’ve skipped higher memory clock results in performance comparison, but it will be mentioned later.
As usual, we will start with AIDA64 Cache and Memory benchmark, which is probably the best software for synthetic memory speed tests.
The results are similar to what we could see on the Viper 4 Blackout DDR4-3600 memory kit. Performance is high and is scaling well with the memory clock. Pretty much as expected. The XMP shows high performance, and this is what we wanted to see.
PCMark 10, which base on popular applications, is showing that performance is not much different at all tested settings. Depends on the test, results are slightly higher or lower, but the XMP profile provides optimal performance in all tests.
In Cinebench series benchmarks, results are similar. These tests are not using much data, so results are based more on the CPU speed. We can still see the difference in results.
It’s time on some 3D benchmarks from UL(previously Futuremark).
3DMark and VRMark series benchmarks are showing similar results at all settings. These benchmarks are showing higher differences in CPU and physics tests, but it’s a low percentage of the total score.
We are used to seeing higher performance gain at higher memory clock, but it just proves that all our settings provide optimal performance.
More demanding 3D tests at the display resolution up to 8K are not much different. In Final Fantasy XV and Superposition benchmarks, results are slightly better at higher memory frequency but nothing that would profoundly affect our gaming experience. At DDR4-3200 and higher memory clock, the performance gain is not as high as expected, and it’s clearly better to save some money on a faster SSD or graphics card than spend it on the fastest memory kit. Lucky for us, DDR4-3600 memory kits are already inexpensive.
Results in new games like Farcry 5 or Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p are showing similar results as in our previous Patriot memory review. We can see 4FPS gain at higher memory clock in FarCry 5, but the Tomb Raider is not working any faster, regardless of settings.
No matter what settings we use, the Viper RGB DDR4-3600 provides high performance. Even those users who decide to buy DDR4-3600 memory and run it at DDR4-3200 won’t be disappointed.
