Overclocking
Disclaimer: Overclocking is never guaranteed, so that the results may vary depending on certain conditions and various hardware configurations. I am not recommending overclocking if you do not know what you are doing. High voltages may damage hardware, and it will not be covered by warranty.
Samsung B-die is already legendary, and everyone who is into computers and gaming components had to hear about it. I’m not going to tell you how to overclock this IC as that info floods the whole web, so it’s easy to find. I will, however, tell you how the Viper Steel Low Latency memory is acting on our specific test rig.
We had no problem setting DDR4-4000 CL14-14-14 1.55V and Gear 1 mode. This is the setting the most demanding nowadays. On our rig, it was working without issues. Below is a screenshot at a bit more tuned settings that can still be better if you spend long hours adjusting sub-timings and stability tests.
On the other hand, the motherboard couldn’t boot with Command Rate 1N or had problems at more than a DDR4-4400. DDR4-4400 could boot only at CL18 regardless of timings. The same story was with the Viper Steel LL DDR4-4000 kit or previously reviewed Team Group Dark-Z FPS DDR4-4000, which could run up to DDR4-5000 on Z590 motherboards. I think motherboard manufacturers did not optimize BIOS enough, fixing various other issues on the current generation of motherboards. The same is on most popular motherboards.
Either way, we can’t complain about the performance, which is excellent and hard to beat by any other DDR4 series. The Steel LL also gives us high overclocking potential, which, combined with a well-designed motherboard, can improve already exceptional results.
