System Overview and Testing Procedures
Going over our Intel X99 system it is made up of the following components.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X
Video Card: MSI GTX 770 Gaming
Motherboard: EVGA X99 Micro
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 DDR4-3000 16GB
Storage: 120GB Kingston HyperX 3K
Power: Corsair AX860i
Cooling: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Extreme
Case: HighSpeed PC Top Deck Tech Station
With memory already clocked this high it is really hard to get it to go any higher. We tried with multiple different settings to get the memory past 3000 MHz, but it wouldn’t budge.
Another thing you want to keep in mind is that when you enable the XMP profile with this kit it actually will overclock your system moving the base clock from 100 MHz to 125 MHz. We made the adjustment in our settings so our processor would still be running at 3.0 GHz.
For testing we will run the memory at its stock or XMP profile settings using the below benchmarking software. We will then run the tests again at a lower clock speed of 2667 MHz and we will lower the timings to the XMP profile that Patriot’s DDR4-2667 kit is set at. Below is a list of benchmarking software that we use.
– SiSoftware Sandra Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
– SiSoftware Sandra Cache & Memory Latency Benchmark
– SiSoftware Cache Bandwidth Benchmark
– AIDA64 Cache & Memory Benchmark
– Cinebench R15 Multi-threaded test
– 3DMark Fire Strike Physics test
Now let’s get to testing!
