GeIL Black Dragon PC3-17000 2133MHz C10 16GB Memory Kit Review

Memory by stefan @ 2012-04-20

The Black Dragon PC3-17000 2133MHz C10 16GB is a high-end memory kit from GeIL which does not feature heatspreaders, has been tested in the proprietary DBT process for maximum reliability and are a delight when installed in cases with plexiglass side windows, thanks to the burning eyes and dragon design on the laterals.

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Test Setup, Test Results Part I

Test Setup

 

CPU : Intel I5 2500K Retail

CPU Cooler: Noctua U12P SE2

Motherboard : ASRock P67 Extreme6

RAM : GeIL Black Dragon PC3-1700 C10 16GB

Video : Sparkle X460 Calibre 1GB

Power Supply : Cooler Master 850W

HDD : Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200.10

Case: Cooler Master ATCS 840

 

During the tests, the CPU speed was set at 3.3GHz and Turbo was disabled in UEFI. Testing the memory at the stock settings occurred without problems, and the timings could be further tightened at the same 2133MHz speed:

 

 

 

CPU-Z Validation

 

 

The pre-programmed timings and frequencies can be also found by using AIDA64:

 

 

 

 

Test Results

 

Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark 2001

 

 

3DMark 2006

 

PCMark Vantage

 

 

SuperPI XS 1.5 2MB

 

wPrime 32M

 

 

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