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Kingston HyperX Predator DDR 3000C15 Quad-Channel Memory Kit Review

Memory by leeghoofd @ 2015-09-07

August 2014, Intel launched its high-end X99 platform, a brand new socket in need of DDR4 modules. DDR4 warrants massive bandwidth plus they can also pack a far higher density per stick. All this goodness is available at your disposal while requiring a mere 1.2-1.35Volts. Only drawback, as with each new technology was at launch the high retail price; half a year later these prices have stabilized and even the high end kits are becoming more and more affordable. Today we have a look at one of the HyperX enthusiast kits: the 3000C15 quad channel kit, the fastest kit in their DDR4 Quad Channel ready X99 lineup. Will the out of the box speeds satisfy the hunger of this enthusiast reviewer or is there more under the hood?

Stock XMP 3D Results

High speed memory has a lesser impact in performance on games than when running 2D tests or synthetic 3d benchmarks. Thus one can only recommend these high speed memory kits for benchmarking or just for plain bragging rights when one wants to assemble a dedicated gaming rig.

Futuremark's Firestrike scales mildly with increased memory frequency. Proper dialed in timings would yield a far higher score, though we ran the tests only at the 3000 C15 rated XMP profile.

Catzilla behaves similar than Firestrike, mild scaling from 2133Mhz to 3000Mhz speeds, though nothing earth shattering here. The three tested games (via the integrated benchmark), tested at a 1920 x 1080 resolution with every detail setting maxed out hardly give a different output. Everything remains within the margin of error...Logic as the GPU remains the weakest link in the equation.

Now on to the fun part and let's us start to tweak to unleash some extra performance.

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