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Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB DDR4 2666MHz C16 Memory Kit Review

Memory by stefan @ 2015-10-22

Supporting the latest XMP 2.0 standard, this kit was designed to be fully compatible with the Intel X99 and 100 Series systems, while the 16GB modules are running at 2666MHz 16-18-18-35, while keeping low voltage of 1.2V. The LPX code name suggests that we are dealing with a low-profile kit, which assures good clearance with all large CPU heatsinks. As we have seen in our tests, the kit can also run at higher speeds than the rated one so we have succeeded to reach 2933MHz while keeping the stock timings, but the voltage needed a small bump at 1.35V.

Test Setup and Test Results Part I

Test Setup

CPU: Intel I5 6600K Retail

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14

Motherboard: BIOSTAR GAMING Z170X

RAM: Currently tested kit

Video: HIS 380X

Power Supply: Cooler Master 850W

SSD: OCZ Vector 150

Case: Cooler Master ATCS 840

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

Right after confirming full stability thanks to Memtest86 in Windows at stock settings as before, we have dialed down in steps to 2133Mhz while keeping the same timings for comparison purposes. The overclocking stage was next so we first dialed the speed up to 3000MHz only to find out that the system was unstable; relaxing the timings did not help a bit even at 1.35V so we went down a notch to 2933MHz, while keeping the same voltage and stock timings; with these settings the system has proven rock-solid in Memtest86 so we did re-bench the machine in order to test out the new results. Here is the validation thanks to CPU-Z:

Validation

Test Results

Synthetic Benchmarks

SuperPI XS 1.5 2MB

wPrime 32M

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