All results were obtained at 4625MHz s on a normal install of Windows 7 64-bit. These are our results, yours may vary
so only use these as a guideline for a similarly configured system.
Memory
AIDA 64 Read
AIDA 64 Write
AIDA 64 Copy
AIDA 64
Latency
SuperPi 8M
Frequency
Timings
Kingston Hyper X Genesis
2400MHz 4x4GB
57112
41267
53923
61,2
1.29.513
2133
10-11-11-28-2T
60941
43658
57247
60,2
1.29.590
2400
11-13-13-30-2T
40535
35797
38340
52,3
1.30.044
2600
12-14-14-36-2T
respective benchmarks with
only the XMP profile loaded.
The RIVE Black edition has
this ability to make all sets of
memory appear better than they
would on other motherboards
thus, you must assume that the
numbers we have here are not
a worst case scenario but are
typical on what to expect on an
equivalently competent board.
We have often seen 2400MHz
kits reach speeds past the
2,600MHz mark and typically
hit 2800MHz, albeit with some
dubious timings. Still we had
high hopes for this kit, but
unfortunately we hit our limit
at 2,600MHz. Please note that
we had to drop our BClk back
to 100MHz for this multiplier,
as we couldn’t test the typical
2,666MHz. The numbers we
recorded are slightly lower than
they would be with the CPU
at 4625MHz, but for the most
part they do represent fairly
accurately what the memory is
capable of.
At the 2,600MHz frequency, we
had to sacrifice on the primary
timings and resort to the Raw
MHz profile in the motherboard
BIOS. From there, we lowered
each setting individually,
meticulously testing for stability.
Merely adjusting the primary
timings didn’t help us because
this set proved particularly
sensitive to several secondary
settings. After hours of testing
each setting, we were finally
able to settle on a 2,600MHz
configuration that was not only
stable but would cold boot every
time. At these settings, we lost
out on the AIDA 64 performance
and just about in everything
else, but we did decrease the
memory latency substantially.
Our SuperPi 8M score suffered
but it wasn’t as dramatic as one
would have initially thought,
given in particular that we had
gone from 11-13-13-30 to 1214-14-36. At the end, the ideal
settings for this RAM seem to be
2,400MHz. From here one can
tune other settings to squeeze
out even more performance
from the RAM.
As far as overclocking
memory is concerned, there
are definitely better options
on the market from Kingston
which recently announced their
2,800MHz Predator kit. This
set along with the other Beast
SKUs that have displayed some
competence to overclockers
will provide you with the leg
room and performance that you
may need for your overclocking
pursuits. This Genesis kit is thus
relegated to that which would
probably suit gamers rather
than competitive overclockers.
At the time of writing we didn’t
have a price but if the kit retails
for anything around the $250
to $260 mark then it should
make for a worthwhile purchase
for the above mentioned
demographic.
[The Overclocker]
Summary
Depending on pricing
this may be a kit well
worth the purchase
for a gaming machine.
For overclockers, you
may want to look at the
Predatoror Beast Series
instead.
Would you buy it?
If we couldn’t find the
Beast or Predator kits,
perhaps
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