“You will see in the results that there
is more to gain with just tuning the
secondary and tertiary timings.”
than the primary timings and to
extract the best out of your memory
performance you will need to spend
time tuning it all.
As you have seen in the graphs,
the results speak for themselves.
It is evident that when you tune
the memory right down as far
as possible at least with this
combination of motherboard and
CPU. 2,666MHz tuned will match
what you can achieve at 3,400MHz
if you only rely only on the X.M.P.
That is noteworthy because it is not
something you’d expect, as there’s
a massive frequency difference
between the two settings. Loading
an X.M.P profile gets you to a safe
place to start tuning from, however
that is far from where the optimum
performance for the kit is. In fact,
a great place to start would be the
“AUTO” settings at 2,666 or perhaps
even 2,400MHz. Record the timings
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of the kit at the low speed. Then
compare them with the timings
you have when you’ve set X.M.P.
You may then begin matching the
lower values. Should you succeed,
you will notice a massive boost in
performance and it often will not
require any additional voltage.
Sometimes sacrificing the primary
timings holds merit because what
you stand to gain is significantly
more meaningful. Adherence to the
dogma, which states the lowest CAS
Latency trumps all is to miss the
point entirely.
The experts will tell, you that
tuning memory RTL and IOL
voltage is important. This cannot
be overstated. It matters on every
motherboard and it is where you
should look to capitalize possibly
before all other settings. If you
are able to keep these setting 0