Test Rig
For our tests, we used our Test Rig which consists of an ASRock Z690 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 motherboard, along with an Intel Core i9-12900KF and a ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT (4GB GDDR6) graphics card.
* ALL tests are conducted at specified default speeds and settings.
| CPU | Intel Core i9-12900KF |
| Cooling | Enermax AquaFusion RGB 120 AIO cooler |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z690 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 |
| Ram | ADATA XPG Lancer RGB DDR5-6000 32GB Memory Kit |
| XMP 2.0 profiles | Memory timings : 16-40-40-40 @1.35v (2x16GB) |
| SSD | Adata Legend 840 PCIE Gen4 NVMe |
| PSU | Thermaltake 850W |
| VGA card | ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT (4GB GDDR6) |
| OS |
Windows 10 |
Installation
As I’ve said before, DDR5 ram is not compatible with DDR4, and so the notch on the memory module is positioned slightly different. Just make sure you align the notch to the DIMM slots on the motherboard and insert firmly. There is a slight delay in the RGB illumination … but will kick in around 5 seconds later.
Full RGB controls can be adjusted via the software included with the motherboard. In our case, we’re using the ASRock motherboard, so it will be controlled by the ASRock’s Polychrome Sync.
BIOS Setup
We used the ASRock Z690 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 motherboard for our tests. It was super easy to set up the memory modules to run at the full speed of DDR5-6000 using XMP 3.0 Profiles. Just select the XMP Profuile and the BIOS and “Save” and that’s it! All other settings were left untouched on AUTO.
CPU-Z and SPD Information
CPU-Z reports the DRAM frequency at 2992.7MHz which is fine for the default speed of DDR5-6000. One thing I’ve noticed when running DDR5 ram on the newer Z690 motherboards, is that it reports the ram as running in Quad Channel mode. For those who don’t know, here’s the explanation why? … DDR5 gives you two 32-bit wide (40-bit wide, with ECC) channels per stick, which means that you get a quad-channel configuration when running two DIMMs.
AIDA64 Memory Information
The SPD information shows that the ADATA XPG Lancer RGB DDR5-6000 uses memory chips produced by SK Hynix, which have been known to overclock pretty well. CAS lastency is fairly high at 40-40-40-76 … but with the higher speeds of DDR5, high CAS latenct is expected.
