Overclocking
Disclaimer: Overclocking is never guaranteed so that the results may vary depending on certain conditions and various hardware configurations. I am not recommending overclocking if you do not know what you are doing. High voltages may damage hardware, and it will not be covered by warranty.
I knew that overclocking results on the TridentZ Neo will be good, but they exceeded my expectations. As far as most memory kits based on Samsung B-die are able to run at DDR4-3600 CL16-16-16 and relatively low voltages such as 1.35-1.45V, then we are getting a memory which out of the box is already designed to run without issues at DDR4-3600 CL14 and 1.45V. Even though it seems like a limit at a given frequency, then we were able to lower the timings to CL14-14-14, keeping 1.45V. Going up with the voltage, we could set CL14-13-13, which was also stable at the DDR4-3733 used for comparison tests. The screenshot from AIDA64 is below.
A bit of tweaking and a higher clock also let us reduce latency to 64.6ns. This is not the end, as we had a limited time on all the stability tests.
The highest setting, which was working for longer in various tests without issues, is DDR4-4800 18-18-18-38 CR1 1.50V. Setting tighter timings at DDR4-4800 wasn’t so easy. We could set DDR4-4800 CL16-17-17 1.60V, but it wasn’t fully stable, and once in a while, there were errors in tests. I’m sure that we could stabilize it after longer tuning or adjusting voltages, but it doesn’t change the fact that the result is already exceptional.
Some other settings, also those included in the performance comparison, are:
- 3200 12-13-13 1.40V – stable during all tests
- 3600 14-14-14 1.45V – works well on AMD and Intel chipsets
- 3733 14-13-13 1.50V – stable during all tests
- 4266 16-16-16 1.45V – stable during all tests
- 4600 18-18-18 1.45V – stable during all tests
- 4800 18-18-18 1.50V – maximum stable frequency
- 4800 16-17-17 1.60V – some instability during more demanding tests
Even though the TridentZ Neo overclocks great, then I’m sure that most users will be more than satisfied with the XMP profile performance. The memory is well designed for gamers and computer enthusiasts.
