Performance
Performance has been tested on the ASUS TUF A15 laptop equipped with the Ryzen 7 4800H, 8-core CPU, GTX1660Ti graphics card, and 1TB M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD with installed Win10 Pro OS.
In the comparison are three memory kits and one overclocked setting of the Signature Line DDR4-3200 memory kit. More about overclocking will be on the next page of this review.
As usual, we will start with AIDA64 Cache and Memory benchmark, which is probably the best software for synthetic memory speed tests.
Results at the XMP profile are quite good but a bit limited by quite relaxed timings. If you wonder why the standard memory kit (Kingston Value), which was initially installed in the laptop, offers higher memory bandwidth, then there is a quick answer. SPD profiles have only a few timings programmed, so the motherboard’s BIOS is setting all sub-timings automatically, and for lower memory capacity, these timings are significantly lower. This is something that users can’t even see and on laptops, can’t set manually. Considering that fact, the Patriot Signature performs great having high-capacity, 32GB memory modules.
PCMark 10 is showing us results closer to a daily workload. In this benchmark, we can see that all results at DDR4-3200 are not much different, while we can clearly say that they are faster than standard DDR4-2666 memory. This is also a confirmation of the high memory bandwidth difference between DDR4-2666 and DDR4-3200, which we could see in the AIDA64 results.
In Cinebench series benchmarks, there is also a difference between memory frequency while additional settings are not so important.
It’s time on some 3D benchmarks from UL(previously Futuremark) where we can see one more time a similar situation so not much different results, but because of higher memory frequency, DDR4-3200 is faster.
In the VRMark, we are presenting results in FPS to see the difference better. With higher graphics details, there is a lower difference in memory settings, and all results are about the same. In the first and least demanding Orange Room test, we can see up to 4FPS difference because of memory settings. Here we can also see that higher capacity Patriot memory performs better than other memory kits.
More demanding 3D tests at the display resolution up to 8K are not much different. In Final Fantasy XV and Superposition benchmarks, results are slightly better at higher memory frequency but nothing that would profoundly affect our gaming experience. We can still tell which memory is faster in these benchmarks, but surprisingly, the slowest DDR4-2666 gives us the best results in the Superposition 8K benchmark. It’s hard to explain that as this memory isn’t better in memory bandwidth or latency while in this demanding 3D test shows the highest score.
The most important for enthusiasts and gamers are, of course, games, and here we can see that RAM speed affects the performance the most. We can see up to 5FPS difference between DDR4-2666 and tweaked Patriot DDR4-3200 memory, so this is what you will be able to expect if you decide upcoming Patriot gaming series SODIMM. Our Patriot memory kit at default settings is still up o 2-3FPS faster in these games than DDR4-2666 memory, so for some users, it can be worth the upgrade, especially that we can choose a higher memory capacity.
As an owner of the laptop used for tests, I can say that standard 16GB RAM is already not enough for me, so 32GB of fast memory is perfect. 64GB is maybe a bit too much for my needs, but of course, if the price is reasonable, then it’s also a good option. Those users who are working on graphics or video editing software may use more than 32GB, and for them, Patriot Signature Line memory seems perfect. Gamers should focus more on the 32GB option as it should also be slightly faster because of the mentioned automatic sub-timings settings, which will give a lower latency.
Either way, the Patriot Signature seems like a perfect memory for a modern laptop. It offers high performance and is perfectly stable, and this is what’s most important.
On the next page, I will tell you some more about memory tweaking as some users are always looking for more.
