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Patriot Signature Line 64GB DDR4-3200 SODIMM Laptop Memory Kit Review

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.

 

Since the overclocking is not possible using BIOS or motherboard’s software, then it’s a bit tricky as we have to play some with memory profiles, and this is limited to the SPD profile. For that, we will use a very handy Thaiphoon Burner software, which in full version gives us an option to save SPD and XMP profiles and some more. Editing profiles will require a paid version of the software, but it’s not so expensive, so it depends on used memory, it can still be a reasonable option. The software is available on the softnology.biz website.

 

The tightest timings which I could set were CL18-19-19-39 what is much lower than the default SPD settings of CL22-22-22-52. I was able to run memory in quick tests at CL18-17-17 or CL18-19-19, but every now or then, it was generating errors. The final result is fully stable and works for over two weeks without issues. Below is a screenshot after over three hours of the AIDA64 stability test at a full memory capacity.

 

I won’t add more performance tests as the results are on the previous page of this review, so you can easily compare them. A summary is that memory tweaking gave us additional 2GB/s memory bandwidth and 9ns lower latency. As far as the difference in memory bandwidth won’t change much because it’s still high, then the latency makes a significant difference in some popular applications and games. AIDA64 reports about 93ns latency at standard settings, and our result after timing tweaking is about 84ns.

I will add a Thaiphoon Burner profile so you could see additional timings and how the SPD profile looks like after changes.

Of course, our results are not guaranteed on every memory, even on the same product number. However, considering the behavior of Hynix M-die, there is a high chance that every memory kit with this IC will be able to run at the presented settings.

There is also a risk that something may go wrong, and it won’t be covered by warranty. If you aren’t experienced in memory settings, then better don’t try it. I assume that soon Patriot will release the gaming series SODIMM at DDR4-3200 and CL18, so there will be an option to buy already optimized memory kit at tighter timings.

The Signature Line memory is already fast, so it doesn’t require additional modifications. Presented results are an addition that shows what this memory is capable of, and as we see, there is still some headroom for tweaking.

 

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