Package and its Contents
The Viper Steel LL DDR4-4000 arrived in retail packaging, which is a small, flat box. The box is well described, so we clearly know what is inside.
We will find two memory modules and a Viper Gaming sticker inside the box. Since this is a memory kit, then we don’t really need anything else.
There is no difference in the box design between the DDR4-3600 and DDR4-4000 kits. The only thing that says what memory we will find inside is a sticker on the front side and the product number on the back.
The same memory modules look precisely the same, with the difference that makes the sticker that includes the product number.
Memory modules should match every gaming build as gunmetal gray, and black colors match almost everything. Modules don’t have LED illumination, which can be an advantage as many users have enough RGB devices and care more about the performance at a reasonable price. Patriot Viper series memory kits are known to be well priced. The DDR4-4400 CL19 kit is still popular because of its low cost and high compatibility.
The tested Viper Steel LL memory kit is rated at DDR4-4000 and CL16. There are barely any DDR4 memory kits at tighter timings and DDR4-4000 on the market. Only G.Skill decided to release memory kits at lower timings, but the price is much higher than what Patriot asks for their series, while the performance is not much different.
Our tests will be performed on ASRock Z690 Extreme with the latest BIOS. Below is the mentioned test rig.
I bet you can’t wait on some results, so let’s move to the next page to see how our memory kit performs in tests.
