GeIL EVO X DDR4-3200 16GB Memory Kit Review


We installed the GeIL EVO X DDR4-3200 16GB Memory Kit in our Z270 test system which is made up of the following components.

Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 3GB
Motherboard: Aorus Z270X-Gaming 9
Memory: GeIL EVO X DDR4-3200 16GB
Storage: Zotac Premium Edition 240GB
Power: Corsair AX860i
Cooling: NZXT Kraken X52
Case: Primochill Praxis Wetbench

Taking a look at CPU-Z we can see this memory is running at its XMP profile, operating at 3200 MHz with timings of 16-16-16-36 at 1.35V.

info1 info2

For testing we will run the memory at its stock or XMP profile settings using the below benchmarking software. We will then run the tests again our overclock of 3300 MHz. Below is a list of benchmarking software that we use.

– SiSoftware Sandra Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
– SiSoftware Sandra Cache & Memory Latency Benchmark
– SiSoftware Cache Bandwidth Benchmark
– AIDA64 Cache & Memory Benchmark
– Cinebench R15 Multi-threaded test
– 3DMark Fire Strike Physics test

Now let’s get to testing!

To start things off we have SiSoftware’s Sandra. The first test is the Memory Bandwidth benchmark. Higher scores are better here.

sandra mem

Next we have Sandra’s Cache & Memory Latency benchmark that will measure the memory kits latency. Lower scores are better here.

sandra lat

Our final Sandra test is the Cache bandwidth test. Higher scores are better here.

sandra cache

AIDA64 has a built in Cache & Memory benchmark that measures read, write, copy and memory latency. For the read, write and copy higher scores are better, for latency lower scores are better.

aida

aida lat

Next up is Cinebench R15. This benchmark renders a photo-realistic 3D scene. All of the rendering is done by the CPU, although changing memory and memory speeds does make a difference. We ran the multi-threaded test, higher scores are better here.

cine

Finally we wrap things up with 3DMark’s Fire Strike benchmark. We will be taking the Physics score from our benchmark as it will change the most when you change memory speed. Again, higher scores are better here.

3dmark

So how does this DDR4 compare to all other dual-channel DDR4 memory kits that we have tested so far?

sandra overall

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