System Overview & Testing
We installed the Viper Elite 5 in our Z790 test system which is made up of the following components.
Processor: Intel Core i9-13900K
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio
Motherboard: ASRock Z790 Taichi
Memory: 48GB Viper Elite 5
Storage: Mushkin Gamma 2TB
Power: Corsair AX860i
Cooling: be quiet! Pure Loop 360mm
Case: Open PC Test Bench
Taking a look at CPU-Z we can see this memory is running at its XMP speeds of 6000 MHz with timings of 42-42-42-82. We can also see that the kit has both Intel XMP and AMD EXPO timings.
For testing we will run the memory at these settings using the below benchmarking software. Below is a list of benchmarking software that we use.
– SiSoftware Overall Benchmark
– SiSoftware Sandra Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
– AIDA64 Cache & Memory Benchmark
– 3DMark Fire Strike
– 3DMark Time Spy
And we will be comparing the kit to the following DDR5 memory kits…
– ADATA XPG Lancer RGB DDR5-6000 32GB
– Crucial DDR5-4800 32GB
– Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-5200 32GB
– Lexar ARES DDR5-5200 32GB
– Lexar ARES RGB DDR5-6000 32GB
– Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6200 32GB
– Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-7200 32GB
– Sabrent Rocket DDR5-4800 32GB
– V-Color Manta XPrism DDR5-6200 32GB
– V-Color Manta XSky DDR5-6600 32GB
