Some time ago, we once evaluated the Ripjaws S5 Flame Blade DDR5 memory set launched by Zhiqi, an unexpected simple and simple style design memory new product, and under the low-key appearance, it is indeed a performance beast, with good overclocking ability.
And this time our evaluation room once again received a flagship positioning of Zhiqi DDR5 memory new products, compared to the simple style appearance of Ripjaws S5 flame blade, this new product is to inherit the traditional characteristics of Zhiqi's consistent high-value design and high performance, it is Zhiqi Trident Z5 series.
The Zhiqi Trident Z5 RGB Phantom Blade memory is out of the box
Trident Z5 is a new series of DDR5 memory launched by Zhiqi at the end of 2021, and Trident Z5 is also divided into Trident Z5 dazzling blade without RGB color lights and Trident Z5 RGB magic sharpener with RGB colored lights Two different subdivision product branch lines, as flagship positioning products also allow hardware players to have more diverse choices. We are reviewing the Trident Z5 RGB Phantom Blade with RGB colored lights.
The outer packaging of the memory is an independent outer packaging carton + blister fixed inner box design, the overall packaging is black as the main color, with ribbon curve decoration to present a sense of scientific and technological visual effects. The front of the package is printed with a rendering of the phantom memory product in black and white, and there is also a transparent window in the upper part of the package to see part of the Trident Z5 RGB phantom memory stick placed in the fixed inner box.
In the lower left corner of the front of the package, the model name of the "Trident Z5 RGB" RGB is printed, especially the three letters of "RGB" are also designed with multi-color gradients, highlighting the point of color. And Xuanfeng memory also supports the latest IntelXMP3.0, which can make the memory module simpler and more reliable to achieve high-frequency operation.
On the back of the package is a very conventional product description and specification parameter labeling, but there is also a special design, that is, the packaging box has two hollow window design, just can see the memory specification label placed in the inner box, so that it can be compared with the memory label in the package by comparing the specification label on the box to confirm whether the memory has been dropped or replaced.
Zhiqi Trident Z5 RGB Phantom Blade Memory Appreciation
The Zhiqi Trident Z5 RGB Phantom Blade memory is sold in the form of a double 16GB memory set, and the differences between the different products in the series, in addition to the color has a choice of technology silver and dark fog black, there are three memory frequencies and seven memory timing specifications for players to choose.
The set we are reviewing is a technology silver version of the Trident Z5 RGB phantom blade with a frequency of DDR5-6000 and a timing of CL 36-36-36-76, while the silver-white heat dissipation vest makes the memory have a rather bright visual impression.
The thermal vest equipped with the Trident Z5 RGB Phantom Blade memory continues the consistent tough and unique design of the Trident series, the overall design of the thermal vest incorporates a smooth and neat streamlined design, and highlights the overall speed and power of the memory through a variety of lines and surface changes.
Trident Z5 RGB phantom blade memory of the heat dissipation vest made of aluminum alloy material, compared to the same door Ripjaws S5 flame blade, the heat dissipation vest has a larger area of heat dissipation fins, naturally in actual use of its heat dissipation performance and effect will have better performance, especially as a high-frequency memory, the heat dissipation performance of the memory can be stable operation is also one of the key elements.
The heat dissipation vest adopts a double-sided combination fixed on both sides of the memory, from the memory side, it can be seen that the aluminum alloy plate thickness at both ends of the heat dissipation vest is quite thick, and the memory PBC substrate also uses a high-quality substrate with a thickness of more than 10 layers, providing high-quality carrier support for memory components.
In addition, the surface of the memory heat dissipation vest can show the unique silver luster and matte texture of the aluminum alloy material through sandblasting treatment, and with the high-texture brushed aluminum sheet inlay located in the middle of the vest, it is not only the collision of black and white classic contrasting colors, but also the sensory enhancement brought about by different treatment methods of frosting and drawing.
As a Trident Z5 RGB phantom blade memory with RGB color lamp version, the classic equipment of the series is continued on the color light system, and the light bar cover part adopts the streamlined upper strip design without coverage inherited by the series family, and the conduit strip that can evenly guide the light can make the light bar have a stable and continuous layer effect in displaying different colors and color gradient transition performance.
The memory also supports Zhiqi's exclusive lighting effect control software and mainstream third-party lighting control software such as ASUS AURA SYNC, GIGABYTE RGB Fusion 2.0, MSI Mystic Light SYNC and ASRock Polychrome SYNC for lighting effect setting and platform lighting effect linkage.
Zhiqi Trident Z5 RGB Phantom Blade Combat Performance
As for the test method of memory, we will compare the two frequencies of the Zhiqi Trident Z5 RGB Phantom Blade memory selection with the DDR5 memory starting frequency (DDR5-4800) released by JEDEC and the XMP standard operating frequency (DDR5-6000) of the memory itself, to see what kind of performance advantages high-frequency memory will have in the new generation of memory of DDR5 memory.
Of course, before formal testing, we will monitor the software to detect the memory as well as the entire platform hardware. For example, through HWiNFO64, you can clearly see the detailed specifications and technical support information of the platform core hardware including CPU processing, motherboard, memory and GPU graphics card.
Through AIDA64, you can have a deeper understanding of the parameters and specifications of the Zhiqi Trident Z5 RGB Phantom Blade memory, such as the DDR5 memory chip used in the memory is from Samsung manufacturing, the operating voltage is 1.30V and the memory is at different operating frequencies, and the timing setting support parameters and other professional data can be reflected.
Among them, the timing of memory DDR5-4800 is 40-40-40-77, and the timing of DDR5-6000 (XMP) is 36-36-36-76, these two frequency timings will be the memory timing settings we use in the following test.
AIDA64 Cache & Memory Benchmark theoretical performance testing
Memory frequency: DDR5-4800
In the AIDA64 memory benchmark, the read, write, copy, and delay scores at DDR5-4800 were 76491MB/s, 69105MB/s, 69951MB/s, and 84.1ns, respectively.
Memory Frequency: DDR5-6000(XMP)
Read, write, copy, and delay scores at DDR5-6000 were 94768MB/s, 84768MB/s, 86405MB/s, and 70.9ns, respectively. Compared with the starting frequency of DDR5-4800, the overall performance is improved by about 23%, of which the read performance is improved by about 23.9%, the write performance is improved by about 22.7%, the replication performance is improved by about 23.5%, and the delay time is also shortened by 13.2ns. The memory performance advantage when you can see the high frequency setting is quite significant, which can significantly improve the overall execution and response efficiency of the platform.
7zip data compression and decompression benchmark
1) Memory frequency: DDR5-4800
In the compression and decompression benchmark, when tested at the DDR5-4800 frequency, the compression test score was 117.354 GIPS, the decompression test score was 143.123 GIPS, and the overall test score was 130.239 GIPS.
2) Memory frequency: DDR5-6000 (XMP)
When tested on the DDR5-6000 frequency, the compression test score was 134.839 GIPS, the decompression test score was 145.716 GIPS, and the overall test score was 140.278 GIPS. Compared with DDR5-4800, the scores of each test item increased by about 14.9%, 1.8% and 7.7% respectively.
The memory frequency of data compression has a greater impact, while the decompression time is relatively low, and for users, high-frequency memory will give more efficient execution support when performing data compression operations.
UL Procyon Image Authoring Benchmark
In UL Procyon's image creation benchmark, the scores obtained by the DDR5-4800 frequency test were image retouching 9319, batch processing 11441, and photo editing benchmark 10325, respectively.
The scores obtained in the DDR5-6000 frequency test were image retouching 9648, batch processing 11869, and photo editing benchmark 10701, respectively. The increase in the three scores was about 3.5%, 3.7% and 3.6%, respectively.
It can be seen that the memory in the high and low frequencies, high frequency compared to low frequency when the amplitude of the increase is in the range of 3.5-3.7%, high frequency memory in the photo processing, especially in batch processing can bring a certain performance and efficiency improvement, but the memory frequency will not bring a leap forward for the final photo processing application, more relying on the CPU and GPU these two core hardware performance level.
Tomb Raider Shadow game benchmark
In the Tomb Raider game benchmark, the average number of frames tested was 167, while the average frame rate of the three subdivided test items was 236 for CPU games, 382 for CPU rendering, and 173 for GPUs.
At the DDR5-6000 frequency, the average number of frames tested in the game benchmark is 168, while the average frame rate of the three subdivided test items is 258 for CPU games, 406 for CPU rendering, and 173 for GPUs. In the high-frequency memory state, although the total score is only improved by 1 frame, the test associated with the CPU in the three subdivision tests has a significant improvement driven by high-frequency memory, such as CPU games increased by 9.3%, and CPU rendering also increased by 6.3%.
Gears of War 5 game benchmark
In the Gears of War 5 game benchmark, the average frame count of the game is 134.5 with a latency of 7.4ms; the average GPU frame count is 136.4 with a delay of 7.3ms; the average GPU frame count (game) is 367.8 with a delay of 2.7ms; and the average GPU frame count (renderer) is 299.8 with a delay of 3.3ms.
At high memory frequencies, the average frame count of the game is 135.7 with a delay of 7.4ms; the average number of GPU frames is 137.5 with a delay of 7.3ms; the average number of GPU frames (game) is 389.7 and the delay is 2.6ms; and the average number of GPU frames (renderer) is 314.4 with a delay of 3.2ms. Gears of War 5 games are not highly dependent on CPU performance, so the performance gains brought about by the memory frequency and the delay reduction are not obvious in the data.
Subway: Gone Game Benchmark
In the Subway: Departing game benchmark, in the Subway: Departing game benchmark, the game averaged 111.21 frames, the highest frame count was 193.12, and the lowest frame count was 51.68.
At high memory frequencies, the average frame count of the game is 111.86, the maximum frame number is 192.20, and the lowest frame number is 52.91. Through the comparison of the two sets of data, we can see that the memory frequency is not a decisive factor for the overall running effect of the game, but there is still a certain improvement effect, after all, each test score data is the average obtained after three rounds of cyclic testing, and the difference between the data obtained by the test when the memory is high and low is not high.
Review summary
Zhiqi Trident Z5 RGB Phantom Blade memory set as the latest product of the Trident series, in the appearance of the inheritance of the classic design of the Trident series, but also into the integration of more fashion elements in it, giving the memory has excellent shape and better heat dissipation performance, of course, the built-in RGB lantern system is more in line with the needs of different user groups to show personality.
In the actual application test, Zhiqi Trident Z5 RGB phantom memory also fully demonstrated the performance improvement experience brought by the DDR5-6000 high frequency, especially some program applications that rely on data interaction with the CPU processor, driven by high-frequency settings, the efficiency performance of program applications and performance support have been very obviously improved, and the performance of the current 12th generation of intelligent Core high-performance CPU processors can be better displayed, which is a hardware player, High-performance applications require users and users who are interested in upgrading the 12th generation of Smart Core stickers to make an unmissable choice of memory collocation.