In computers, there is such a hardware that takes on the role of exchanging data between the CPU and external memory, and yes, it is our protagonist today: memory. In 2021, with the launch of the 12th generation of Core processors, the memory has also ushered in a generation upgrade, officially entering the DDR5 era. We all know that the impact of the "performance indicators" of memory on the computer is very obvious, and players who are still suffering from DDR4 memory with a starting frequency of only 2133MHz, after replacing the new hardware, the first consideration is whether it is worth upgrading DDR5 memory.
In order to help you quickly understand the performance advantages of DDR5 memory, today we will conduct relevant tests through Kingston FURY Beast (Beast) DDR5 memory, let's take a look at how the memory experience is this time.
Before we get to know kingston FURY Beast DDR5 memory, let's take a look at the advantages of DDR5 memory. The first is the larger chip capacity, compared with the larger family well-known DDR4 memory, DDR5 memory single chip capacity is larger, theoretically a single capacity of up to 512G; followed by lower power consumption, memory can run at a higher frequency in the state of 1.1V, in other words, DDR5 memory has higher energy efficiency than DDR4 memory; in addition, the frequency of DDR5 memory starts at 4800MHz, which is probably needed to be overclocked in the DDR4 era. Finally, the DDR5 memory has the On-die ECC function, that is, the fault tolerance rate of DDR5 is very high.
The Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 memory in our hands is designed to be quite different from the DDR4 version we knew before. Although it is also dominated by pure black tones, the overall metal appearance is more hardcore. Perhaps with heat dissipation and other issues in mind, more stereoscopic fins were added to the memory metal armor area kingston to improve the heat dissipation effect.
To the left of the memory is the Kingston FURY logo, which highlights the brand identity.
The Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 memory is also printed with a FURY annotation on the top.
We tested the Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 today as a 16GB ×2 set of memory with a memory frequency of 5600Mhz that supports Intel's next-generation XMP 3.0 overclocking specification. In order to fully test the performance of DDR5 memory on the new hardware platform, the Windows 11 operating system was selected for this test, and the processor was i9-12900K with Z690 motherboard.
In order to more intuitively let everyone feel the performance advantages of DDR5 memory at higher frequencies, the following tests will be carried out at 4800MHz and 5600Mhz. It should be noted that in the CPU-Z detection, although the 16GB × 2 sets we inserted, the software showed it as quad channels, which is due to the DDR5 memory dividing the 64-bit data bandwidth into 2 32-bit addressable channels to improve memory efficiency and reduce latency.
In the memory benchmark of AIDA 64, the Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 memory read speed is 75200MB/s, the write speed is 69033MB/s, the copy speed is 68841MB/s, and the latency is 84.8ns, which can be seen that the overall performance has been much higher than DDR4 memory.
3D Mark Fire Strike Extreme
3D Mark Time Spy
In the 3D Mark test, considering that the memory frequency has the greatest impact on the hardware platform is the CPU, only the CPU score (physical score) is recorded in the benchmark tests against DX 11 and DX12. Through actual tests, it can be seen that when the memory frequency is 4800Mhz, the 3D Mark Fire Strike Extreme physical score is 41134 and the 3D Mark Time Spy CPU score is 18285.
Under the i9-12900K+RTX 3080Ti platform, "Tomb Raider Shadow" can be seen, with 1080p resolution and the highest quality Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 memory (4800Mhz), the average frame rate of the game is 213.
Next we increased the Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 memory to 5600Mhz. In the AIDA 64 memory benchmark, the memory read speed was increased to 87803MB/s, the write speed was increased to 78142MB/s, the copy speed was 79015MB/s, and the latency was reduced to 70.3ns. Taken together, the Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 memory is blessed with a high frequency of 5600Mhz, and it has a better performance in terms of reading, writing, copying or latency.
In the benchmark tests of 3D Mark Fire Strike Extreme and 3D Mark Time Spy, the physics score is: 41190 and the CPU score is 19413, which can be seen that the increase in memory frequency also has a certain improvement in the final performance.
As for the game experience that everyone cares about, after increasing the DDR5 memory frequency to 5600Mhz, the average frame rate of the Tomb Raider game reached 222, which is 9 frames higher than 213 at 4800MHz, which shows that the higher memory frequency has a better performance for the game experience.
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 5600Mhz memory impressed most with the ultra-high memory frequency. At present, the brand has launched a variety of frequency versions for users to choose from, combined with the game & theory test, it is not difficult to see that kingston FURY Beast (Beast) DDR5 memory fully demonstrates the excellent performance improvement brought by high-frequency standards in the DDR5 era. For enthusiasts who want to try the 12th generation Core platform, the Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 memory with a frequency of 5600Mhz is undoubtedly a very good choice.