The launch of Intel's 12th-generation Core platform brought DDR5 memory from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, although DDR5 memory has made great progress, but it has also encountered bottlenecks, such as too large timing, too high latency; such as expensive, serious premium, can not quickly replace DDR4 memory in a short period of time. At the same time, The Intel 12th Generation Core platform supports both DDR5 and DDR4, which also extends the life cycle of DDR4 memory.
At this time node, it is undoubtedly the most mature time for DDR4 memory products. The times make heroes, and the extremely high-frequency DDR4 memory is born at this moment. Yingchi's latest HOF OC Lab Tempest memory is the pinnacle of DDR4 memory, with XMP frequencies up to 5000MHz, 8Gx2 sets, and a timing of CL19. Its frequency is directly after DDR5, but the timing is much lower.
● Design:
As a flagship positioning of DDR4 memory, the outer packaging of HOF OC Lab Tempest is quite high-grade, like a luxury. The white background color outlines the irregular pattern with lines, and the brand LOGO and product name of the HOF Hall of Fame are printed on the box with gilded font, which is simple and atmospheric.
Under the illumination of the light, the patterns and fonts shine with golden light, and the atmosphere of the local tycoons comes to the face, as if telling us all the time that this is not an ordinary memory product.
DDR4 memory at 5000MHz requires a granular physique to achieve, and HOF OC Lab Tempest is only available in limited quantities. Its number is only 100 sets, and each set of memory has a VIP commemorative card like this, the card is printed with a unique number, like the set we have in hand is NO.027, that is, representing the 27th set, is it full?
HOF OC Lab Tempest memory heatsink is made of all-aluminum alloy material, the surface uses diamond cutting technology, showing many polygons with different inclination angles, the same as the Hall of Fame RTX graphics card design concept, so that the appearance of the entire memory, low-key luxury and three-dimensional layering.
The aluminum alloy heat sink adopts the electrophoretic white process to color, the white is transparent and natural, and the feel is better than ceramic, and the texture is full.
The Hall of Fame LOGO in the middle is decorated with smooth metal flakes, supplemented by a hexagonal metal border, and everywhere you see it, it is a sense of luxury.
In order to pursue the extreme high frequency of 5000MHz, HOF OC Lab Tempest is not equipped with RGB lighting effects, mainly to reduce the interference of lighting circuits on high-frequency signals. The Hall Of Fame Hall of Fame logo is printed on the top center.
▲Front and back of HOF OC Lab Tempest DDR4-5000MHz memory
This is the tag of memory, 5000MHz frequency, 1.6V operating voltage, 8Gx2 dual channel 16GB capacity.
HOF OC Lab Tempest DDR4-5000MHz memory on the computer, with white high-end hardware, can be beautiful and sweet, 5000MHz brings high performance naturally needless to say.
Through the Thaiphoon Burrner software, it can be seen that the HOF OC Lab Tempest DDR4-5000MHz memory uses B-die particles from Samsung, the specific model is K4A8G085WB-BCPB, and this is a special B-Die, equipped with a 10-layer PCB board, in order to operate stably in the state of XMP-5000.
● Performance Platform Introduction:
CPU: Intel Core i9-11900K
Motherboard: MSI MEG Z590I Unify
Graphics: HOF Pro RTX RTX 3070 Ti
Memory: Shadow Chi Hall of Fame HOF OC Lab Tempest DDR4-5000MHz 8Gx2
Hard Drive: HOF EXTREME PCIe 4.0 SSD 2TB
System: Windows 10 Pro
The frequency of this set of DDR4 memory is too high, my own platform is i7-12700K with an Asus Z690 snow blowing motherboard, can support DDR4 memory, but still can not directly XMP to 5000MHz high frequency, I guess the current DDR4 Z690 motherboard BIOS in the memory overclocking is still not perfect enough. Later, try another set of platforms i9-11900K + memory overclocking ability of MSI MEG Z590I Unify to achieve 5000MHz high frequency.
For this test bench, the graphics card uses the Inchi RTX 3070 Ti HOF PRO. This graphics card continues the usual white style of the Hall of Fame series, and even the inductors on the PCB are custom versions of white, and the 4-point blue on the archangel radiator has a nice embellishment. The performance is also quite outstanding, which is a good match for this set of high-end performance platforms.
The system disc could not be delayed, and we went directly to the HOF EXTREME 2TB of the Shadow Chi Hall of Fame. As a PCIe 4.0 SSD, its read and write speed is as high as 7000/6850 MB/s, with the best write speed in its class, only such a "performance monster" can match the HOF OC Lab Tempest DDR4-5000MHz memory of the Indochina Hall of Fame.
The large capacity of 2TB is suitable for the development trend of future SSDs, and the supporting SSD radiators are also very beautiful and have a very high value. In terms of price, it is lower than similar products of Samsung and Western Digital, and is a strong competitor in the flagship SSD market.
● Performance test:
The default boot time is DDR4-2133MHz, timing CL15-15-15-36, after turning on XMP in the motherboard, it works at 5000MHz, timing CL 19-28-28-48.
1. AIDA64 memory bandwidth and latency test:
We can see that at 2133MHz, memory read and write speeds are only 33027MB/s and 31456MB/s. After XMP to 5000MHz high frequency, memory read and write speeds soared to 69565MB/s and 69589 MB/s, more than doubling the bandwidth and catching up with the bandwidth of DDR5-5200MHz. Benefiting from the low timing of cl19, its latency is as low as 50.9ns even when running in Gear2 divide-by mode. This latency can be much lower than DDR5 memory.
2. 3DMark Time Spy test:
In the 3DMark Time Spy test, due to the large frequency gap between before and after, the memory bandwidth disparity, the CPU performance item score, 5000MHz memory is much higher. UHF memory boosts CPU performance, helping to increase the frame rate of your game.
3. 7-Zip compression and decompression test:
7-Zip compression software is more sensitive to memory frequency, memory frequency from 2133MHz XMP to 5000MHz, compression and decompression speed have been significantly improved, test time has also been shortened.
● Summary: The pinnacle of DDR4 memory
At 5000MHz, this is one of the highest frequency DDR4 memory I have ever experienced. This is not the frequency of manual overclocking debugging by the player, but the built-in XMP parameters, which support the high frequency that can be achieved with one click XMP, refresh the highest frequency of the current DDR4 memory on sale, and cooperate with the CL19 ultra-low timing to bring out the full potential of the DDR4 memory. However, there are not many motherboards that can run to the 5000MHz frequency, and you need your CPU and motherboard to be powerful enough.
The exterior design of HOF OC Lab Tempest memory is also very exquisite, a ceramic white, all-aluminum alloy heat sink, treated by the diamond cutting process, three-dimensional. Installed on the motherboard, like a work of art, the original memory can also be so beautiful.
It is also a global limited edition, with only 100 sets, each with its own VIP number. At the time when DDR4 memory is to be replaced by DDR5, such a DDR4 memory not only has the performance of not losing to DDR5, but also has a certain collection value.
At present, this HOF OC Lab Tempest DDR4-5000MHz 8Gx2 memory kit costs 2599 yuan, this price is obviously not to be sold to ordinary users, hardware enthusiasts, and players who pursue extreme performance can consider.