Hello everyone, I'm Eye-kun, I just tested the performance overclocking of Hynix's new M-die Aspire Valkyrie DDR5 6800 24GB socket memory two months ago, but I didn't expect Asgard to launch the second generation of this series, with a new design, and the starting frequency of XMP 6800 is also greatly improved compared to the previous generation (XMP 6000 frequency).
This time, the Valkyrie II also has two versions of Hynix A-die particles and Hynix's new M-die chips, which also means that the Valkyrie II memory also has good overclocking performance, and today we will bring you the Hynix A-die version of the Asgard Valkyrie II DDR5 7200MHz 16GB socket memory unboxing, as well as the overclocking test on GIGABYTE motherboards.
Memory unboxing
This time, the memory of the second generation of the Asgard Valkyrie is newly designed from the inside to the outside, and the outer packaging has become more gorgeous, with the handsome Valkyrie Valkyrie image printed on the flip cover of the book-shaped box packaging, and the beveled flap just exposes the memory in the window box.
Open the bevel-cut clamshell, the inside of the flap is printed with the words Valkyrie II memory, the main box on the right side can be seen to be a full-window design, and the Asgard Valkyrie II memory has two colors, black and white, and this time I got a black model. The main box lid is affixed with a one-time seal, indicating that no reason to return is not supported after unpacking.
When you open the lid of the main box, you can see that the two pieces of memory of the set are embedded in a high-density sponge lining.
Let's take a look at the appearance of the newly designed memory, which has been upgraded on the basis of the simple design concept of a generation of products, the black is made of brushed metal texture, and the sharp cross lines cut the metal heat dissipation armor into four sides, and the laser nameplate is added for embellishment.
Under the milky white light guide strip are 8 independently controlled Amicc lamp beads, which support 16 million color RGB adjustments, and also support the lighting control adjustment of mainstream board manufacturers, which is convenient for players to create a unique host lighting atmosphere.
In terms of memory materials, it is also Asgard's consistent flagship level, carefully selected Hynix's original A-die particles, with 10-layer high-specification PCB boards and PMIC non-locking voltages, which combine to have great overclocking potential.
The label information on the back of the memory, this time it is the XMP 7200MHz frequency version, the default timing is CL34-46-46-116, and the voltage is 1.45V.
After introducing these basic appearance information, let's test it on the machine together.
Test platform
It has been said in several previous memory tests that the current DDR5 memory high-frequency support is better than the Intel platform, especially the latest generation of Z790 motherboards with 13th and 14th generation Core processors, using Hynix A-die particles and new M-die chips DDR5 memory, which can basically be stably overclocked to more than 7000 frequencies.
Here's a brief introduction to the testbed I'm currently using.
The motherboard uses the GIGABYTE Z790 Ice Sculpture X motherboard, which has 18+1+2 phases of digital power supply and a maximum current of 90A for a single phase, which can easily handle 14900K in terms of power supply specifications. GIGABYTE motherboards are designed with four memory slots and support up to 8266+MHz memory frequencies, and GIGABYTE motherboards are still at the T0 level in terms of DDR5 memory frequency optimization and support, and the memory frequency support of all DDR5 motherboards is very good.
The CPU is the latest i7-14700K, so I won't introduce it too much here.
Let's take a look at the effect of memory lighting first, the light is soft and not dazzling, and the window design of the Valkyrie nameplate on the memory armor allows the light in the light guide strip to be projected from the memory armor, which is full of design.
Different color lighting effect display,It's a pity that my test platform is pure white style,If it is paired with the white version of the Valkyrie II, the overall effect will be better。
Performance testing
After looking at the appearance and bright effect, let's go directly to the actual overclocking.
First of all, use CPU-Z to check the CPU and memory information: processor 14700K, motherboard Gigabyte Z790 AORUS PRO X, memory manufacturer Asgard, DRAM manufacturer SK hynix, production in week 13 of '24, preset two sets of XMP frequencies and two sets of EXPO frequencies, respectively 7200MHz timing CL34-46-46-116 and 6800MHz timing CL34-46-46-116, both with preset voltages of 1.45V.
Let's take a look at the performance of the XMP 7200 frequency, after all, the XMP 7200 frequency is already in the "high-frequency" category for many gamers. Press the Del button to enter the motherboard BIOS setting interface, and directly select XMP1 to load the memory preset in the XMP Profile column on the home page, and the memory can be loaded with an XMP frequency of 7200MHz with one click.
At this time, the ASGARD Valkyrie II DDR5 memory is in the XMP 7200MHz frequency CL34-46-46-116 sequence, and the AIDA64 memory read/write test scores:
105.34 GB/s read speed;
96384 MB/s write speed;
The copy speed is 99463 MB/s;
The latency is 67.0 ns.
The speed performance of this memory is relatively good, although the high-frequency DDR5 memory on the market can reach 8000MHz, but the mainstream consumption frequency is still between 6000MHz~6800MHz.
Put a picture of the AIDA64 memory read and write test scores of the XMP 6800MHz frequency Hynix A-die DDR5 memory that was tested before, and you can see that the memory read/write copy performance improvement under XMP 7200MHz is still relatively obvious. For ordinary gamers who don't want to manually overclock and want to pursue high-performance memory, it is recommended to choose XMP high-frequency memory as much as possible within the budget.
If you're using a GIGABYTE motherboard, you can also use GIGABYTE's DDR5 memory technology to improve memory performance on top of XMP frequencies. We enter the motherboard BIOS setting interface again, and select [High Bandwidth] and [Low Latency] in the lower left corner, the motherboard BIOS will further optimize the memory timing parameters, increase the memory bandwidth, reduce the memory latency, and then improve the performance release of memory.
开启【High Bandwidth】和【Low Latency】后，依旧是XMP 7200MHz频率、CL34-46-46-116时序，再跑AIDA64内存测试：
112.70 GB/s read speed;
The write speed is 106.62 GB/s;
The copy speed is 104.69 GB/s;
The latency is 62.3 ns.
You can see that the speed of the memory has increased significantly, and the latency has also dropped from 67ns to 62.3ns. No need to hassle manual overclocking, use XMP high-frequency memory with a good motherboard, you can get good memory energy efficiency, which is also the memory combination I recommend most gamers to toss for DDR5 motherboards.
Overclocking test
The above tests are basically based on the preset XMP frequency of the Asgard Valkyrie II DDR5 memory, so let's try the manual overclocking performance of this new memory.
For example, the second-generation Z790 motherboard is higher than the DDR5 memory frequency limit of the first-generation Z790 motherboard, and then it is matched with the Intel 13th generation, which is not bad. The 14th generation Core CPU, using Hynix A-die or the new M-die chip memory, can basically ensure stable overclocking to 7600MHz, if you pay attention, you will find that the DDR5 memory overclocking test of 8000MHz per capita is basically used in this configuration.
Manually overclocking memory is usually recommended to gradually increase the frequency, and then continue to increase after stable overtesting. If you're using the latest generation of GIGABYTE motherboards like me, the motherboard has preset overclocking parameters for different memory granularities, so you can directly debug the preset parameters to find the stable parameters that suit your setup. Here I directly selected the preset overclocking parameters of Hynix 16GB 8000 and entered the system smoothly.
The preset parameter 8000MHz frequency passed the test smoothly at one time, but at this time, if you go to the AIDA64 memory test, you will find that the memory read and write speed has not been significantly improved, this is because the timing given by the preset parameters is relatively wide, and if you want to improve the memory speed on the basis of the 8000MHz frequency, you also need to manually adjust the timing parameters.
The rest of the effort needs to be continuously debugged and optimized to improve the memory speed performance on the basis of the 8000MHz frequency stability overtest, without pressing to the extreme, and finally stabilized on the CL36-48-48-58 timing, TestMem5 1us stress test 3 rounds of overtest without error, memory temperature performance is also okay.
Let's put the specific overtest parameters: CPU system agent voltage 1.29V, VDDQ voltage 1.40V, VDD2 voltage 1.44V, memory VDD voltage 1.485V, VDDQ voltage 1.50V, VPP voltage 1.8V, timing 36-48-48-58, see figure for details.
In this case, the AIDA64 memory read/write test score:
124.68 GB/s read;
119.64 GB/s write;
Replication speed: 117.43 GB/s;
The latency is further reduced to 58.5 ns.
Compared with XMP 7200MHz, the memory read and write speed and latency have been increased by more than 10%, and there is still room for optimization in my timing parameter at 8000MHz, and there is still some room for improvement in performance. Comparing the price difference between the XMP 7200 DDR5 memory and the XMP 8000 DDR5 memory, the performance boost brought by manually overclocking the memory is still well worth it.
The specific memory overclocking debugging method has been shared when testing the memory of the Asgard Valkyrie generation before, and interested friends can check it.
summary
I have to say that domestic memory storage manufacturers have been very good at the speed and quality improvement of new products in recent years, compared with many international manufacturers, the DDR5 memory is still stuck at 6000MHz frequency, and the price is still "dead expensive", Asgard has been doing very well in high-end memory products, Valkyrie, Bolaqi, ASUS blowing snow co-branding, etc., are all products with good appearance and performance, and the price is also close to the people, so that players can enjoy the high-end memory experience without spending too much money.
The new Asgard Valkyrie II memory is also available in black and white and different frequencies and capacities for gamers to choose from.