System Overview & Testing
We installed the Viper Venom DDR5-7200 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: 32GB Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-7200
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 7200 MHz with timings of 34-42-42-84.
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
– Sabrent Rocket DDR5-4800 32GB
– V-Color Manta XPrism DDR5-6200 32GB
– V-Color Manta XSky DDR5-6600 32GB
