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G.Skill Ripjaws 4 F4-3000C15Q-GRR 16GB Memory Kit Review

Memory by leeghoofd @ 2015-03-02

With the release of Intel's high end X99 platform aka Haswell-E last year DDR4 became available for the big masses. Besides the massive available bandwidth these DDR4 modules can also pack a far higher density per stick. All this goodness is available at your disposal while requiring a mere 1.2-1.35Volts. Only drawback, as with each new technology at launch is the high retail price, Things have settled a bit and prices are slowly plummeting. Today we have a look at one of G.Skill enthusiast kits: the Ripjaws 4 F4-3000C15Q quad channel kit. While they have even faster kits in their lineup, ranging up to a massive 3400MHz out of the box. Today's reviewed 3000C15 kit has been heralded by many enthusiasts worldwide. Time to take a closer look.

Stock 3D XMP Profile

High speed memory has a lesser relevance in performance in games than when running 2D tests. One can only recommend these for benchmarking or for bragging rights. Futuremark's Firestrike scales mildly with increased memory frequency. Proper dialed in timings would yield a far higher score, though we test only at the XMP profile.

Catzilla behaves similar than Firestrike, mild scaling from 2133Mhz to 3000Mhz speeds, though nothing earth shattering here. The three tested games, tested at a 1920 x 1080 resolution with every detail setting maxed out hardly give a different output. Everything remains there within the margin of error... time to see if we can tighten up the timings or achieve a higher frequency.

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