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Review: G.Skill Flare X 16GB DDR4-3200 (F4-3200C14D-16GFX)

by Tarinder Sandhu on 3 May 2017, 14:01

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Testing Methodology

Comparison Memory

 
G.Skill Flare X
Corsair Vengeance LPX 
Crucial Ballistix LT
Model
F4-3200C14D-16GFX
CMK16GX4M2B3000C15
BLS2C8G4D26BFSE
Capacity
16GB (2x8GB)
16GB (2x8GB)
16GB (2x8GB)
Speed
3,200MHz
3,000MHz
2,666MHz
Timings
14-14-14-34-2T
15-17-17-35-2T
16-18-18-39-2T
Voltage
1.35V
1.35V
1.20V
Price
£170
£160
£135

Test Platform

CPU AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
Motherboard Asus Crosshair VI Hero (1002 BIOS)
Primary Storage Device SK hynix Canvas SC300 512GB
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW 8GB (381.65)
Power Supply SilverStone Strider Titanium 800W
Operating System Windows 10 64-bit

Benchmarks

HEXUS.PiFast Our number-crunching benchmark stresses a single core by calculating Pi to 10m places
CINEBENCH R15 Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses all cores
AIDA64 v5.80.4200 Memory analysis tool supporting the latest CPUs
3DMark Fire Strike DX11, Default Test
VR Mark Default Orange Room Test
Hitman DX12, 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,440 Ultra
Total War: Warhammer DX12, 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,440 Ultra

Notes

We have chosen to compare the G.Skill pack against the same capacity offerings from Corsair and Crucial, respectively. The key changes are the memory frequency and timings. Common sense informs us that the G.Skill pack will be the fastest when tied to the Ryzen 7 1800X processor sat on top of an Asus X370 board flashed to the latest BIOS. We enjoyed rock-solid stability throughout the tests, which is more than can be said for the Ryzen platform at launch time.

Overclocking

We've chosen three arbitrary speeds and timings in order to evaluate the overclocking potential of the modules. Voltage was increased to 1.45V.

  3,333MHz
(14-14-14-34-2T)
3,400MHz
(16-16-16-36-2T)
3,600MHz
(17-17-17-38-2T)
G.Skill Flare X @ 1.45V