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Review: Kingston Fury Renegade RGB 32GB DDR4-3600 (KF436C16RB1AK2/32)

by Tarinder Sandhu on 17 August 2021, 14:01

Tags: Kingston

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Test Methodology

Memory Comparison Configurations

Model
Model number
CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16
F4-3600C14D-16GTESA
KF436C16RB1AK2/32
F4-3200C14D-32GTZ
Capacity/Models
16GB (2x8GB)
16GB (2x8GB)
32GB (2x16GB)
32GB (2x16GB)
Frequency
3,200MHz
3,600MHz
3,600MHz
3,200MHz
Timings

16-18-18-36-2T

14-14-14-34-2T
16-20-20-40-2T
14-14-14-34-2T
Voltage
1.35V
1.45V
1.35V
1.35V
CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
Primary Storage Device
2TB Corsair MP600
CPU cooling
Corsair iCue H150i Elite Capellix
Power Supply
be quiet! Straight Power 11 Platinum 1,000W
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro

Memory Benchmark Suite

CPU Benchmarks
HEXUS PiFast Our number-crunching benchmark stresses a single core by calculating Pi to 10m places
Cinebench Release 23 Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses all cores
Blender 2.92 Running the Classroom benchmark
Synthetic Analysis Benchmarks
AIDA64 Benchmark that accurately depicts memory bandwidth and latency
System Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy DX12 graphics benchmark run using the Time Spy test
PCMark 10 Extended System test using the standard preset
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm AI benchmark
Gaming Benchmarks
Borderlands 3 1,920x1,080 badass settings
Final Fantasy Shadowbringers 1,920x1,080 maximum settings
F1 2020 1,920x1,080 ultra-high settings

Notes

Looser timings mean that Kingston's pack won't be as fast as the speed-comparable G.Skill, but do remember they cost twice as much.

We're looking to see how DDR4 of different capacities and timings work on the latest Ryzen platform - ranging from 3,200MHz to 3,600MHz frequencies.

In terms of overclocking, there's not much more under the hood. Keeping to the same timings and increasing the wick to 1.45V availed 3,733MHz, so not much more. However, as Ryzen chips prefer a 1:1 IF-to-DRAM ratio, which tops out at 3,733MHz, we'd recommend not running faster than that in any case.