Performance System Memory: DDR4 Dual Channel Memory

Performance System Memory: Memory Read Test

So for memory we had some good stuff to work with, Intel has a couple of certified partners for memory to get some sweet XMP 2.0 profiles going. We test memory at the default rated max Intel spec at 2133 MHz for DDR4.
 

What you will notice are pretty far out dual-channel read and write numbers. You are basically hovering over the 31GB/sec range. Now, behold the coolness below. Corsair for example sent out a DDR4 memory kit rated at 3200 MHz. That, my friends, is configured by enabling XMP 2.0 in the BIOS, and that's it. All of a sudden, your memory bandwidth will change dramatically:

If you'd like to go a little more crazy, purchase some nice compatible faster XMP ready memory and enable that XMP profile in the BIOS. Faster memory is relative though, your overall PC experience will not be much faster, yet memory intensive applications like, say, transcoding or a CPU limited game - that's where you will see little gains.

Let's chart it up:

Now, with the regular memory at 2133 MHz versus AIDA memory tests we see good performance hovering at the 31K marker, and with a 3200 MHz kit, you are way over 43K.

Memory Write Test

We did the same with the memory write tests. The Write perf jumps from 33K at 2133 MHz to ~49K at 3200 MHz. XMP v2.0 DDR4 kits gents, enable XMP in the BIOS and you are good to go.