32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 Memory Review

Test System and Procedure

Before we delve into any testing we would like to take this opportunity to review our test system.

Test System (Intel Z170 DDR4)

• Motherboard – ASRock Z170 Extreme7+
• Processor – Intel Core i7 6700K @ stock
• RAM – Varies By Review
• Graphics Card – Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 980Ti
• CPU Cooler – Thermaltake Water 3.0 AIO unit with Gelid GC-Extreme thermal paste
• Power Supply – Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 1000W
• Main Storage Drive – Crucial MX100 256GB SSD over SATA III interface
• Chassis – Lian Li T80 Test Bench
• Operating System – Windows 10 64 Bit

Software Used

• SiSoft Sandra Tech Support Engineer
• AIDA 64 Engineer
• 3DMark
• WPrime
• CPU-Z

Methodology

In our RAM reviews, we keep things relatively simple. We put the RAM kit that is being tested into our test system and we benchmark it at its primary XMP profile using a variety of benchmarks and tests. Once complete we then overclock the kit to see how far we can push it in raw frequency terms, then benchmark it again using the same combination of tests with a CPU-Z validation of the overclock.

• Cinebench R15 Test
• AIDA64 Engineer Edition Memory Bandwidth and Latency Test
• SiSoft Sandra Tech Support (Engineer) Memory Bandwidth Test
• WPrime 1024M Calculation Test
• 3DMark Fire Strike Physics Test