Performance
I started off our testing of the T-CREATE Expert DDR5 kit using AIDA64’s memory benchmarks. This gives us a direct look at the read, write, copy, and latency outside of everything else. I tested against the G.Skill Trident kit that we use on our Ryzen test bench as well as the G.Skill Ripjaws S5 kit. Both are in the same range with the Trident kit being a 6000 MHz kit and the Ripjaws being 6400 MHz. Both of those have a lower capacity and are dual channel 2x16GB kits but they do have lower CAS latency settings with the Trident kit having a CL28 and the Ripjaws a CL32. For the read speeds the T-CREATE Expert DDR5 stood out ahead of the other two but for the write test, it was just barely below the Ripjaws. It was back out in front for the copy test and in the middle of the two for the latency test.
Next up I tested the T-CREATE Expert DDR5 kit using 7-Zip’s built-in benchmark. After 10 passes the total GIPS performed put the T-CREATE Expert DDR5 kit out in front just barely ahead of the G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo kit and both were faster than the Ripjaws kit.
To change things up I then tested with Handbrake, transcoding a 4K video down to 1080p using the 1080p30 preset settings. The T-CREATE Expert DDR5 kit did this at 136.7 FPS with the Trident kit being next fastest and the Ripjaws at the bottom. The gap between them all wasn’t much, but an extra FPS or two can add up if you are running HandBrake often.
For those curious about how memory can affect your everyday use, I ran two different browser-based tests. I ran Jetstream Benchmark 2.2 which is mostly focused on Javascript and WebAssembly tasks and I also ran Speedometer 3.0 which has a bigger variety of tasks including rendering charts, reading a news website, using text editors, and making to-do lists. Between the two we get a good look at overall web browsing performance. The performance differences on both tests are very minimal, not enough to worry about. But with Jetstream the T-CREATE Expert DDR5 kit is at the top and for Speedometer it came in the middle.
I did also slip in an AI benchmark as well with GeekBenchAI. For this, I took all three of the test results and stacked them together so we could get a good picture of the overall performance. That said this is one of the tests with the biggest swings between the different kits and the T-CREATE Expert DDR5 kit struggled here with each of the three tests coming in lower putting it down at the bottom of the chart.
I couldn’t forget 3Dmark as well with both the Speed Way benchmark and Time Spy. For Speed Way, I used the overall score, and then for Time Spy I used the CPU Score because it has that option. The T-CREATE Expert DDR5 kit ended up on top in the Speed Way results, but the difference between any of the results is small. For Time Spy it was in the middle but there is a noticeable difference between it and the Ripjaws result.
For thermal testing I use AIDA64’s system memory stress test for a half hour to put some heat into the memory then I document the sensor readings for the memory and get thermal images as well. The T-CREATE Expert DDR5 kit came in noticeably higher in its temps than the two other kits tested. There can be some variance in the sensors but a lot of this may be related to the higher capacity and because the heatspreader for this kit is a lot smaller and simpler. At 56c it wasn’t what I would consider to be too hot, but it was 8c and 9c higher than the two other kits tested. The thermal images show that one of the two sticks ran a lot warmer than the other. That stick is closer to the CPU and gets less airflow which would explain the 4c difference between them.
I normally also show off any RGB lighting at the end of our testing but the T-CREATE Expert DDR5 kit doesn’t have that. In the future when we get into our ProArt build the T-CREATE Expert DDR5 kit will match better but it didn’t look bad on our test bench as well.
