Memory Overclocking & Tuning Is a MUST - 13700K XMP vs Manual OC

A common configuration the vast majority of PC gamers opt to use is their memory XMP profile which can be enabled with 1 click in the bios. While the performance may seem adequate for the most part, you can potentially get a lot more performance out of your system by doing a manual overclock and also tightening timings. RAM overclocking is the hardest when compared to overclocking a GPU and CPU, as there are many different variables at play here, but the end results can be very rewarding.

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TEST SPECS
CPU: i7-13700K 5.5GHz P-Cores, 4.5GHz E-Cores, 4.9GHz RING
CPU Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 AIO
RAM: Patriot Viper Venom RGB 6000 C32
Motherboard: MSI Z790 Carbon Wifi
GPU: MSI RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio
SSD: Corsair MP600 Pro 4TB
PSU: EVGA 1000 G3

00:00 Intro
02:17 Why OC RAM
06:34 Benchmarks
13:03 Conclusion

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake TH360 SNOW
RAM: G Skill Trident Z 32GB(4x8GB) 3600MHz CL14
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master
Graphics Card: EVGA RTX 2080 XC Gaming Watercooled
SSD1: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB
SSD2: Samsung 950 Pro 512GB
SSD3: Crucial MX 300 525GB
HDD2: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
HDD3: Seagate Barracuda 3TB
PSU: Corsair RM850X
CASE: Thermaltake View 51 Snow
Monitor: BenQ XL2730Z 144Hz 1440P
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

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[cherrytofu]

I'm continually impressed with your channel!

[Taraquin]

Good video! Due to lower cache, a 13600K(F) will gain even more by tuning ram, while a 13900K(F) gains a bit less. So for budget CPUs there are usually more to gain :) On my 2 setups: 12400F and 5600X I gained 10-15% from 3200cl14 to 3700cl14 gear1 tuned 12400F and 15-20% on 5600X at 3800cl14 CR1 tuned. Some games got massive improvements. SOTTR gained about 20% fps on Intel and 25% on AMD. Tuned is easier than most people think like you said. 2 hours of tuning/testing gets you 80% of the potential, while 8 more hours gains the last 20%. A few rounds of Testmem5 usmus1 config finds most if the errors quickly.

[Ditts_wrk]

Amazing content brotha. You've inspired me to research and exceed my expectations by manually overclocking RAM along with CPU & GPU.

[mugsete]

good video. i am a beginner in this subject and it took me 3 full afternoons to find an optimal performance for my ram (watching tutorials, reading articles, guides and asking to the ia) and the boring part is the trial and error tests) i have a good manual ram configuration right now although i know that I can go even deeper and keep improving. Im done at the moment.

[killerrf]

What was the voltages?
Ivr tx?
Cpu vdd2?
System agent?
Dimm voltages?

[TrevorSullivan]

Don't forget to enable Resizable BAR PCI-e support in your BIOS configuration as well. Mine wasn't enabled, and just discovered it the other day. This helps a lot with the CPU sharing data from DRAM, in parallel, to your NVIDIA GPU. There's an NVIDIA article that talks about how it works. Doesn't necessarily improve FPS in games, but should improve scene load times and help avoid stuttering issues from texture loading.

[qubes]

The first thing you need before thinking about tuning Ram is a high end motherboard and a decent Ram kit. If you don’t have these then expect issues and or minimal results for the effort applied. Ram tuning is a black art and no two situations are the same. If you’re prepared to go down the rabbit hole then be prepared to open your wallet if you havnt already then set aside a couple of weekends and you will be rewarded.

[Greez]

I was staggered at the results when I tuned DDR4 on my 5900X. so much dip was reduced. 4 8GB sticks of B-die at 3733mhz. I don't have the time or patience to dial it in further on sub timings and frequency--it was a bastard to get stable, and had to raise DRAM voltage a huge amount, SoC voltage.... and install a cooling fan over the memory. So definitely a hassle I don't encourage for novices or people not willing to learn. You may be stable for a few days and then a game just crashes non stop, or next thing you know, windows is repairing the install drive a month later...

Bad OC can really be a huge inconvenience.

[jameshadaway]

If I put my ram to 3733 from 3600, 1.365 volts rather than 1.350 volts for 3600, I lose the wattage overclock on my gpu, my xmp works fine on 3600 at 1.35, but if I go 3733 at 1.365 my gpu will not power overclock to 133 watts, had same issue on older pc with lesser graphics card, I also found letting my aio pump to decide its radiator fan speed when running apps I get more fps.

[Kryptic]

Not gonna lie, RAM tuning is a pain in the ass and that's why I don't even bother with it these days.

[NBWDOUGHBOY]

I'm definitely gonna learn and tune my memory. I'm pretty good with CPU & GPU tuning but, Im new to RAM tuning.

[ofireilon]

i gave up on cpu oc long ago, only max 10% increase but at great risk of failure... as they already oc from factory and pretty much close to max performence.this day i belive in undervoldting as it improves almost the same as oc from my experience without the risks which is awesome for me along the power savings its a no brainer! this days i think only ram oc and gpu worth it

[mits]

Hello one question I have delta t force how I can manual oc from 7600 to 8000 ???

[opoxious]

My PC wont boot when i choose the XMP profile in my bios unfortunally

[dannydeaf]

About years, my parent doesn't understand how does computer overclockers work. It was my first enabled XMP and I want to overclock RAM but too dangerous I set like 1.75 voltage because I have DDR3 and Samsung B-Die. Perfect and still working mine was 2400mhz or higher well I had no choice I got a new computer.

It was crazy I just take look what in hardware I wonder I could overclock and killed my old computer.

[kevinkowalski]

I want tonlearn how to oc my rig but when i go on my pc i just want to play cause i dont go on my pc that often... 😫 i dont have that time...

[mrmixer]

Nice video but can I use a xmp ram on an amd motherboard and overclock it manually ???

[kovrcek]

Yeah tuning RAM is a black art. For example on Gskill DDR4-3200-cl14 (B-die) in CP2077 3200-cl12 was super laggy when driving, but 3600-cl14 was without any noticeable lag and higher 1% lows so much much smoother gameplay - even though the latency should be almost the same or maybe lower for 3200-cl12. In CPU-Z benchmark however the best performed just normal 3200-cl14-XMP profile. Also in Doom Eternal this clock was the best (+5fps). However in AIDA64 the 3600-cl14 clock was the fastest and with much higher bandwidth so I kept that for the time being. Fyi voltage had to upped from 1, 35V to 1, 5V for the clocks to be stable (and active cooling added) - temps I hit max like 49°C as of yet.

[TerraWare]

I think its got more to do with the fact that there aren't mNy guides explaining how to do it, and that there's a lot more things to tweak and stress test.

I feel it's more intimidating for people than being lazy necessarily. I wanted go try on my 7700x but haven't found many guides to explain things. I'm currently running a 32GB kit of Trident Z5 6000mhz CL30 kit so am not even sure if I can squeeze much more anyway

[Iamtheowl]

I have had zero luck with xmp profiles on my Motherboard. I've updated bios, I've set PMIC voltages to "by per PMIC" and still no dice. Running i7 13700KF, Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (16 x2) 6000MT/s DDR5 CL40 DIMM Ram on an Asus Prime z790-A Mobo