Affordable DDR5 lottery with potential peak performance – Patriot Signature Line DDR5-4800 modules in overclocking test | Review

1 - Specifications and PCB analysis 2 - SPD information and test system 3 - Overclocking for Benchmarking and Daily 4 - Synthetics – LinpackXtreme, SPI 32M, AIDA64, GB3 5 - Gaming – SoTR, CSGO, Cyberpunk 2077 in FHD und QHD 6 - Summary and conclusion

As always, an RTX 3090 Founders Edition from Nvidia is used for the gaming tests, with maximized temperature and power consumption limits, for the lowest possible GPU bottleneck. The performance data is recorded with Nvidia Frameview 1.2, based on the open-source software Presentmon. Like last time, there are again three relatively different game titles, Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) as an example of a more latency-sensitive title, Cyberpunk 2077 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider with a balanced preference and a slight preference for bandwidth, respectively. Cyberpunk has recently received a larger patch, but since the performance has decreased overall and also for better comparability, we are still testing with version 1.31.

Gaming 1440p

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - FPS - 1440p

Counter Strike Global Offensive - FPS - 1440p

Cyberpunk 2077 (1_31) - Kabuki Market - FPS - 1440p

In 1440p or QHD, DDR5 is almost too fast to see any real differences in the FPS. This should also explain why we do not test in 4K or UHD at all. But at least a few extra frames can still be squeezed through the GPU’s bottleneck with the fastest RAM configurations.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - FrameTimeVariance - 1440p

Counter Strike Global Offensive - FrameTimeVariance - 1440p

Cyberpunk 2077 (1_31) - Kabuki Market - FrameTimeVariance - 1440p

The picture looks similar for the frame time variances, with the exception of CSGO, where the faster configurations actually still lead to measurably smoother scrolling.

Gaming 1080p

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - FPS - 1080p

Counter Strike Global Offensive - FPS - 1080p

Cyberpunk 2077 (1_31) - Kabuki Market - FPS - 1080p

The differences between the configurations are still in the integer range in FullHD and 1080p, but the manual overclocking makes a maximum of 15 FPS on average compared to the JEDEC Config of DDR5. And even with the 1% low FPS, we are still in the range of the measurable, but probably not perceptible, even in 1080p.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - FrameTimeVariance - 1080p

Counter Strike Global Offensive - FrameTimeVariance - 1080p

Cyberpunk 2077 (1_31) - Kabuki Market - FrameTimeVariance - 1080p

The differences are most obvious in the frame time variances in 1080p, where the manual overclocks with their low latencies pay off. Sure, you could also test at even lower resolutions or settings, but would that still be representative of most gaming systems with a weaker graphics card and thus even tighter GPU bottleneck?