Familiar design, even faster ICs – Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-6200 CL36 2x 16 GB kit review with teardown and OC

1 - Packaging and design 2 - Dimensions and SPD information 3 - Heatsink test and teardown 4 - Test systems and overclocking 5 - Synthetics – AIDA64, Geekbench 3, SPI32M, LinpackXtreme 6 - Gaming – Cyberpunk 2077, SoTR, CSGO 7 - RGB lighting and conclusion

Synthetics – AIDA64, Geekbench 3, SPI32M, LinpackXtreme

In Linpack Xtreme where both bandwidth and latency are almost equally important, the Dominator Platinum modules can achieve second place in their XMP profile with 6200 Mbps. The supposedly slower ADATA modules take second place here, whereby the difference could be due to the BIOS version or application of subtimings in the XMP. Due to time constraints, I have not yet been able to perform a retest, but I will provide one as soon as possible. The manually overclocked setting of the Corsair modules manages the most calculations with almost 630 GFlops, while the other configurations are clearly behind.

In the Super PI 32M, where especially the latency is decisive for the result, the ranking behaves as expected, the theoretically second-fastest DDR5 configuration also takes second place here, behind the manually optimized DDR5-6666 setting. However, the DDR4 comparison configuration is still in the mix due to its generally low latency.

In the AIDA64 tests, the results are probably the most predictable. While the XMP setting is just ahead of the other modules with 6200 Mbps, the manual overclocking can set itself apart even more. Over 100 GB/s in all bandwidth tests delivers this one.

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At least 10 ns can be saved in the latency test by manual optimization, from 60.2 to 50.1. Only the DDR4 Config is even faster with 49.0 ns.

In the Geekbench 3 Multi-Core Memory Test, latency and bandwidth come together once again. In contrast to Linpack Xtreme, CPU performance is almost not a bottleneck. While the 6200 modules manage about 10900 points in the XMP, the manual overclocking adds almost 3000 points or 26% on top. Here again, you can see how much RAM OC can pay off when the application can benefit greatly from it.