Test – Kingston Savage 2 x 8 Go DDR4 2133 MHz |Specs | CPU | Hashrate

Hi everyone!

Back at Kingston today, not with an SSD but with his first love, memories! After a Fury 2 x 4 GB 1866 MHz DDR3 kit, it’s time to switch to new technologies, DDR4! To do this, I will present to you today a 16 GB kit composed of 2 8 GB strips operating at a frequency of 2133 MHz, I named the Kingston Savage. The brand offers several ranges of memories for the general public, in order the “Value”, HyperX Fury, HyperX Savage and HyperX Predator, the supposed performances and the prices of course increase as we change. of range.
Today’s test kit is trading around $ 115, which is very reasonable while still being more expensive than the aging DDR3, but it could be a good starting point for an X99 or Z170 setup, let’s see. what the beast has in store for us!

The kit from Kingston is as I said consists of 2 strips of 8 GB, for a total of 16 GB, the aluminum heatsinks are black, point extravagance here unlike what can be found for Fury. The dimensions are contained, and by that I mean of course the height, with its 34.57 mm the Savages should easily fit under any cooler.
Unlike the Fury which configure itself at their own speed, the Savage 2133 MHz have an XMP profile, namely that when we have a frequency of 2133 MHz and a latency of 15-15-15-39 for the JEDEC specifications (namely a “standard” that all memory modules must support) the XMP profile meanwhile while remaining at 2133 MHz reduces latency to 13-13-13-33. The result is of course better performance, although this should be quite minimal.
Offered at a price of around 115 €, the kit from Kingston should satisfy the vast majority of users who need a good dose of memory (whether for 3D software, encoding or to a lesser extent games ), and all without breaking the bank, but we’ll see that in the conclusion!

The packaging could not be more classic, 2 transparent plastic molds held together by a large label, the standard for years now at Kingston! This label contains information relating to modules, total memory, frequency, latency etc. There is no real need for more information here, this is a memory kit!

The bundle is also reduced to a minimum, a mini warranty and quick installation sheet as well as a very small sticker, for those who want to display this on their box!

Here are the beasts! The kit is completely black, whether it is the aluminum heatsinks or the PCB also painted black. The barrettes will marry very well in a black configuration, for those who do not care about the color of their components 😉 The build quality here is excellent, we feel that Kingston takes great care to offer very well finished products.
The height as we can see is contained, the radiators only slightly exceed the PCB, those who have a cooler which protrude above the memory modules will be in heaven.

Note that unlike DDR3 DDR4 strips do not have a straight PCB at the pins, in the center the pins are longer than at the sides, there may be a practical reason for this, such as a drop breakage during installation, I could not say!

The look is rather singular seen from above, the radiators are around the PCB and therefore partly hide it, the small HyperX logo will be there to remind that the installed memory is indeed from the Kingston!

The test platform

The Kingston Savage 2 x 8 GB 2133 MHz DDR4 memory kit has been tested with the configuration below:

The software used will be as follows:

Profil XMP et Overclocking

Once the XMP profile is activated in the bios, the frequencies as well as the timings are adjusted automatically and without the slightest problem, 2133 MHz with timings of 13-13-13-39, for a voltage of 1.2V.

Regarding overclocking I managed to stabilize the kit at 2800 MHz for timings of 15-15-15-39 for 1.35V. Memory has proven to be extremely stable at this frequency. It was possible to start at 3000 MHz but the setup was never really 100% stable, maybe with more time and more careful settings it would have been possible to stabilize the kit, but time was running out!
The memory frequency therefore drops from the original 2133 MHz to 2800 MHz, a rather nice little overclock of 677 MHz, especially for a kit that is not intended to be as efficient as possible.

Aida64 5.30

Aida64 is a very good indicator of the maximum achievable flow rates and responds very well to the increase in frequency, it is going to be that the results soar with the increase in the latter.
The Kingston Savage 2133 MHz kit is logically the least swift in the comparison given that it is the least fast in the comparison, with 31.1 GB / s in reading, 32 GB / s in writing and 28.94 GB / s in copy, the results are therefore in line with what we can expect.
On the other hand, once overclocked to 2800 MHz, the results are quite different with 39.3 Gb / s (+ 26%) in reading, 42.5 Gb / s (+ 32%) in writing and 37.3 Gb / s (+ 29%) in copy, a really nice boost which perfectly reflects the increase in frequency.
Now that the maximum bit rate is highlighted, let’s see what that works out in practice, because bit rate doesn’t necessarily mean huge gains, so let’s see it all right away!

Cinebench R15

We start with Cinebench R15, the increase in frequency certainly shows a gain, but which remains rather marginal, in fact we go from a score of 630 (2133 MHz) to 642 (2800 MHz) once the kit is overclocked. Cinebench is therefore very clearly not very sensitive to memory overclocking, even if the gain is there (+ 2%).

Handbrake

Handbrake is a video encoding software and is more representative than the pure and hard benchmarks, here the PC must encode an .avi file of 860MB in .mp4.
The gain is more significant here than under Cinebench R15, we go from 122 seconds (2133 MHz) to 114 seconds (2800 MHz) by overclocking the memory, i.e. a gain of about 9.7%, we can say that Handbrake reacts very well to the increase in frequency.

WinRAR

WinRAR is even more frequency-oriented than Handbrake, the graph doesn’t lie here! We go from a score of 5879 when the kit is at its original frequency to 6694 when it is overclocked, that is to say a gain of about 14%, it is not nothing!

WPrime

Wprime does not react much to the increase in frequency and offers similar results. At 2133 MHz Wprime 1024 takes 280.1s and at 2800 MHz 277.1 while for Wprime 32 we go from 8.93s to 8.86s, which means that the memory frequency will hardly influence the results.

3DMark and Games

With 3DMark we also do not notice any difference, the results are identical (with a normal variation, there will never be two tests with the same results). On the other hand we can see something quite interesting in games, when the number of FPS is high and the graphics card can express itself as it feels we can see a very slight gain, indeed under Bioshock Infinite we gain 9 FPS by going from 2133 MHz to 2800 MHz (from 173.4 FPS to 182.4 FPS), on the other hand under Crysis 3 which remains very greedy (in terms of graphics card and processor) we gain absolutely nothing.
What can we conclude from this? If the graphics card is not limited by the processor then we can observe a very slight gain (of the order of 1 to 2%), otherwise the gain will be even more marginal.

We have arrived at the end of this test, what about the Kingston Savage 2 x 8 GB 2133 MHz DDR4 kit?
DDR4 is gradually settling on the market and since the release of the latest “Skylake” processors from Intel, a large part of the new machines on the market will soon switch to this new standard, DDR3 is clearly at the end of its life!
Kingston as usual offers a very well finished product, stable and aimed at the greatest number, whether it is users who need a lot of memory for 3D software / encoding, “gamers” who swear by by the large amount of memory or even lovers of products that have a singular look.
The performances are good, even if its frequency of 2133 MHz cannot of course compete in the benchmarks with kits clocked higher, in practice on the other hand well advised will be the one who can make the difference between, except in certain software such as Handbrake.
The kit we tested today was pretty good at overclocking (although this model is not designed for), going from 2133 MHz to 2800 MHz very easily, good news for those who want to get the most out of their hardware. Note however that no bar is equal, it may be that another kit does less well, or better, the lottery is king in the world of overclocking 🙂
Offered at a price of around 115 €, the Kingston Savage 2 x 8 GB 2133 MHz DDR4 kit is at the entry level of this type of product, it will be particularly suitable for those who need a lot of memory without ruin, whether in an advanced office configuration or a gamer configuration.

Many thanks to Kingston for allowing me to do this test.

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