Introduction and Technical Specifications
We look at Corsair’s latest set of Dominator DDR4 memory, the Dominator Platinum DDR4-3400. This memory is designed to be the fastest consumer-grade DDR4 memory on the planet…
Introduction
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Working in concert with GIGABYTE, Corsair developed the Dominator Platinum DDR4-3400 16GB kit to pair up perfectly with the X99-SOC Champion motherboard. The DDR4 modules feature orange anodized heat spreaders that exactly match the SOC-Champion's color scheme as well as two Dominator Vengeance Platinum memory coolers with integrated orange LEDs. The memory modules are build with hand-screened ICs to ensure the rigorous quality demands necessary for achieving the rated speeds.
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Courtesy of Corsair
The modules included in the Dominator Platinum DDR4-3400 16GB kit toute many design innovations enabling them to maintain their rated speed, such as the latest version of Corsairs Dominator DHX aluminum heat spreader which directly cools the specially designed PCB and hand-sorted ICs for module construction. The modules are optimized for use with the Intel® Core™ “Haswell-E” CPUs and the Intel X99 platform and include support for the latest version of Intel XMP (Extreme Memory Profile), XMP 2.0.
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Packaged in with the Dominator Platinum DDR4 modules are 2 sets of the Dominator Airflow Platinum Memory Fan kits. The fan kits are designed to latch onto the board memory slots and blow air downward over the memory modules, ensuring optimal temperature operation. The fan kits are constructed of two 50mm LED fans in the base unit with embedded orange LEDs to match the coloration of the module heat spreaders and the GIGABYTE X99-SOC Champion board.
Technical Specifications (taken from the Corsair website)
| Dominator Platinum DDR4-3400 Memory Specifications | |
| Warranty | Limited Lifetime |
| Fan Included | Dominator Airflow Platinum LED Fan |
| Heat Spreader | Aluminum with DHX |
| Memory Configuration | Dual / Quad Channel |
| Memory Series | Dominator Platinum |
| Memory Type | DDR4 |
| Package Memory Format | Unbuffered DIMM |
| Package Memory Pin | 288 Pin |
| Performance Profile | XMP 2.0 |
| Memory Size | 16GB Kit (4 x 4GB) |
| SPD Latency | 15-15-15-36 |
| SPD Speed | 2133MHz |
| SPD Voltage | 1.2V |
| Speed Rating | PC4-27200 (3400MHz) |
| Tested Latency | 16-18-18-40 |
| Tested Speed | 3400MHz |
| Tested Voltage | 1.35V |
| Dominator Platinum LED Memory Fan kit specifications | |
| Model | 2 x 50mm PWM fan |
| Bearing | Ball Bearing |
| Max. Rotational Speed (+/- 10%) | 3,700 RPM |
| Max. Airflow | 10.6 CFM |
on the benchmarks you put
on the benchmarks you put ddr-3200 and not 3400
The test setup page explains
The test setup page explains this. Benchmarks were run at 3200MHz, not 3400MHz b/c 3200MHz was achievable with 100MHz base clock while 3400MHz speed required overclocking of the base clock speed to 127.5MHz. This overclocking would have skewed the benchmark results, making them not a good basis of comparison to the non overclocked numbers.
Is overclocking the base
Is overclocking the base clock bad?
No overclocking the base
No overclocking the base clock is not bad, it just affects the running speed of all other components in the system, adding some stress to those components. The gear ratio settngs help with that, but you are still running the components at a higher base speed with a lower ratio setting.
I did try running the memory at 34 x 100, but it was not stable at all with the 34x multiplier on the board. The 32x multiplier was the highest memory multiplier that would remain stable at the stock base clock speed…
Running stable here at 34×100
Running stable here at 34×100 (DDR4-3400) on my Rampage V Extreme with a decent 5960x. Maybe you should switch boards. 😉
so you dont show the actual
so you dont show the actual potential of the product, just undercut its performance so things aren’t “skewed.”
The “potential” of the
The “potential” of the product is indeed shown: it cannot run at full speed without overclocking the CPU.
If Corsair wanted it benchmarked at full speed, they should have made it capable of running at the rated speed without needing overclocking. I’d feel absolutely ripped off if I paid $1000 for memory and it couldn’t even run at it’s rated speed.
There’s nothing Corsair can
There’s nothing Corsair can do about what DRAM ratios work on which BCLK straps, that’s all Intel. 3200 is the highest you can go on 100BCLK, period.
was expecting better timing
was expecting better timing by now
Corsair didnt get the memo.
Corsair didnt get the memo. The 90s light up disco ball PCs are over. That RAM is ugly but hey its got cool lights the per-verbal spinners.
1000 $ for a Kit of RAM. I
1000 $ for a Kit of RAM. I thought those times where long gone and buried forever.
It is an anonymous epidemic.
It is an anonymous epidemic. Save us before it is too late.
This might come off sounding
This might come off sounding bigoted and ignorant, but I find it hard to tell anonymi apart. No doubt they are not an endangered species, at least in these parts.
lol what a waste of copper
lol what a waste of copper and silicon. this ddr4 is too expensive, too bulky, and held back back the current batch of cpus. someone forgot to tell ddr4 makers that we’re still in the ddr3 era.