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DDR5-6400 CL30 1T 2x16GB Hynix 16Gb M-die, Z790 Aorus Elite, i5 13600K

Added 2022-11-24 20:45:34 +0000 UTC

CPU: i5 13600K @5.5GHz P-cores, E-cores off
Cooling: fan on RAM, Asetek 240mm AIO
mobo: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite
BIOS: F3f
RAM: 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 ES 6200C36 (5H16M) single rank

RAM / IMC voltages
VCCSA: 1.35V // upto 1.45V is safe
VCCIN: 2V // upto 2V is safe
CPU VDDQ: 1.4V // upto 1.45V is safe
CPU VDD2: 1.4V // upto 1.6V is safe
RAM VDD: 1.45V // upto 1.6V is safe
RAM VDDQ: 1.4V // upto 1.6V is safe
RAM VPP: 1.8V // upto 2V is safe

PLL voltages:
CPU core PLL: +120mv
RING PLL: +120mv
SA PLL: +120mv
MC PLL: +90mv

Memory training options:
RTL training: Enabled (can be impossible to stabilize on some CPUs)

RAM speed and timings
Speed: 6400Mbps
PRIMARY TIMINGS----------------------------------
tCL: 30
tRCD: 39
tRP: 39
tRAS: 28
tCR: 1T
SECONDARY TIMINGS-------------------------------
tCWL: 26
tRRD_L: 4
tRRD_S: 4
tFAW: 16
tRFC: 333
tRFCpb: 233
tREFI: 111 111
tXP: 4
tCKE: 4
tRDPRE: 6
tWRPRE: 44
tPRPDEN: 2
tRDPDEN: 4
tWRPDEN: 4
TERTIARY TIMINGS-----------------------------------
tRDRD_sg: 11
tRDRD_dg: 7
tRDWR_sg: 18
tRDWR_dg: 18
tWRWR_sg: 9
tWRWR_dg: 7
tWRRD_sg: 60
tWRRD_dg: 46

any timings not listed above should be left on auto.

Stress tests passed
700% HCI memtest
3300+ seconds of Y-cruncher VST
5000+ seconds of Y-cruncher component tester
Testmem5 Extreme1 Anta777
44x Linpack Xtreme 10GB

Performance
53.8ns in AIDA64

Comments:
The board or CPU has major stability issues with higher memory voltages than what's used here. Also with M-die 6600 is possible but at 2T and that actually ends up having slightly worse latency and pretty much the same memory bandwidth so this 6400 CL30 setup is better.

Motherboard and RAM provided by Gigabyte, CPU provided by intel, RAM provided by Corsair