One of the biggest attractions of the DIY market in recent years is that after the release of Intel’s twelfth generation Core, the first to support the new DDR5 memory, the recent increase in production with DDR5, the price is also declining, and 4800MHz frequency starting DDR5 prices have been almost equal to DDR4 high-frequency memory prices, so at this stage, in consideration of the cost performance conditions, we have no need to upgrade DDR5 memory. Next, we will discuss it with you.
Not to talk about price, directly talking about performance is a total hooligan
Think back to the beginning of the DDR5 market, an entry-level 8G DDR5 4800MHz memory prices are generally around 800-1000 yuan, while the price of the set is generally in the 1500-2500 yuan, and then the DDR4 high-frequency 3200MHz 8g * 2 price is mostly in the 400 yuan, which the price difference of nearly 5 times.
And then the motherboard is only a high-end Z690 series motherboard, and the price is also 4000 yuan to start, the price is difficult for ordinary users and players to accept, even now, twelve generations of Core and Z690 series of motherboard prices have a certain rate of reduction, but the price is still very firm, relatively speaking, if we choose to install accessories, a set of high-end CPU + motherboard directly If we choose to install accessories, a set of mid-to-high-end CPU + motherboard directly to the price of about 5,000 yuan, with other hardware, a mid-to-high-end computer is casually 10,000 outside.
This is for the pursuit of cost-effective DIY players, in front of the price, will certainly do part of the compromise, choose the game performance gap is not large, optional more, more mature DDR4 memory.
DDR5 frequency increase to 7000MHz to be more worth getting!
According to the DDR4 2400MHz initial frequency as a reference, the current mainstream DDR4 memory frequency is basically at 3200MHz, which is currently the most popular choice of memory frequency, memory frequency increased by about 1.33 times; and DDR5 side 4800MHz frequency start relative to DDR4 to improve about 2 times, if converted to DDR5 mainstream level, it should be If converted to DDR5 mainstream level, it should be improved by 2 times to about 7600MHz, so for most users, I personally suggest that DDR5 frequency reaches 7000MHz or more is more worth buying.
Theoretical performance increase of 50% high frequency for most applications have a partial performance boost
Here we will carry out the performance part of the test, test platform we choose is Intel Core i9-12900K, DDR5 frequency of 4800MHz 32G * 2 dual-channel, DDR4 frequency DDR4 3200MHz 16g * 4 dual-channel, in addition to the motherboard support memory frequency is not the same, other configurations remain the same, the following test results.
First of all CrossMark creative run scores, mainly to deal with a variety of content creation currently on the market, which is equipped with DDR5 memory platform run score of 2516, equipped with DDR4 platform is 2295, DDR5 ahead of DDR4 about 9.6%.
3DMARK TimeSpy CPU score, equipped with DDR5 platform runs 16105, equipped with DDR4 platform scores 13473, DDR5 platform ahead of DDR4 about 19.5%, the performance improvement is obvious.
FireStrike physical score project, DDR5 platform runs 41105, DDR4 platform runs 39650, DDR5 platform’s lead is 3.6%.
In the CPU Profile test, there is basically no difference between the two platforms, and the actual scores are so close that they are understandably within the margin of error.
In terms of modeling performance, AutoCAD 2019 software Cadalyst Benchmark, DDR5 memory runs at 1152 and DDR4 runs at 1025, with a lead of 12.4%, a significant performance lead.
In terms of content creation, in Adobe Premiere Pro and Lightrom workflow creation, DDR5 memory took 204.7 seconds and DDR4 took 281 seconds, a 37.2% reduction in time, which has a more obvious performance advantage in dealing with content creation, making it ideal for most content creation users to choose.
In terms of game testing, we chose several representative game titles on the market, testing at 1080p resolution with the highest special effects, the final test results are shown above, including Killer 3, a game in which the game frame rate increased by 8.1% after using DDR5, in the game Watch Dogs, the DDR5 memory platform frame rate lead of 14.4%, and in the game Galaxy Tearer, a game in which the DDR5 memory platform frame rate lead of 14.4%. The frequency of the two memories has less impact on the game performance, with only a 3 frame difference and an insignificant lead.
Finally, the DDR5 memory has been released nearly 9 months ago, and the price is not as outrageous. Although there is no 50% performance increase in performance as in theoretical read and write performance, DDR5 has a more significant performance improvement over mainstream 3200MHz memory in daily applications, games, and especially in content creation and cycle production performance.
The DDR4 life cycle has come to an end, DDR5 is bound to be the future trend, so for most users, it is more convenient to get DDR5 for our subsequent upgrades, and with the upcoming launch of the Dragon 7000 series processors, in order to DDR5 will be fully popular, here I recommend users to get the DDR5 memory with a frequency of 7000MHz.
