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Today's review product is from the well-known Acer Predator brand - the launch of the Hermes Ice Blade DDR5 7200 24GB X2 high-end memory set, this contentIncludes a performance review of this memory module and an overclocking timing reference to share。There is a lot of content, please also collect it and watch it slowly.
Before we begin, let's talk about the relatively novel memory capacity of 24GB
There is a particularly interesting thing in the DIY installation market this year, in terms of memory, 24G DDR5 single memory began to appear in large numbers, newly installed friends, want high-capacity memory configuration, in addition to the previous 32G+32G combination, there is a new choice: 48G.
Friends who often install computers know that although mainstream standard motherboards such as MATX have 4 memory slots, in order to have higher memory read and write performance and low latency, we often choose to insert only two memory in 2 4 slots. If it is plugged in, it will be due to complex and metaphysical reasons such as power supply and wiringSeverely reduces the overclocking performance of the memory, which also has an impact on stability
Compared with the 16G x2 combo, the new 24G x2 memory kit can meet higher performance and memory requirementsCompared with the combination of 32G x 2, 48G has a cost-effective advantage.
In the case of 32G memory is not enough, the 24G x2 memory set is obviously more suitable: wouldn't it be nice to save a few hundred dollars to buy a 2TB SSD?There is one more option, so that those of us who install the machine have more tricks when installing the machine.
At present, the newly launched 24G high-end memory on the market is generally used in Hynix's new process M-Die particles, with a single capacity of 3GB, and only 8 single-sided on the PCB of the memory constitute a 24G capacity, with more stable heat dissipation pressure and power supply design, and will not be affected in read/write and latency.
Intel's next-generation platforms (13th and 14th generations) support a single 12G, 24G, or 48G memory specification, and the 24G memory modules on the market can be perfectly matched. So, when it comes to the high-end memory module of the Acer Predator Hermes DDR5 7200 in my hand, how does it perform?
Let's take a look:
Acer Predator's high-end memory products, packaging design has always been very particular. Its packaging design is very beautiful, and it looks more like a fancy digital product than a computer accessory
This Ice Blade series is no exception, the unpacking process of the gift box packaging is very ceremonial, and this fun is no less than the feeling of a girl unpacking a cosmetic gift box.
Its features are written on the back, including the use of a high-performance aluminum heat sink, support for X***0, special high-durability IC components, and support for god-light synchronization.
After the heaven and earth box is opened, the memory is well protected, and the buffer is sufficient, which is enough to deal with violent courier.
Under the memory, there are fans and brackets at the bottom of the package to assist in heat dissipation, as well as screw accessories, which provide better heat dissipation for the memory, which can be used by children who play extreme overclocking.
However, my water cooling uses a violent fan, which is close to the memory, which is enough to dissipate heat from the memory.
Back to the memory itself.
I chose the black model, the black and gold color scheme is elegant and timeless, and the overall look is also very cool.
Made of aluminumHigh-thickness die-cast armor, so that the weight of a single memory came to 924 grams!Heavier than all the memory I've ever seen.
This luxurious material plays a good role in heat soaking and heat dissipation, ensuring the stability of the ice blade at high frequencies and even after overclocking. Moreover, it is also specially designed with grooves to increase the heat dissipation area, and has a better heat dissipation effect with the assistance of the air duct of the case.
And this kind of set bar, the two of them are serialized: 5000b and 5000c - which means that they belong to the same batch of products, whether they are overclocked or not, they will be relatively more stable to use.
From the side, you can clearly see that 8 memory particles are used on its internal PCB, and it is arranged on one side, and the performance stability is guaranteed.
Moreover, the PCB board is full of materials, which can withstand higher voltage and current when overclocking, and the overclocking is more stable.
The light-emitting area is made of matte material, and the actual brightness uniformity is very high, and the sense of luxury is max!
Next. This set of light bars supports the synchronization of multiple manufacturers' divine lights, and is set in the software of the motherboard, which can achieve ever-changing RGB color performance, and the playability is extremely high.
It can be like this, it can be like this
And so it goes, in terms of my preference, I prefer cold white light.
Let's take a look at my computer configuration.
cpu：i9-14900k
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS Pro X Snow Sculpture X
Main HDD: Acer Predator GM7000 2TB
Graphics: Sapphire 6750gre 12g Polar White.
CPU Cooler: TT (Thermaltake) ToughLiquid Ultra 360
Power supply: TT (thermaltake) 1000W ToughPower GF3
Let's look at the performance.
After installation, the Ice Blade memory runs at a frequency of 5600 by default, let's take a test as a benchmark:
Master of Entertainment
At 5600MHz silent frequency, this memory is in the Lu Master running score:
The total score is about 2.52 million, and the memory score is about 3060 thousand.
AIDA64 cache and memory score tool
At a silent frequency of 5600MHz, this memory is in the memory test of AIDA64:
The read, write, and copy speeds are about 872gb/s、77.0gb/s、77.4gb/s；The delay is 837ns。
In addition to latency, under the silent frequency, the data of this memory is still very eye-catching, I have a set of notebook DDR5 5600 memory at hand, and the read and write performance is about 1 4 less than the above data.
Next, let's take a look at the test items that can reflect the office performance of this computer:
7-zip benchmarks
7-Zip decompression software comes with a benchmark function, which reflects the operation efficiency of the computer's daily office through decompression and compression, and the decompression is very sensitive to the performance of CPU and memory, and has a high reference value.
At a silent frequency of 5600MHz, this memory is in the 7-zip benchmark:
Overall rating 192271 gips。
Gaming testing
I chose Forza Horizon 5.
It was released in 2021 and has been optimized for hardware to bring out the highest performance of the machine. Moreover, Forza Horizon 5 is sensitive to CPU and memory frequency, so you can intuitively see the impact of changes in memory frequency on the smoothness of the game.
Because the graphics card is a short board, in the following data, we only look at the CPU simulation, which can reflect the performance of the CPU and memory, which is more referenced.
2K resolution + preset high image qualityThe average frame rate of CPU simulation is about 411.
Then, in the motherboard BIOS, turn on XMP, and the 7200MHz frequency under XMP will make this set of memory incarnate completely.
Master of Entertainment
After turning on XMP and overclocking the Ice Blade to 7200MHz, the whole machine is in Master Lu's running score:
The memory score is about 4380 thousand.
Memory performanceThe increase reached 428%
AIDA64 cache and memory score tool
After turning on XMP and overclocking the Ice Blade to 7200MHz, this memory was in the memory test of AIDA64:
The read, write, and copy speeds are about 1126gb/s、110.8gb/s、109.2gb/s；The delay is 619ns。
Memory at the moment, read, write, copy performance respectivelyRaised about. 1%。Latency is reduced by about 260%
7-zip benchmarks
After turning on XMP and overclocking the Ice Blade to 7200MHz, the whole machine was tested in the 7-zip benchmark:
Overall rating 218666 gips。
Score increased by 137%。
Let's look at the game.
Gaming testing
2K resolution + preset high image quality unchanged, turn on XMP, overclock Ice Blade to 7200MHz, in Forza Horizon 5:
The average CPU simulation frame rate is about 479.
The increase is about 165%。
After turning on XMP, the performance of the memory has improved significantly, and the theoretical running score is basically equivalent to the increase in frequency, while the actual improvement in office and gaming experience is also real, with an increase of more than 10%.
The picture shows me when I turn on XMP on my MSI B760M motherboard).
If your motherboard does not support overclocking or will not overclock, it is recommended to turn on XMP directly in the BIOS, the method is also very simple, press the DEL key when booting, and turn on the XMP switch after entering the BIOS.
In this state, the power consumption of the memory is not high, but the performance is improved for free, which is not only strong, low latency, and the most stable. What's more important is not tossing.
But for gamers, this memory with Hynix M-Die is certainly not overclocked enough
There are many mysteries of memory overclocking, powerful motherboards, CPU physique, and high-quality memory, all of which are indispensable, and the most important thing is ......Luck ......
My CPU is 14900k and the GIGABYTE motherboard gives a cookie score of 91489, a bit ......But it is still easy to make the memory exceed 8000 and make the whole machine work stably. As for higher frequencies, I have limited levels ......Players who want to do it can try it, so far I've seen a big guy over 8200 or more.
First of all, in the motherboard BIOS, first turn off XMP, turn off the so-called "black technology" on the motherboard: high bandwidth, low latency, and manually adjust the memory multiplier.
Subsequently, the CPU system** voltage and memory voltage are adjusted as above.
The time series and reference data are as above.
In the timing control of memory, it can be slightly looser, for example, TRAS can be set higher, stabilized and then slowly decreased. I'm too troublesome to set it to 80 in one step (luckily, the whole machine can work normally, and then I dropped to 78), and there are big guys who can suppress it to 56 or even lower, but I recommend that you start from 100 and go down, save the BIOS after each stabilization, and load it when overclocking fails, reducing the amount of operation.
Of course, the above parameters only apply to Hynix M-Die's memory overclocking, and some memory with poor cooling performance may require better case air duct assistance, or the addition of a separate fan that comes with this memory package. If you use the same model as me, you can rest assured that it will exceed 8000, steadily.
Master of Entertainment
After manually overclocking the Ice Blade to 8000MHz, the whole machine is in the Master Lu running score:
The memory score is about 4890 thousand.
Memory performance compared to the state of 7200MHzFurther improved by about 116%！
AIDA64 cache and memory score tool
After manually overclocking the Ice Blade to 8000MHz, this memory was in the memory test of AIDA64:
The read, write, and copy speeds are about 1263gb/s、122.8gb/s、121.0gb/s；The delay is 558ns。
The figure above shows the data at 7200MHz).
At a frequency of 8000MHz, the performance of read, write, and copy is further improvedRaised about. 8%。The latency is further reduced by about 99%
7-zip benchmarks
After manually overclocking the Ice Blade to 8000MHz, the whole machine was in the 7-zip benchmark:
Overall rating 227021 gips。
The figure above shows the data at 7200MHz).
The score improved by about 38%。
Gaming testing
The same 2K resolution + preset high image quality, after manually overclocking the Ice Blade to 8000MHz, in Forza Horizon 5:
The average CPU simulation frame rate is about 512.
The figure above shows the data at 7200MHz).
The frame rate increase is about 69%。
Let's take a look at the data comparison before and after overclocking.
At 8000MHz, the performance improvement brought by this memory is still very obviousThe free performance boost brought by overclocking can be said to be not in vain.
It is highly recommended that after you buy high-quality memory, if you have a good motherboard, you can manually super-one, if you don't want to toss, open the xmp, and the performance will be improved, which is always good.
High-end products are good!
The performance of this Acer Predator Hermes DDR5 7200 24G x 2 memory module is very good, the overclocking potential is high enough, and the RGB lighting effects, stability, and appearance are all top-notch, and this has a 50% more memory capacity advantage than the 32GB sleeve, which is suitable for people with high memory performance capacity needs, whether it is gaming or productivity, it is powerful enough!
Now if you're looking to install a high-performance PC, DDR5 memory is the first choice, and this high-end high-capacity memory module can be your performance option.