Does the Kingston “Beast” 2133MHz DDR3 live up to its name?

Test Configuration

Hardware

• Intel Core i7 3770K (overclocked to 4.5GHz); Turbo is on.
• EVGA Z77 FTW motherboard (Intel Z77 chipset, latest beta BIOS, PCIe 3.0 specification; CrossFire/SLI 16x+16x using Plex chip.)
• 16GB Kingston DDR3 2133MHz Kingston HyperX “Beast” RAM (8×2 GB, dual-channel at 2133MHz; supplied by Kingston)
• 8GB Kingston DDR3 1866MHz Kingston HyperX “Beast” RAM (4×2 GB, dual-channel at 1866MHz; supplied by Kingston)
• Noctua NH-DH14 CPU cooler and 7 case fans, supplied by Noctua
• Nvidia GTX Titan (6GB, 836/6008MHz, reference clocks), supplied by Nvidia
• Onboard Realtek Audio
• Genius SP-HF 800A speakers, two pairs in 4.0 Quadraphonic configuration, supplied by Genius
• O 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 hard drives configured and set up identically from drive image; one partition for Nvidia GeForce drivers and one for ATI Catalyst drivers
• Cooler Master Platinum Pro 1000W PSU, supplied by Cooler Master
• Thermaltake Overseer RX-I full tower case, supplied by Thermaltake
• Philips DVD SATA writer
• HP LP3065 2560×1600 thirty inch LCD.

Test Configuration – Software

• NVIDIA GeForce WHQL 314.22  High Quality; Single-display Performance mode; Prefer Maximum Performance
• Windows 7 64-bit; very latest updates
• Latest DirectX
• All games are patched to their latest versions.
• vsync is forced off in the control panels.
• All results show average frame rates
• Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.
• Windows 7 64, all DX9 titles were run under DX9 render paths, DX10 titles were run under DX10 render paths and DX11 titles under DX11 render paths.

The Benchmarks

• Synthetic
  • SiSoft Sandra 2013 Engineer Latest version – Memory Bandwidth
  • CPU-Z

• Synthetic Gaming
  • Vantage
  • 3DMark 11
  • 3D Mark 2013 Firestrike/Firestrike Extreme
  • Heaven 4.0
  • Valley 1.0

  DX9 Games

   

  • Serious Sam 3 BFE
  • Alan Wake: Ameican Nightmare
  • The Witcher 2
  • Borderlands 2
  • Left 4 Dead 2

  DX10 Games

   

  • Crysis
  • Far Cry 2
  • Just Cause 2

  DX11 Games

   

  • BattleForge
  • Alien vs. Predator
  • STALKER, Call of Pripyat
  • Metro 2033
  • Lost Planet 2
  • H.A.W.X. 2
  • Total War: Shogun II
  • Crysis 2
  • Dirt 3
  • Batman: Arkham City
  • F1 2012
  • Battlefield 3
  • Max Payne 3
  • Sleeping Dogs
  • Sniper Elite V2
  • Hitman: Absolution
  • Assassin’s Creed III
  • Crysis 3

The above is our test bench. Let’s check out the differences that we noted next.