MSI Memory Try It! - Boost Gaming Performance on your B560 ...

Memory Try It! offers more than 100 overclocking profiles for popular RAM chips such as Samsung, Hynix, Micron, etc. You can overclock your RAM ... {{blogList.tagContent}} {{blogList.blogTitle}} By{{blogList.blogAuthor}} | {{blogList.date}} OneofthenewfeaturesintroducedtotheB560chipsetisthesupportofRAMoverclocking.OnB460systems,RAMfrequencyislimitedtoDDR4-2933orDDD4-2666dependingonwhichprocessorisused.NowonB560systems,youcanoverclockRAMandimproveyourgamingperformance. However,RAMoverclockingcanbeacomplicatedtopicformanypeople.ManyfactorshavetobeconsideredwhenyoutrytooverclockRAM,suchasRAMvoltage,CPUIO2voltage,CPUSAvoltage,andtimings.It’squiteachallengeforuserswhodon'thavemuchexperienceinoverclocking. Fortunately,IntelExtremeMemoryProfile(XMP)providesaneasywaytooverclockRAM.ItenablesuserstooverclockRAMbyselectingprofilesoptimizedbyRAMmanufacturers,insteadofadjustingtheparametersintheBIOS. InadditiontoIntelXMP,MSI“MemoryTryIt!”offersmoresupportforoverclocking.Ithasmorethan100overclockingprofilestopushyourRAMfurtherthanXMPcan.Inthisarticle,we’llteachyouhowtooverclockyourRAMonanMSIB560motherboardwithXMPand“MemoryTryIt!”,andseewhatbenefitstheybringforgaming. EnableXMPonYourMotherboard AfterenteringBIOS,youcanseethere’sanXMPProfilebuttononthetop-leftsideofthescreen.IftherearetwoXMPprofilesonyourRAMmodule,youwillseetwoXMPbuttons.ClickontheXMPProfilebuttontoloadtheXMP,orloadXMPfromthe“ExtremeMemoryProfile(XMP)”dropdownmenu.ThensaveandexitBIOStoapplythesettings. ▲ XMPcanbeenabledbyclickingontheXMPbuttoninBIOS. We’vetestedtheperformanceofseveralXMPmoduleswithAIDA64MemoryBenchmark.ItturnsoutthatRAMbandwidthscaleswithRAMfrequency.RAMbandwidthincreasesasfrequencygoeshigher. ▲ RAMBandwidthscaleswithRAMfrequency However,thelatencydoesnotalwaysscalewiththefrequency.ThelatencyishigherwithDDR4-4000thanwithDDR4-3600.ThisisbecauseDDR-4000isrunningGear2Mode*,withtheIMC(IntegratedMemoryController)clockathalfthespeedofthememoryclock. ▲ Latencyisreducedto52.4nswithDDR4-3600. RAMoverclockingishelpfultogamingperformanceaswell.ItlookslikeDDR4-3600isthesweetspotforgaming.Itis8~25%fasterthanDDR4-2133andalittlebitfasterthanDDR4-4000.Pleasenotethattheperformanceimprovementswillvarydependingonthegames. ▲ GTA5-FPSisincreasedwithhigherRAMfrequency. ▲ WatchDogs:Legion–FPSisincreasedwithhigherRAMfrequency. ▲ ForzaHorizon4–FPSisincreasedwithhigherRAMfrequency. GetExtraFPSwithMSIMemoryTryIt! Ifyou’renotsatisfiedwithXMP,youcanpushitevenfurtherwithMemoryTryIt! MemoryTryIt!offersmorethan100overclockingprofilesforpopularRAMchipssuchasSamsung,Hynix,Micron,etc.YoucanoverclockyourRAMwithhigherfrequencyandtightertimingsthanbyusingXMP.Youjustneedtoselecttheprofilesandtestifyoursystemisstable.Ifit'sstablethenyoucantryprofileswithhigherfrequencyandtightertimingsuntilyoufindthemaximumstablesettings. ▲ YoucanuseMemoryTryIt!topushyourRAMfurther. ▲ MemoryTryIt!offersoptimizedoverclockingprofilesforyourRAM. ▲ YoucanadjusttheparametersmanuallybasedontheMemoryTryIt!profiles. YoucanalsoadjusttheparameterstoachievebetterperformancebasedonMemoryTryIt!.TaketheADATADDR4-3200kitforexample,wefoundoutthatit'sstablewiththe“DDR4-3600CL16-20-20-38”profilefromMemoryTryIt!.WekeptonpushingthetimingsandfoundittobestableatDDD4-3600CL14-16-16-28.Itreducesthelatencyfrom55nsto47.7nsandyouwillgetanextra2%~5%FPScomparedtoDDR4-3200XMP. ▲ ThankstoMemoryTryIt!,youcanachievehigherfrequencyandtightertimingsthanXMP. ▲ DDR4-3600CL14-16-16-28haslowerlatencythanXMPDDR4-3600CL17-21-21-39. ▲ GTA5–YoucantrytogetextraFPSwithMemoryTryIt!profiles. ▲ WithDDR4-3600CL14-16-16-28,youwillgetanextra5%FPScomparedtoDDR4-3200XMP. ▲ ForzaHorizon4–YoucangetmoreFPSwithMemoryTryIt!profiles. Conclusion–OverclockingYourRAMforMoreFPS Fromourtestresults,RAMspeedcanaffectgames.RAMoverclockingmakesB560motherboardsabargainforgamingsystems.IfyouhaveXMPmodules,don’thesitatetooverclockyourRAMwithXMP.IfyouwantmoreFPS,trywithMemoryTryIt!. Note: *MemoryGearMode: IntelhasintroducedMemoryGearModetoits11thGenCoreProcessor.Therearetwomodesavailable:Gear1andGear2.InGear1,theIMC(IntegratedMemoryController)clockisequaltothememoryclock.InGear2,theIMCclockishalved. Gear1haslowerlatencythanGear2.RAMmoduleshigherthanDDR4-3600mayonlybootwithGear2mode.YoucanadjustGearModefromthe“CPUIMC:DRAMclock”optioninBIOS.