ADATA Overclocks One Of Its DDR4 Memory Sticks To A Clean 5GHz

ADATA might not be the first name to come to mind when you hear the word “overclocking”, but the company has today proven its might by accomplishing a 5GHz DRAM overclock on a single stick of XPG SPECTRIX D41 RGB DDR4 memory in an air-cooled configuration. This isn’t a kit that’s going to be sold; just a straight brag-worthy overclock, but there’s nothing wrong with that.

For those interested in the nuances of this overclock, the memory stick used Samsung’s B-die ICs, while the motherboard of choice was MSI’s Z370I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (lot of shouting with these brands). The exact stick was model number AX4U470038G19-DR41, if you want to try to score a similar kit and try your own hand at an impressive overclock.

Based on the CPU-Z screenshots provided, the 5GHz stick used 21-26-26-45 timings, although those are not so important since no benchmark information has been provided. That’s still quite a bit higher than a typical kit, but a typical kit isn’t anywhere near 5GHz!

There’s no telling what kind of memory voltage was used, since CPU-Z doesn’t report that information, but, if you look close, you can see an XMP profile for 4.6GHz with 19-19-19-39 timings at 1.45v. So, it seems likely that at least 1.5 or 1.55v was used to achieve this overclock, especially seeing as how eased-off the timings had to be (I’m guessing, because it wasn’t for nothing) to make this a stable OC.

At a time when it’s still a challenge to hit 5GHz on most CPUs even with amazing cooling, seeing it on air-cooled memory is pretty impressive – even if an insane amount of voltage is needed to get the job done. All in a day’s work with overclocking.