G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5 8000MT/s EXPO Memory Review – Is DDR5-8000 Worth It on AMD Ryzen?

In Battlefield 6, with the RAM at the default 4800MT/s, there is a clear downgrade in performance at 191FPS. Any EXPO RAM above that improves framerates. The 6000MT/s CL28 kit improves performance by 6%. Now, moving up to the DDR5 8000MT/s CL38 kit does not really make a difference, at only 0.2% faster than 6000MT/s CL28. The RAM at 8200MT/s does increase the performance, but again we are talking minuscule numbers in this game. For this game, 6000MT/s CL28 is perfectly fine for the best performance; anything above 4800MT/s is welcome.

In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, we once again see that with the DDR5 RAM at 4800MT/s, performance suffers at 125FPS. Now, this one is interesting, because what we are seeing here is that the lower-latency 6000MT/s DDR5 RAM at CL28 and higher memory controller frequency actually provides the highest and best performance. That RAM kit is 8% faster than the RAM at 4800MT/s default. What we see is that the DDR5 8000MT/s CL38 kit in EXPO is faster than the default performance by 4%, but that means it is 4% behind the 6000MT/s CL28 kit on this platform. Overclocking the RAM to 8200MT/s crawls back a little of that performance, but not enough.

For Crimson Desert, we are using patch 1.16.00. Now Crimson Desert responds well to DDR5 RAM frequencies; as we can see, it is very sensitive to memory performance. At 4800MT/s, performance is at 145FPS. The RAM kit that takes the cake in this game is the 6000MT/s CL28 kit with the memory controller at the same ratio; it blows away performance at 13% faster than 4800MT/s, making a big difference. DDR5 8000MT/s isn’t far behind, but it is technically behind here in this game. DDR5 8000MT/s is 8% faster than 4800MT/s, but it is 4% behind the 6000MT/s CL28 kit on this platform. Overclocking the RAM to 8200MT/s does help, but just not enough to reach the 6000MT/s performance.

In Cyberpunk 2077, we see some interesting results as well. With the RAM at 4800MT/s, it is the slowest at 142FPS. The 6000MT/s CL28 DDR5 RAM is faster by 9%. What’s also interesting is that with the DDR5 8000 overclocked to 8200, it is also 9% faster than the base, so it catches up to the 6000MT/s RAM kit. However, in its EXPO 8000 mode, it is actually slower by 3%.

Now in Doom The Dark Ages, this game is very much different than all the other games above. In this game, memory frequency is paramount and does make a big difference. With the memory at 4800MT/s, performance is 139FPS. By using the 6000MT/s kit that improves by 11%. However, this time, the DDR5 8000 kit has the advantage, being 2% faster than the 6000 kit. Even more, going up to 8200 improves it by another 2%. So when all is said and done, 8200 vs 4800 is a nice 15% performance improvement.