Page 2 - A Closer Look, Test System
The Crucial Pro Overclocking White DDR5-6000 2x16GB, as its name suggests, is the white color version of the Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5 lineup, which we are pretty familiar with here at APH Networks. We have covered the Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5-6000 2x16GB in black not too long ago. My above photo shows two kits for a total of 64GB. The kit, being a part of the latest enthusiast DDR5 line from the company, utilizes a set of medium profile heatspreaders. The Pro Overclocking's aluminum pieces have a simple and clean look from its straight lines and angles. Aluminum is lightweight and serves as a decent heat conductor. The Pro Overclocking is 35mm tall from the pins to the top of the headspreader, or 4mm taller than modules with no heatspreaders at all. Since the heatspreader height is moderate, it is hard to imagine the Pro Overclocking will interfere with any modern processor cooler. Whether you like to call it a marketing gimmick or whatnot, it is impossible to find performance memory without any form of a heatspreader attached for decades now. They do undeniably serve a purpose in dissipating heat, but for most memory modules, unless run at a voltage significantly over designed voltages -- which you will not, thanks to integrated memory controller voltage limits on Intel and AMD CPUs -- this feature is certainly not a requirement.
The heatspreader design of the Crucial Pro Overclocking White modules is symmetrical when looked at straight on and between sides, which is logical, because memory can be installed in different directions depending on your motherboard manufacturer and design. Besides functional purposes, it also improves the look. The gray Crucial logo is printed dead center onto the white background on one side of the RAM, while the other side has the text "Crucial DDR5 Pro". A specifications label can be spotted too. It lists information like the memory capacity, speed, CAS latency, voltage, and serial number. The Crucial Pro Overclocking White DDR5-6000 2x16GB is assembled in Mexico.
As you can see more clearly in our photo above, the Crucial Pro Overclocking White DDR5-6000 2x16GB has a very nice black PCB. We can also spot the power management integrated circuit, commonly abbreviated as PMIC, near the center. Its heatspreader on top is composed of two separate pieces. The heatspreaders are held to the module itself by multiple strips of thermally conductive adhesive and are not physically locked together. The adhesive force between the two heatspreaders and memory ICs is very strong, so if you ever do take them off, keep your hair dryer around.
From our above photo, it should also be clearer on how the heatspreaders are designed. The heatspreaders are mirror images of each other. The pieces are made from solid aluminum, which feels solid in the hand and thick enough to resist easy bending. It is not thick enough to hold a lot of heat, so it should dissipate heat energy reasonably quickly into the surrounding environment. Either way, you will probably never remove them, since the heatspreader design is a selling point. In the unlikely event it will not clear your processor heatsink, then you might as well not buy this kit, haha.
A closer look at the memory chips on the Crucial Pro Overclocking White DDR5-6000 2x16GB dual channel memory kit. The photo above is not super clear, but it says "D8GCD" on each IC. These are Micron-manufactured chips identified as MT60B2G8RZ-60P:D decoded from the FBGA inscription, with eight 2GB chips on one side only for a total of 16GB on each DIMM. As mentioned on the previous page, these RAM modules run at a frequency of DDR5-6000 with 36-38-38-80 latencies. These modules operate at a stock voltage of 1.35V, which is higher than the base DDR5 voltage of 1.1V.
Our test configuration is as follows:
CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K
CPU Cooling: be quiet! Dark Rock Elite
Motherboard: ASUS ProArt Z690-Creator WiFi
Graphics: EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti XC3 ULTRA GAMING
Chassis: Thermaltake Core P3 TG Pro Snow
Storage: XPG Atom 30 1TB
Power: FSP Hydro PTM Pro 1200W
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Compared Hardware:
- Crucial Pro Overclocking White DDR5-6000 2x16GB @ DDR5-6000 36-38-38-80
- Crucial CT2K16G48C40U5 DDR5-4800 2x16GB @ DDR5-4800 40-39-39-77
- Crucial CT2K16G52C42U5 DDR5-5200 2x16GB @ DDR5-5200 42-42-42-84
- Crucial CT2K16G56C46U5 DDR5-5600 2x16GB @ DDR5-5600 46-45-45-90
- Crucial Pro DDR5-5600 2x16GB @ DDR5-5600 46-45-45-90
- Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5200 2x16GB @ DDR5-5200 40-40-40-80
- Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB @ DDR5-6000 32-38-38-80
- Lexar ARES RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB @ DDR5-6000 34-38-38-76
- Lexar THOR OC DDR5-6000 2x16GB @ DDR5-6000 32-38-38-96
- Patriot Viper Venom RGB DDR5-6200 2x16GB @ DDR5-6200 40-40-40-76
- XPG Lancer RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB @ DDR5-6000 40-40-40-76
Page Index
1. Introduction, Packaging, Specifications
2. A Closer Look, Test System
3. Benchmark: AIDA64 CPU
4. Benchmark: AIDA64 FPU
5. Benchmark: AIDA64 Memory
6. Benchmark: PCMark 10
7. Benchmark: 3DMark
8. Benchmark: PassMark PerformanceTest 10
9. Benchmark: SuperPI 1M, Cinebench 2024
10. Overclocking and Conclusion
