FEATURED G.Skill RipjawsZ 4x4GB DDR3-2133 CL9 - F3-17000CL9Q-16GBZH

Today I wish to present G.Skill RipjawsZ 16GB 2133 CL9 memory kit.
My RipjawsZ 2133 were manufactured in September 2013 and are renewed 2133 CL9-11-10 series.
Here is link to the review. It doesn't include additional overclocking results that you can find in this thread

The same as for most G.Skill memory available on the market, it also has 2 XMP profiles that are nearly the same due to compatibility with multiple platforms. Simply if one profile isn't working for some reason then you can try second one.

Here is screenshot from ASUS Mem Tweak It software showing XMP #1 profile set on the Gigabyte Z87X-OC motherboard:



Memory comes in standard plastic blister.


As we see below, memory looks great in black heatsinks and black PCB.




Overclockers are probably interested what IC we can find inside. Tested RipjawsZ CL9 have Samsung HCK0 chips:



I haven't seen many kits based on this IC. Usually we can find Samsung HCH9 or HYK0.

Tests

I will focus more on the stability testing based on X79 platform as many forum members are actually interested in stability at various settings but at the end will be also couple of other results.

Tests were performed on MSI X79A-GD45 Plus motherboard and i7 4930K CPU. Custom water cooling for CPU.
All results in this post passed 1h+ AIDA64 stability test.

My motherboard has manual setting to 1.515V or auto. Since auto is sometimes giving weird values then I'm using 1.515V. Voltage can be checked in AIDA64 window.

1.50-1.52V tests:

DDR3-1866 9-9-9-21 2N 1.50V



DDR3-2133 9-10-10-26 2N 1.52V



DDR3-2400 10-12-12-28 2N 1.52V



1.62-1.65V

DDR3-2533 10-12-12-28 2N 1.63V



1.70V+
DDR3-2400 9-11-11-31 2N 1.74V
The same settings on the Gigabyte Z87X-OC were working at ~1.68-1.70V.

Other results

Here are all other results, not always stable.

Max clocks up to 1.86V
X79 results are limited by the motherboard. MSI X79A-GD45 Plus is generally acting weird at 2666+ and I wasn't able to make it fully stable at this clock, no matter what timings or voltages were set. Z87 platform is showing higher OC results and stability at higher clocks.

X79


Z87



I'm still testing this memory so you can expect some more results later. Of course feel free to comment, ask questions etc.