I still have two more DDR5 kits to present but decided to start with Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-6200 CL36. I'm rarely reviewing Corsair RAM so I was especially interested in how it works and what it offers.
The tested memory kit is based on two 16GB modules with Hynix IC. The product number is CMT32GX5M2X6200C36 but I haven't seen it on any QVL. Most Z690/DDR5 motherboards have many pre-release memory kits on the list and most of them, even with the same product number, are using different IC. Either way, let's focus on the Corsair kit.
The tested Dominator Platinum kit works without issues on ASUS Strix Z690I Gaming and Gigabyte Z690 Master. As far as I wasn't worried about the ASUS then Gigabyte causes problems with some other memory kits, especially G.Skill at more than DDR5-5600. Here were have DDR5-6200 at XMP that works fully stable and the motherboard has no problems with booting.
Product photos:
RGB works without problems. If we won't use any software then it works as a popular rainbow. These LEDs are great and I really like how Dominator Platinum RGB looks.
Stability at rated settings:
The memory kit has one XMP profile at DDR5-6200 CL36-39-39 1.30V and doesn't require any manual adjustments to work. The memory kit passed memtest built-in ASUS motherboard and AIDA64 stability test. Below is a screenshot from the AIDA64 test.
Performance tests:
I was able to boot at DDR5-7200 but it was crashing even in the AIDA64 benchmark. DDR5-7000 is benchable at CL38 but timings aren't so great and latency is worse than at lower clocks.
The lowest CL is 26 at DDR5-6000 and results are pretty good.
As usual, fine-tuning would require more time so these are just examples of how you can set this specific memory kit.
The advantage of this memory kit seems its price (at least in the EU) as it's about as high or lower than that of other brands DDR5-6000 (Team Group/G.Skill). This was quite a surprise as Corsair Dominator kits are usually overpriced. DDR5 kits are overpriced anyway so at least we can pick something a bit faster out of the box.
High compatibility also seems like a surprise as many previous Corsair kits had problems with Gigabyte motherboards while now it works better than G.Skill.
I assume that results could be better but I feel like the ASUS Strix Z690-I Gaming motherboard is limiting my results a bit. Up to DDR5-6666, it works fully stable. At DDR5-6800 are sometimes single errors in memtest (like 0-2 errors per pass). The same story is with 2 other DDR5 kits so I assume that the problem is more on the motherboard's side than RAM.
In this forum review, I used FarCry 6 as a game test. The last time it was Shadow of the Tomb Raider. In both cases, the difference between XMP and the fastest manual settings is ... 1FPS
I may use Assassin's Creed Valhalla in the next review but expect about the same performance gain just at lower max FPS (around 80 instead of 120).
The tested memory kit is based on two 16GB modules with Hynix IC. The product number is CMT32GX5M2X6200C36 but I haven't seen it on any QVL. Most Z690/DDR5 motherboards have many pre-release memory kits on the list and most of them, even with the same product number, are using different IC. Either way, let's focus on the Corsair kit.
The tested Dominator Platinum kit works without issues on ASUS Strix Z690I Gaming and Gigabyte Z690 Master. As far as I wasn't worried about the ASUS then Gigabyte causes problems with some other memory kits, especially G.Skill at more than DDR5-5600. Here were have DDR5-6200 at XMP that works fully stable and the motherboard has no problems with booting.
Product photos:
RGB works without problems. If we won't use any software then it works as a popular rainbow. These LEDs are great and I really like how Dominator Platinum RGB looks.
Stability at rated settings:
The memory kit has one XMP profile at DDR5-6200 CL36-39-39 1.30V and doesn't require any manual adjustments to work. The memory kit passed memtest built-in ASUS motherboard and AIDA64 stability test. Below is a screenshot from the AIDA64 test.
Performance tests:
I was able to boot at DDR5-7200 but it was crashing even in the AIDA64 benchmark. DDR5-7000 is benchable at CL38 but timings aren't so great and latency is worse than at lower clocks.
The lowest CL is 26 at DDR5-6000 and results are pretty good.
As usual, fine-tuning would require more time so these are just examples of how you can set this specific memory kit.
The advantage of this memory kit seems its price (at least in the EU) as it's about as high or lower than that of other brands DDR5-6000 (Team Group/G.Skill). This was quite a surprise as Corsair Dominator kits are usually overpriced. DDR5 kits are overpriced anyway so at least we can pick something a bit faster out of the box.
High compatibility also seems like a surprise as many previous Corsair kits had problems with Gigabyte motherboards while now it works better than G.Skill.
I assume that results could be better but I feel like the ASUS Strix Z690-I Gaming motherboard is limiting my results a bit. Up to DDR5-6666, it works fully stable. At DDR5-6800 are sometimes single errors in memtest (like 0-2 errors per pass). The same story is with 2 other DDR5 kits so I assume that the problem is more on the motherboard's side than RAM.
In this forum review, I used FarCry 6 as a game test. The last time it was Shadow of the Tomb Raider. In both cases, the difference between XMP and the fastest manual settings is ... 1FPS
I may use Assassin's Creed Valhalla in the next review but expect about the same performance gain just at lower max FPS (around 80 instead of 120).
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. Apparently the Msi tomahawk supports my memory and is tested to work. What are your thoughts on this board?
