Memory is one of the important components in a computer; it is the bridge to communicate with the CPU and without adequate memory, your expensive CPU can easily be bottlenecked.
As the originator of RGB memory, G.SKILL officially launched the Trident Z Royal DDR4 memory, with a newly designed crystalline light bar, high-quality plated mirror vest, while retaining the great performance of their existing RAM. There are two colours; royal gold and armor silver. It is available in 3000MHz, 3200MHz, 3600MHz, 4000MHz, 4266MHz, 4400MHz and 4600MHz with lifetime warranty services.
The 2 sets we received are both 3200MHz, 16-18-18-38, 1.35v, 8G x 2, Silver & Gold.
In each package, G.SKILL kindly provides a micro fiber cloth for cleaning the mirror-glass metal panel to prevent the fingerprints
Each package contains 2 sticks
The top & bottom view
A close up of the memory stick
There are two different colours available, silver and gold
Product Analysis
The Benchmark details:
CPU | INTEL i9-9900K ◎ CORSAIR H105(2 x COUGAR VORTEX PWM 120)
RAM | G.SKILL TRIDENT Z ROYAL DDR4 C16 16GB KIT (SILVER & GOLD)
MTB | ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XI Gene
GRA | NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX1080
SSD | SAMSUNG 970 EVO 240G
PSU | SEASONIC 850W PRIME 80+ Platinum
TBC | STREACOM BC1 Silver
The look of the RAM on a motherboard
The AIDA64 Memory page
The Thaiphoon Burner memory read page
The Thaiphoon Burner shows this memory is using a good quality M-Die chip from Hynix
Performance Test
The AIDA64 cache benchmark result without XMP, 2142Mhz 15-15-15-36 @ 1.2V
The AIDA64 cache benchmark result with XMP, 3200Mhz 16-18-18-38 @ 1.35V
The AIDA64 cache benchmark result with OC setting, 3400Mhz 15-17-17-37 @ 1.35V
The AIDA64 cache benchmark result with OC setting, 3600Mhz 16-18-18-38 @ 1.35V
According to the M-die quality, we could easily overclock this memory to 3600Mhz 16-18-18-38 @ 1.35V without a voltage increase and latency change, the result of the enhancement is obvious
READ |32609 OC3600|51107 |+36.2%
WRITE |31232 OC3600|51935 |+39.9%
COPY |29916 OC3600|45862 |+34.8%
LATENCY |58.8ns OC3600|48.5ns |+21.2%
The Appearance
G.skill made a lot of effort in this memory design
The Top view of RGB on the RAM
The side view of the RGB on the RAM
Overall
There is no doubt that the G.SKILL Trident Z Royal has almost no opponents in RGB design and the patented crystalline light bar shows an innovative take on this RGB dominance. Obviously, in the future, the Trident Z Royal will be the best memory to inherit the “RGB lighting design”. However, according to G.SKILL’s previous pricing strategy, the pricing of this memory stick will not be very cost-effective.
EPIC PC RATE SCORE: 96/100
EPIC REWARD: EDITOR’S CHOICE & DESIGN AWARD
G.SKILL TRIDENT Z ROYAL OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.gskill.com/en/finder?cat=31&series=3512