PNY XLR8 Gaming REV 2x8GB DDR4-3600 Memory

The 2x8GB XLR8 Gaming REV kit is optimized to run at DDR4-3600 with 18-20-20-40 timings via the XMP 2.0 profile and operating at 1.35V. Running with this profile for the speed/timings has worked out fine across the various systems I've tested without any stability/reliability problems on both AMD and Intel hardware -- all under Linux, of course.

I've been running this PNY XLR8 Gaming REV DDR4 memory at its optimal XMP / D.O.C.P profile for several weeks without any troubles -- unless you count RGB lighting controls under Linux as important.

With an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X test system running Ubuntu 22.04 with Linux 5.17 I ran benchmarks of this kit and several other 2 x 8GB DDR4 memory kits I had around for comparison. All of these 2 x 8GB DDR4 memory kits were tested in their XML / DOCP optimal configuration.

In synthetic open-source RAM benchmarks like RAMspeed, you see the memory performing where it should be given its memory frequency and timings.

In real-world tests, of course, the differences tend to be much tighter and how prone the given workload is to enjoy higher memory frequencies or preferring tighter memory timings. Such as with the code compilation benchmarks the more tightly timed memory tends to be of benefit. Overall though the performance of these PNY XLR8 Gaming REV modules is right where it would be expected given the DDR4-3600 CL18 profile.

The 2 x 8GB DDR4-3600 kit (MD16GK2D4360018X2RGB) retails currently for about $85 USD from multiple Internet retailers. Or the 2 x 16GB DDR4-3600 kit (MD32GK2D4360018X2RGB) retails for around $140 US. While PNY only lists Windows 11 and older for the official operating system support, testing of these modules over the past month do show they work fine under Linux unless you are interested in RGB lighting controls (but even there the support could come in a future OpenRGB update or similar open-source software for managing the EPIC-X RGB lighting). Thanks to PNY for sending over this memory for testing and learn more about the XLR8 Gaming REV memory at PNY.com.