Review: Team Group XCalibur Phantom Gaming RGB 16GB DDR4-3200 (TF8D416G3200HC16CDC01)

by Tarinder Sandhu on 24 June 2019, 14:00

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Test Methodology

Comparison Memory

 
G.Skill Trident Z Royal
Team Group T-Force XCalibur Phantom Gaming
Model
F4-3600C18D-16GTRS
TF8D4163200HC16CDC01
Capacity
16GB (2x8GB)
16GB (2x8GB)
Speed
3,600MHz
3,200MHz
Timings
18-22-22-42-2T
16-18-18-38-2T
Voltage
1.35V
1.35V
Price
£200
£130

Test Platform

CPU AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Motherboard MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC (1.80 BIOS)
Primary Storage Device SK hynix Canvas SC300 512GB
Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
Power Supply Corsair HX1000i
Operating System Windows 10 64-bit

Benchmarks

AIDA64 v5.99.4900 Memory analysis tool supporting the latest CPUs
HEXUS.PiFast Our number-crunching benchmark stresses a single core by calculating Pi to 10m places
CINEBENCH R20 Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses all cores
HandBrake 1.2.2 Converting a 4K video file to YouTube 1080p60
3DMark Time Spy DX12, Default Test
Civilization VI DX12,1,920x1,080, 8xMSAA, High Quality
F1 2017 DX11, 1,920x1,080, Ultra-high preset
World of Tanks DX11, 1,920x1,080, TSSAA HQ, Ultra Quality

Notes

We have tested from the ground-up using a fresh, up-to-date Windows build and the latest BIOS on the MSI X470 motherboard. As mentioned, the performance benefits of faster RAM can be evaluated by comparing this set to a 3,600MHz pack of the same capacity, represented by G.Skill.

Overclocking

  Max speed at 16-16-16
Max speed at 18-18-18
Max speed at 20-20-20
Team Group Phantom Gaming @ 1.45V
3,466MHz
3,600MHz
3,666MHz

We have changed the methodology and choose three selected latencies and see just how fast the modules can run before failure. It's good to see scaling goes up to 3,600MHz at reasonable timings.