At first we would like to thank Crucial for sending a sample of their 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-5600 Memory Kit for testing and reviewing.

 

 

About Crucial:

 

“Looking for computer memory or a new storage drive? You've come to the right place!

 

Crucial is a global brand of Micron Technology, Inc., one of the largest memory and flash storage manufacturers in the world. We make computer memory upgrades (DRAM) and solid state drives (SSDs), and offer more than 250,000 upgrades for over 50,000 systems. For 17 years, we've sought to provide the Crucial Difference — award-winning products, outstanding support, and a team of memory and storage experts who explain complex lingo in everyday terms. We're here to help improve the performance of your system.

 

Crucial memory and SSDs have been qualified and approved by major original equipment manufacturers, and every single module that leaves our doors has been rigorously tested at the component and module level. That's a big deal in the memory industry, but it's not all. When it comes to our SSDs, each drive undergoes over a thousand hours of prerelease validation testing and hundreds of qualification tests to ensure optimal reliability and performance.

 

To find upgrades in just a few clicks, our award-winning Crucial System Scanner or Crucial Memory Advisor™ tool will identify compatible upgrades for your system, and if you order on Crucial.com, we guarantee compatibility — or your money back. With fast and free shipping, outstanding tech support, and an exhaustive library of articles, videos, and install guides, we make it easy to find and install the right upgrade for your system.

 

Let us be your memory and storage experts.”

 

Product Features:

 

Faster load times and file transfers

Crucial DDR5 Desktop Memory can empower your computer to transfer 50% more data than DDR4 at launch, resulting in faster load times, file transfers, downloads, refresh rates and less lag time. Due to higher bus efficiency, DDR5 technology is not just faster than the previous generation, it’s better.

 

More responsive multitasking

Crucial DDR5 offers 50% faster speeds than DDR4 at launch, empowering users with extreme performance right out of the box. Even more impressive, Crucial DDR5 is optimized for enhanced performance and multitasking, not just during testing, but in real-world conditions. Opening more browser tabs and switching between apps now feels more responsive than ever.

 

Extreme innovation for stable performance

Crucial DDR5 takes an extreme step forward in engineering over the previous generation with two independent 32-bit channels per module for optimized performance. Designed with on-die ECC (ODECC) at the component level for long-term stability, Crucial DDR5 is engineered to maintain the same reliability as the previous generation, even with the rigorous demands of next-gen computing.

 

Optimized power efficiency

For improved efficiency and stability, Crucial DDR5 introduces on-module voltage regulation with a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), which was on the motherboard with older memory technologies. This results in improved signaling and cleaner power for the modules (DIMMs). Moreover, DDR5’s on-module operating voltage is only 1.1V compared to DDR4’s 1.2V.

 

Micron® quality – tested reliability you can trust

As the vertically integrated consumer brand of Micron, Crucial is trusted by millions for reliability, performance, and compatibility. Unlike module assemblers, our unique relationship with Micron involves a deeper level of engineering collaboration to squeeze every ounce of performance from our products without compromising reliability. With Micron’s 43+ years of manufacturing excellence and Crucial’s 25+ years of consumer product development, Crucial DDR5 is backed by our limited lifetime warranty9 and delivers the powerful performance you can trust. When it comes to memory, don’t settle for less.

 

Product Specifications:

 

General tech specs

Technology: DDR5

Density: 32GB Kit (2x16GB)

Module type: UDIMM

DIMM type: Unbuffered

Voltage: 1.1V

Module quantity: 2

 

Speed & timing

Speed: DDR5-5600

CAS latency: 46

Extended timings: 46-45-45

 

Warranty & returns

Warranty: Limited Lifetime

 

After checking out the 5200MHz version of the Crucial DDR5 32GB memory kits, it is time to also look at the highest specced SKUs available right now in terms of speed, which are the DDR5-5600, which are sporting timings of 46-45-45-90.

 

The 5600MHz memory kit has arrived inside a simple, transparent plastic enclosure as a packaging, with a DDR5 logo in the lower right area, for easy identification:

 

 

 

The larger sticker on the box does come with the product code name, its serial number, the rated voltage but also the CAS latency:

 

 

 

As usual, we are dealing with a two-module kit:

 

 

 

Crucial is not designing these modules with RGB lighting but do also lack extra cooling, since these are meant to run at the standard voltage of 1.1; on the frontal area of the black PCB, we will note the eight ICs, the middle PMIC circuits but also a small sticker:

 

 

 

The previously mentioned sticker does include some QR codes, the full product internal name of the module but also its specifications:

 

 

 

The Power Management Integrated Circuit is a P8911Y0 from Renesas:

 

 

 

We are seeing the same D8DDZ code name on the ICs as on the 5200MHz-rated modules, which are improved versus the initial iteration on the 4800MHz SKUs:

 

 

 

On the back side of the module, we won’t see any additional components; this area is reserved for the 64GB-capacity models:

 

 

 

Test Setup

 

CPU: Intel i7-13700K @ Stock

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Silent Loop 2 360mm AIO

Motherboard: EVGA Z690 CLASSIFIED

RAM: currently tested kit

Video: XFX Radeon RX 5700XT Ultra THICC III

Power Supply: Cooler Master 850W

SSD: Silicon Power US70 1TB PCIe 4.0

Case: Cooler Master ATCS 840

 

The pre-programmed timings and frequencies can be also found by using AIDA64; the DRAM IC manufacturer is listed as Micron:

 

There are four pre-programmed timings onto the modules:

 

-XMP 3.0 5600MHz CL46 with exact latencies of 46-45-45-90, 1.1V operating voltage

-XMP 3.0 5200MHz CL40 (failsafe mode) with latencies of 42-42-42-84, 1.1V operating voltage

-EXPO 5600MHz CL42 with latencies of 46-45-45-90, 1.1V operating voltage

-EXPO 5200MHz CL40 with latencies of 42-42-42-84, 1.1V operating voltage

 

We did first start testing this kit on our trusty Z690 CLASSIFIED from EVGA and the stability at stock speeds was great!

 

Overclocking stage was next, which implied raising the frequency to 5800MHz, while leaving the stock CAS latencies and voltage. The system has proven itself very stable:

 

 

6000MHz stability was a non-issue as well, while running at 1.25V.

 

 

At 6200MHz, we have encountered some errors in TM5 and weird, random errors in different programs.

 

Test Results

 

SuperPI XS 1.5 2MB

 

 

GeekBench 4

 

 

Blender Ryzen Rendering

 

 

 

 

AIDA64 Bandwidth

 

 

CineBench R20 Rendering

 

CineBench R23 Rendering

 

 

HWBOT X265 4K Encoding

 

 

3DMark

 

 

Ashes of Singularity - CPU Focused

 

 

Shadow of the Tomb Raider FHD Highest

 

 

PCMark 10

 

 

 

Crucial is playing it safe again with the 5600MHz SKU, by using relaxed timings, but also no less than four pre-loaded profiles, in order to be perfectly compatible with a large range of configurations (entry-level, mainstream or high-end). The modules do barely get warm at the default operating voltage, hence no need for extra cooling and remain about the same if increasing the voltage to about 1.25V, which allows running it at 6000MHz, allowing for extra free performance.

 

The 32GB DDR5-5600 kit price is in-line with the entry-level to mainstream offerings from other brands (judging by the CAS latencies and not the speed), at about 115 Euros.

 

Crucial 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-5600 Memory Kit is Recommended for:

 

 

We would like to thank again to Crucial for making this review possible!