We would like to thank at first Silicon Power for supplying their XPOWER Zenith 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHz Memory Kit for testing and reviewing.

 

 

About Silicon Power:

 

"Founded in 2003 by a group of enthusiastic data storage industry experts, Silicon Power is committed to delivering outstanding product and service quality. Headquartered and with our own state-of-the-art production site in Taipei, we have become a leading manufacturer of flash memory cards, USB flash drives, portable hard drives, solid state drives, DRAM modules and industrial-grade products. As an international player with four branch offices around the globe, we continuously strive to offer the perfect data storage solution for all requirements of modern digitalized life. With a strong focus on combining innovative technology and award-winning design, we live up to our brand promise to reliably preserve and protect your most valuable data.

Because memory is personal."

 

Product Features:

 

DDR5 Unleashes Game-Changing Performance

Experience even faster frequencies, greater capacities, and lower voltages with the latest release in our Zenith Series, the XPOWER Zenith DDR5 UDIMM module. Take your gaming abilities to new high scores with turbo speeds ranging from 5200MT/s to 6800MT/s. It's available in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB module densities with double the banks and double the burst length compared to DDR4 to give hardcore gamers and overclockers the power to harness DDR5's game-changing performance.

Eliminate The Competition Without Turning Up The Heat

The aluminum heatsink, available in black or white and finished with a hairline texture, promotes maximum heat dissipation and thermal management. This effect is boosted even further by a low 1.25V-1.35V power consumption, an On-Die Error Correction Code (ECC), and a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) to provide reliably stable and uninterrupted gameplay at the highest resolutions while keeping its cool no matter how heated the competition gets.

Easily Overclock Like There's No Tomorrow

Do you like to pursue speed while pushing the limits? The XPOWER Zenith DDR5 UDIMM module is ready and certified to support Intel® XMP 3.0 and one-click overclocking technology. Experience ultra-fast overclocking at the ease of a single click with fully customized, saved profiles. Spare the hassle of making manual adjustments to BIOS settings every time and get to overclocking faster than ever before.

Play To Your Heart's Content: Lifetime Warranty

The XPOWER Zenith DDR5 UDIMM module is compatible with 13th Gen Intel® Core™ processors that support DDR5 and DDR5 compatible motherboards. And, it is 100% factory-tested to guarantee superior quality. In fact, we are so confident that we back it with a lifetime warranty promising complete Silicon Power technical support and services. Play to your heart's content, worry free.

 

Product Specifications:

 

Dimensions: 133.4mm x 38.5mm x 8.8mm

Capacity: Dual Channel Kit: 32GB(16GB*2)

Color: Black, White

Form Factor: U-DIMM Non-ECC

Frequency (Speed): 6000 MHz

CAS Latency: CL40 (6000)

Voltage: 1.35V (6000)

Certification: CE, UKCA, Green dot, WEEE, RoHS

Warranty: Limited Lifetime Warranty

 

 

Another memory kit has arrived in our test labs, this time from Silicon Power; it takes part of the XPOWER Zenith series, does feature heatspreaders but no RGB effects. This is a good variant for people which do not require lighting in their case or if the chassis does lack a plexiglass or glass side panel.

 

The kit is composed from two 16GB modules and is packed inside a simple, non-resealable plastic packaging:

 

 

 

On the back side, we will note a small product description, in different languages, the details regarding Silicon Power’s Worldwide Service Center, the product internal code name but also the serial number:

 

 

 

After removing the plastic top layer, we will note extra information regarding the warranty and installation inside the leaflet:

 

 

 

Let’s unpack this kit and take a closer look:

 

 

 

The RAM module PCB is black, while the heatspreader covers most of its surface. We can choose kits with heatspreaders in both white or black:

 

 

 

In the middle area, we will note the XPOWER logo:

 

 

 

In the top right corner, we will note Silicon Power’s mention that we are dealing with a DDR5 memory kit:

 

 

 

The opposite area does come with a similar design, plus an extra sticker:

 

 

 

This sticker helps with easy identification of the module, if you do lack the original packaging to keep the modules sorted and have many of these with different specifications; here we will be informed on the module code name, the designed speed, the CAS latency, capacity, but also its serial number:

 

 

 

Silicon Power does not design the heatspreader differently to the RGB-enabled models; the light diffuser on the top is also present here even if the RGB SMDs are missing to make use of it. An XPOWER logo is also visible here:

 

 

 

Test Setup

 

CPU: Intel i7-13700K @ Stock

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

Motherboard: BIOSTAR Z790 VALKYRIE LGA1700

RAM: currently tested kit

Video: XFX Radeon 7900 XT

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 SK Hynix:

 

 

The modules do come with a single XMP 3.0 profile; the XMP CAS latencies for DDR5-6000 are 30-38-38-96 but the modules can always fall back to more relaxed timings if the system is not compatible with the standard setting.

 

We did first start testing this kit on our BIOSTAR Z790 VALKYRIE LGA1700 and the stability at stock speeds and had no stability issues.

 

DDR5-6000

 

 

Overclocking stage was next, which implied raising the frequency to 6200MHz, while leaving the stock CAS latencies. The system has proven itself very stable with no increase in voltage!

 

 

At 6400MHz, while we were able to boot to Windows, TM5 started throwing errors after a short while and afterwards the system froze completely!

 

Test Results

 

SuperPI XS 1.5 2MB

 

 

GeekBench 4

 

 

Blender Ryzen Rendering

 

 

 

 

AIDA64 Bandwidth

 

 

CineBench R20 Rendering

 

 

CineBench R23 Rendering

 

 

3DMark

 

 

Ashes of Singularity - CPU Focused

 

 

PCMark 10

 

 

 

Procyon - AI Inference

 

The XPOWER Zenith 32GB 6000MHz non-RGB memory kit does offer quite a bit of performance thanks to the lower latencies versus the JEDEC specifications, while operating at a voltage of 1.35. During operation, the modules only get a bit warm to the touch so can function even in cases which are not very well optimized in terms of airflow. The height of about 38.5mm does ensure compatibility with larger cooling systems and the potential customer can choose between white or black heatspreaders, with the same technical specifications.

 

These models are available with speeds up to 6800MHz (C40), while operating at a default voltage of 1.4. The 5200 and 5600MHz models run at just 1.25V, while the 6000 and 6400MHz are pre-programmed with a voltage of 1.35V.

 

XPOWER Zenith 32GB 6000 does come with a single XMP 3.0 profile, with a lot of fallback profiles in terms of CAS latencies, for maximum compatibility. We were surprised though that there was no EXPO profile loaded as well, but Silicon Power did not advertise this in the product description either. We can get some free performance by keeping the default timings and running the kit at 6200MHz, which is excellent!

 

The SP032GXLWU60AFDG kit can be currently found online for about 155 Euros.

 

Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHz Memory Kit is Recommended for:

 

 

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