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We are using the Asus P8Z77-V motherboard to test today's memory kit. It supports RAM from many manufacturers and gives us a large amount of flexibility to tinker with memory multiplier, base clock and timings settings.
The fully-functioning XMP 1.3 profile configures the memory kit for use at its 2133MHz frequency and correct timings.
Windows and CPU-Z registered the memory's functioning settings as correct.
Our system's CPU-Z validation can be found here.
We increased the memory voltage to a BIOS setting of 1.700V and relaxed the timings to 12-12-12-30-2T before aiming to improve the memory frequency. Increasing the motherboard’s ‘DRAM Current Capability’ to 130% and ‘DRAM Power Phase Control’ to Extreme allowed us to push the memory as far as possible.
We breezed through dividers like they weren't there. The 2200, 2400, 2600, and 2666 MHz dividers would all allow us to boot into Windows. Unfortunately, the 2666MHz setting proved unstable soon after Windows loaded.
Backing down to 2600MHz allowed us to obtain complete stability.
With our stable overclock frequency achieved, it was time to see how tight we could get the timings.
Seeing as we had already increased the memory frequency by almost 22%, we didn't expect to get much luck when trying to tighten the timings. To our surprise, we were able to decrease the CAS Latency to 11, Cycle Time to 28, and Command Rate to 1T.
This is a very impressive timings configuration for high speed memory, especially considering that a substantial frequency boost had already been applied.
Our sample of Team Group's Xtreem LV 2133MHz memory kit has proven that the modules are highly overclockable. If these results are proven to be consistent, we can see the Team Xtreem memory kits becoming a popular choice amongst overclockers and enthusiasts.
Our final overclocked configuration was 2600MHz with 11-12-12-28-1T timings and a voltage of 1.700V.
You can view our overclocked CPU-Z validation here.
