G.SKILL Gigabyte Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK DDR5-8800 Memory Unboxing Review

G.SKILL's flagship DDR5 CU-DIMM product, Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK DDR5-8800 48GB (2x24GB), adds Clock Driver (CKD) and Intel XMP 3.0 Profile, allowing Z890 platform users to overclock from 6400 MT/s to 8800 MT/s in one click. With the addition of Clock Driver (CKD) and Intel XMP 3.0 Profile, users of the Z890 platform can overclock from 6400 MT/s to 8800 MT/s in one click, which can quickly increase the read/write bandwidth performance of the memory and at the same time reduce the latency performance of the memory. The obsidian black design on the mirrors brings an understated and noble appearance that is very much to my liking, and this time, the author will also overclock the two Trident Z5 CKs manually to 10266 MT/s of DDR5 to further challenge my own record.

G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK DDR5-8800 48GB (2x24GB) Memory Specifications:

Model: F5-8800C4255H24GX2-TZ5CK
Capacity: 48GB (2x24GB)
Speed: DDR5 8800 MT/s
Chronology: CL42-55-55-140
Voltage: 1.45V
Specification: 288-Pin DDR5 CKD UDIMM
Warranty: Lifetime Warranty
Length, width and height dimensions: ? mm x ? mm x 44 mm
Profile Certification: Intel XMP 3.0 Certified (Extreme Memory Profile)

Glossless Mirror Obsidian Black G.SKILL Gigabyte Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK DDR5-8800 Memory Unboxing

The G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK DDR5-8800 48GB (2x24GB) that I unboxed today is the one that I am most looking forward to in terms of outlook when each CKD memory is launched, and in addition to that, it is also the fastest CKD memory to be rolled out in Taiwan's sales channels.

The Trident Z5 CK and Trident Z5 CK RGB are the newest additions to Chips Ahoy's DDR5 CU-DIMM product line. DDR5 CU-DIMMs are mainly U-DIMMs with a Clock Driver (CKD) chip added to enhance signal stability, but gamers should note that the Trident Z5 CK and Trident Z5 CK RGB are equipped with the CKD chip and therefore currently have the CKD chip. However, gamers should note that the Trident Z5 CK and Trident Z5 CK RGB are only supported on Z890 motherboards at this stage due to the CKD chip.

In addition to the product name Trident Z5 “CK”, DDR5 CU-DIMM with Clock Driver is also labeled on the product packaging to let consumers know that the model is a CKD memory.

∆ G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK.

∆The package comes with stickers and swabs, but I'm still using the Trident Z5 Royal halberd.

 

At this stage, Trident Z5 CK is available in 8200 / 8400 / 8800 / 9000 / 9600 frequency specifications, and the capacity is 48GB (2x24GB) dual-channel set in 3GB die configuration, and the specification that the author has tested this time is 8800 MT/s.

The memory height of 44 mm is basically the same as the Royal Halberd or Phantom Halberd, but since the Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK is a no-light version, that is, no RGB light bar, it's perfectly fine to be blocked by the air-cooled tower fan.

I have mentioned the reason why I am looking forward to this product, in fact, the main reason is that the product video's mirror black heat sink attracted me, G.SKILL Trident Z5 series DDR5 memory in the past, there are the classic gold and silver of the Royal Halberd series, and there are also the technology silver, dark fog black, snow white, etc., which the author has already got tired of looking at, and needs some new visual stimulation! So when the product video release found out that there is a non-glossy version and mirror black Trident Z5 CK Dazzling Frontier CK, the shallow part of my heart directly shouted out: "This one, I want it!

∆ G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK DDR5 memory height is 44 mm, if you want to install dual-tower air-cooling you may still need to adjust the fan height and pay attention to the tower compatibility issue.

∆ Unlike the usual color scheme in the past, the Trident Z5 CK uses an obsidian black design for the mirror, but there is still an area that is prone to fingerprints that needs attention.

∆This time I unboxed the "Dazzle CK" memory without RGB light bar, so there will be no light effect after power on, suitable for those who like no light PC gamers, the top part of the light bar is replaced with a pure black opaque material.

∆The heat sink itself is made of mirrored material, so it will reflect the motherboard's lighting effect at certain angles.

 

The unboxed Trident Z5 CK is a DDR5-8800 CL42-55-55-140 1.45V 48GB (2x24GB), with SS (Single Sided) cells and 1R (1 Rank) layout, and a Single Memory DRAM IC Count specification of eight 3 GB (3072 MB) DRAM cells. The single DRAM IC Count specification consists of eight 3 GB (3072 MB) DRAM cells, which means that the single DRAM IC Configuration is eight 3 GB X 8 bits.

∆ Top G.SKILL logo.

∆ SS (Single Sided) Single Sided particles, 1R (1 Rank), eight 3 GB (3072 MB) particles X 8bits.

 

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF Platform Memory Performance Tests

The first test was conducted using an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K test platform supporting DDR5 CKD memory and XMP 3.0, with the motherboard using an ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF and BIOS updated to version 2.20 to test the performance and overclocking capacity of the G.SKILL Gigabyte Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK DDR5-8800 with 48GB (2x24GB) of memory. 48GB (2x24GB) of memory for performance and overclocking space.

Testing Platform

Processor:Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (Power Delivery Profile_ASRock Extreme Mode)
Cooler: Valkyrie E360 (full speed)
Water-cooled fan: LIAN LI UNI FAN P28 (full speed)
Motherboard:ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF ( BIOS version: 2.20.OC03)
Memory: G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK DDR5-8800 CL42-55-55-140 1.45V 48GB (2x24GB)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition 8GB
Operating System: Windows 11 Professional 24H2
System Drive: Plextor PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 2280 SSD 512GB
Game Dish:XPG GAMMIX S70 PRO PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 SSD 4TB
Power supply:FSP Hydro PTM PRO ATX3.0 (PCIe5.0) 1200W
Case: STREACOM BC1 Benchtable V2
Graphics driver: GeForce Game Ready 561.09

 

In the motherboard's BIOS, there are two Intel XMP 3.0 profiles built into the memory, and the DDR5 8800 CL42 will only operate with XMP 1 on, but you can choose another profile if you have a poorer platform for the competition.

•  Default (JEDEC): DDR5-6400 CL52-52-52-103 1.1V
•  XMP Profile #1: DDR5-8800 CL42-55-55-140 1.45V
•  XMP Profile #2: DDR5-6400 CL32-39-39-102 1.35V

∆Three XMP Profile profiles are available and the manufacturing cycle is the first week of 2025.

Richtek OC PMIC is used for ∆ PMIC and Rambus is used for CKD (Client Clock Driver).

 

firstly CPU-Z To view the test platform specification and related information, the SPD page shows that the G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK DDR5-8800 48GB (2x24GB) memory uses SK Hynix memory cells with Intel XMP 3.0 (Extreme Memory Profile) memory one-click overclocking. parameter.

∆ Intel platform CPU-Z.

 

utilization AIDA64 Cache & Memory Benchmark G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK DDR5-8800 48GB (2x24GB) memory was tested at a JEDEC default frequency of 6400 MT/s with read/write results of 93.4 GB/s and 81.6 GB/s, and a replicated result of 87.9 GB/s with 100.9 ns latency.

The spare XMP Profile 2 was then turned on and tested with DDR5 6400 MT/s CL32-39-39-102 1.35V, resulting in 96.5 GB/s read/write and 85 GB/s write, 87.9 GB/s copy, and 91.8 ns latency.

Finally, XMP Profile 1 was tested with DDR5-8800 CL42-55-55-140 1.45V and the test results were 130.2 GB/s read/write, 101.4 GB/s write, 110.6 GB/s copy, and 78.6 ns latency.

∆ JEDEC DDR5-6400 CL52-52-52-103 1.1V Test Results.

∆ XMP Profile 2 DDR5-6400 CL32-39-39-102 1.35V Test Results.

∆ XMP Profile 1 DDR5-8800 CL42-55-55-140 1.45V Test Results.

 

OCCT Memory Benchmark Configuration The benchmark performance test, which is conducted on memory, yields three scores, each representing the memory's read performance, the memory's write performance, and the memory's performance in a simultaneous read/write test.

LATENCY / BANDWIDTH BENCHMARK CONFIGURATION represents the delay and bandwidth of the memory.

∆ JEDEC DDR5-6400 CL52-52-52-103 1.1V Test Results.

∆ XMP Profile 2 DDR5-6400 CL32-39-39-102 1.35V Test Results.

∆ XMP Profile 1 DDR5-8800 CL42-55-55-140 1.45V Test Results.

 

OCCT Memory Benchmark Configuration Benchmark performance testing of Custom mode, which graphically displays the latency, read, and write of the memory when tested at different file sizes (8 KiB to 4 GiB).

∆ JEDEC DDR5-6400 CL52-52-52-103 1.1V Test Results.

∆ XMP Profile 2 DDR5-6400 CL32-39-39-102 1.35V Test Results.

∆ XMP Profile 1 DDR5-8800 CL42-55-55-140 1.45V Test Results.

 

Intel MLC GUI V1.2.2.0 The graphical Intel Memory Latency Checker (Intel MLC) test software, created by some people on the Internet, is a non-official version of the software based on Intel MLC, which is a utility used to measure memory latency and bandwidth, as well as the variation with increasing system load. It also offers a variety of more detailed survey options, including the ability to measure the bandwidth and latency of specific cores to cache memory.

在 Quick The test results are shown in the item for bandwidth (MB/s) and delay (ns) results respectively, while the test results for Bandwidth The project will test different read/write ratio requests for memory to measure the resulting bandwidth (MB/s) performance.

∆ JEDEC DDR5-6400 CL52-52-52-103 1.1V Test Results.

∆ XMP Profile 2 DDR5-6400 CL32-39-39-102 1.35V Test Results.

∆ XMP Profile 1 DDR5-8800 CL42-55-55-140 1.45V Test Results.

 

Intel MLC GUI V1.2.2.0 的 Loaded_Latency The principle is to simulate the memory latency of the system when the CPU is performing computational tasks simultaneously. The purpose of the test is to quantify the effect of CPU load on memory access latency, and to help analyze and optimize system performance under real application scenarios.。

∆ JEDEC DDR5-6400 CL52-52-52-103 1.1V Test Results.

∆ XMP Profile 2 DDR5-6400 CL32-39-39-102 1.35V Test Results.

∆ XMP Profile 1 DDR5-8800 CL42-55-55-140 1.45V Test Results.

 

Memory Thermal Performance Test

And then through OCCT MEMORY CONFIGURATION To test the pressure stability of the memory, the memory load of the manual setting software is 99%, the memory test setting is memory XMP 3.0 Profile 1 parameter DDR5 8800 CL42-55-55-140 1.45V, the test scene is a closed room with an indoor temperature of 20 °C for the actual test, and the data is collected using the HWiNFO64 to collect and record the temperature of the SPD Hub after 30 minutes of testing. The data was collected using HWiNFO64 to collect and record the temperature of the SPD Hub after 30 minutes of testing, with a maximum temperature of 67.8 °C. The test was conducted in a closed room at an indoor temperature of 20 °C.

It is important to note that the ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF platform was tested on the STREACOM BC1 Benchtable V2 bare test platform, and there is no additional fan in the memory to assist with cooling, but most users will install an exhaust fan above the chassis to assist with cooling, and the author's test environment as well as the test software is much more demanding than the daily use. The author's test environment and test software are more severe than daily use, so the temperature test here is for reference only.

∆ Fanless for OCCT MEMORY CONFIGURATION Temperature Stress Test, SPD Hub up to 67.8 °C.

 

Dual-Channel mode Gear 2 mode memory overclocking test

Then I manually overclocked in Gear 2 mode to see how much room for overclocking G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK DDR5-8800 48GB (2x24GB) memory can be achieved while pursuing the performance in Dual-Channel mode on 1DPC (1DIMM Per Channel) platform. In the end, the author manually overclocked the memory to 9200 MT/s and passed the AIDA64 Cache & Memory Benchmark The test results were 131.7 GB/s read/write and 102 GB/s write, 113.4 GB/s copy, and 77.1 ns latency.

∆ Manual overclocking Gear 2 DDR5 9200 MT/s test results.

 

Dual-Channel mode Gear 4 mode memory overclocking test

Then I manually overclocked the Gear 4 to see how much room there is for overclocking on a 1DPC (1DIMM Per Channel) platform in Dual-Channel mode, and finally I overclocked it manually to 10266 MT/s and passed the overclocking test. AIDA64 Cache & Memory Benchmark The test results were 131.98 GB/s read/write and 104 GB/s read/write, with a replication result of 135.8 GB/s and 84.3 ns latency.

∆ Manual overclocking Gear 4 DDR5 10266 MT/s test results.

 

Single-Channel mode Gear 4 mode memory frequency overclocking challenge

Last but not least, the challenge is to see how high the memory frequency can be overclocked by simply using Single-Channel mode on 1DPC (1DIMM Per Channel) platform. This challenge is just to see how high the memory frequency can go, it is a form of self-record challenge, not for stabilization or score running. Finally, the author overclocked the memory frequency of G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK to DDR5 11066 MT/s (5533 MHz) and successfully entered the system to take the screenshot below.

∆ Finally, the overclocking test is performed with a single bar.

∆ G.SKILL Giga Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK Manual Overclocking to DDR5 11066 MT/s (5533 MHz).

 

Conclusion

This is an unboxing test of the unlit version of G.SKILL's Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK DDR5 memory. The SPD contains the Intel XMP 3.0 Profile (Extreme Memory Profile) of 8800 MT/s and is equipped with the Clock Driver (CKD) chip, which allows users to overclock from JEDEC 6400 MT/s to 8800 MT/s with a single click on the Z890 motherboard. Users can overclock from JEDEC 6400 MT/s to 8800 MT/s with a single click, but at the moment, this memory (F5-8800C4255H24GX2-TZ5CK) is only registered in the QVL list on the product page of G.SKILL's website. ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF This 1DPC (1DIMM Per Channel) motherboard is a memory overclocking specialization model with two memory slots, so you'll need to look at the QVL before you can enjoy the high frequency of 8800 MT/s!

Users can overclock from the JEDEC frequency of 6400 MT/s to 8800 MT/s by turning on the Intel XMP 3.0 Profile from the BIOS, gaining 39.4 % read performance, 24.2 % write performance, 25.8 % copy performance improvements in AIDA64 tests, and further reducing the 30% latency.

In a thirty-minute OCCT stress test using Profile's 8800 MT/s CL42-55-55-140 1.45V parameters, the SPD Hub's maximum temperature was 67.8 °C. In a bare-bones 2DIMM motherboard test platform with no fan to help dissipate the heat, the high-frequency 8800 MT/s was at this temperature, which I think is fine, if players still want to further lower the memory temperature, they can use some motherboard accessories with a small fan to do so. If you want to further reduce the memory temperature, you can use a small fan with some motherboard accessories.

 

For the manual overclocking part, the author manually overclocked two dual-channel Dual-Channel modes, Gear 2 and Gear 4, to 9200 MT/s and 10266 MT/s, respectively, and conducted AIDA64 Cache & Memory Benchmark test on both, and the read, write, and copy performance were all improved and the latency was reduced to 77.1 ns under manual overclocking in Gear 2. Under manual overclocking of 9200 MT/s Gear 2, the read, write, and copy performance were all improved and the latency was reduced to 77.1 ns; under manual overclocking of 10266 MT/s Gear 4, the read, write, and copy performance were also improved, especially the copy performance was improved a lot, but the latency was increased to 84.3 ns.

In the final part of the single bar overclocking that purely challenges the memory frequency record, the author finally manually overclocked to 11066 MT/s (5533 MHz), the author feels that in fact, it can be touched even higher, but the recent New Year's Eve has been a bit busy, and I will see if I can spend some more time to explore it later on, at the moment, the world's first record of memory frequency is DDR5 12698 MT/s (6348.9 MHz), which should be the same as the unlit version of G.SKILL Chiki Trident Z5 CK Stunning CK, which is still a long way from the world's first record. MHz), should be the same is also a lightless version of the G.SKILL Gigabyte Trident Z5 CK Vortex CK, from the world's first there is still a long way to go ah ....

As the author said, I personally will be interested in the Trident Z5 CK Turbo CK reason is entirely because of its heatsink design in maintaining the same streamlined shape of the halberd at the same time, additional similar to the Royal halberd of the mirrored visual effect, and remove the RGB lamp beads ultimately achieved the mirror obsidian black appearance design, although this is very sorry to say that G.SKILL Giga's performance team and developers of G.SKILL, but...sorry for the shallow shape I've become after all.