G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Neo EXPO DDR5 Memory Unboxing Review

Built-in AMD EXPO One-Click Overclocking Profile of G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Neo EXPO Edition DDR5 memory, dedicated to AMD AM5 platform launched a low CL value of DDR5 6000 MT/s CL28-36-36-96 1.4V 32GB (2x16GB) specifications, is the only 6000 MT/s CL28 memory model on the market in Taiwan at present. This is the only 6000 MT/s CL28 memory model on the market, and besides the paper specification, the most important incentive for this memory is the superb appearance of the royal diamond-colored light guide strips and electroplated mirrors, and the diamond ring on my hand is even bigger than Su's mother!

G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Neo Royal Halberd EXPO Edition DDR5 6000 MT/s 32GB (2x16GB)Memory Specifications:

Model: F5-6000J2836G16GX2-TR5NS
Capacity: 32GB (2x16GB)
Speed: DDR5 6000 MT/s
Chronology: CL28-36-36-96
Voltage: 1.4V
Specification: 288-Pin DDR5 UDIMM
Warranty: Lifetime Warranty
Length, width and height dimensions: 133.35 x 80 x 44 mm
Profile Certification: AMD EXPO Certification (EXtended Profiles for Overclocking)

AM5 Sweet Spot Partner Trident Z5 Royal Neo Royal Halberd EXPO Edition DDR5 Unboxing

G.SKILL has released the first XMP Profile with the Trident Z5 Royal The Trident Z5 Royal Neo with AMD EXPO Profile was also created for the AMD AM5 platform Ryzen 7000/8000/9000 series.

Model name last additional Neo means EXPO Profile included, outward appearance of the two halberds are not too different, both have classic gold and silver colors to choose from, but the frequency selection part or Trident Z5 Royal (XMP) There are many more to choose from.

∆ Trident Z5 Royal Neo Royal Halberd EXPO Edition DDR5 Memory.

∆Packaging is very ceremonial and would have been better if gloves had been included.

 

The Trident Z5 Royal Neo is currently only available in DDR5 6000/6400/8000 MT/s frequencies, with the exception of 8000 MT/s, which is available in a non-binary 24GB x2 format, and the rest of the frequencies are only available in 16GB x2, which means there are not many choices for overall frequency or capacity.

The specification of this unboxing test is DDR5 6000 MT/s CL28-36-36-96 1.4V 32GB (2x16GB) silver version, which is the only model in the market that keeps the CL value at 28 at 6000 MT/s, while most of the other competitors are still above DDR5 6000 CL 30.

The height of the memory itself is 44 mm, and it comes with the Royal Diamond Light Guide Bar which will have RGB lighting effect after booting up. Overall, it is more recommended for gamers to pair up with water-cooled installations in order to avoid the compatibility problem between the memory and the radiator, and more importantly, not to allow the radiator to block the Royal Halberd's style!

∆ Trident Z5 Royal Neo Royal Halberd EXPO Edition DDR5 6000 CL28-36-36-96 1.40V.

∆ Royal Diamond Light Guide.

The ∆ uses a 1R X8 grain layout, made of single-sided grain punched pieces.

 

Royal Halberd's appearance is so beautiful that I don't need the author to say more, but so beautiful always has its drawbacks: that is, easy to get fingerprints and dust, so if you players have an obsessive-compulsive appearance, you often need to clean the surface of the memory heatsink.

∆ Side view.

∆ The top view looks good even without electricity.

∆ Usual view angle display.

 

Trident Z5 Royal Neo Royal Neo EXPO Edition DDR5 memory also supports GIGABYTE, ASRock, ASUS, MSI four major board makers software, gamers can be customized through the software or synchronized settings for lighting effects.

∆The light effect is automatically activated at power on.

∆ The author likes the purple and blue color scheme.

∆ All-white light effect display.

 

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and GIGABYTE B650I AORUS ULTRA Platform Memory Overclocking Tests

Using AMD Ryzen 7000 platform which supports DDR5 memory, to see how this memory performs on AMD platform, using AMD Ryzen 9 7900 processor and GIGABYTE B650I AORUS ULTRA (rev. 1.0) motherboard, to test the performance and overclocking space of G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Neo. The performance and overclocking capacity of G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Neo EXPO Edition DDR5 memory is tested by updating the motherboard BIOS to F33b version.

Testing Platform

Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 (PBO AUTO)
Cooler: AMD Wraith Prism
Motherboard: GIGABYTE B650I AORUS ULTRA (BIOS version: F33b)
Memory: G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Neo DDR5-6000 CL28-36-36-96 1.40V 32GB (2x16GB)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition 8GB
Operating System: Windows 11 Professional 23H2
System Drive: Kingston A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD 500GB
Gaming Disk: Intel 670P 2TB M.2 2280 PCIe SSD (Solidigm)
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, you can see that this memory has a built-in profile, DDR5 6000 MT/s CL28-36-36-96 1.40V for AMD EXPO.

∆ G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Neo DDR5 Profile view.

The ∆ JEDEC frequency is DDR5 4800 MT/s.

 

By the same token CPU-Z Looking at the AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and GIGABYTE B650I AORUS ULTRA test platforms, the SPD page shows that the G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Neo EXPO Edition DDR5 6000 MT/s memory utilizes SK Hynix cells and supports the latest AMD EXPO (EXtended Profiles for Overclocking) technology. EXtended Profiles for Overclocking) technology.

However, only one set of Profile parameter is programmed in the SPD HUB, the rest are JEDEC timing frequency parameters.

∆ AMD platform CPU-Z.

 

follow AIDA64 Cache & Memory Benchmark G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Neo DDR5-6000 CL28-36-36-96 1.40V 32GB (2x16GB) was tested at JEDEC frequency 4800 MT/s with read/write performance of 60236 MB/s and 64336 MB/s and latency of 84.9 ns.

With DDR5-6000 in EXPO Profile 1, the read/write performance is 77654 MB/s and 79594 MB/s with a latency of 68.6 ns.

∆ Default JEDEC Frequency: DDR5-4800 CL40-40-40-77 1.1V_AMD Platform Test Results.

∆ EXPO Profile 1: DDR5-6000 CL28-36-36-96 1.40V_AMD Platform Test Results.

 

Then, for manual overclocking, I slightly adjusted the settings to keep the DDR5 6000 MT/s CL28-36-36-96 1.4V parameter to further increase the overall read/write bandwidth and lower the latency, and the read/write results were 86334 MB/s and 89,362 MB/s, with a latency of 62.3 ns.

For purely high-frequency applications, the author was able to overclock to DDR5 7600 MT/s, with read/write scores of 84433 MB/s and 89890 MB/s, and a latency of 71.4 ns.

∆ Maintains EXPO Profile 1 but with minor adjustments to the Setup_AMD platform test results.

∆Manual Overclocking: DDR5-7600 MT/s_AMD platform test result.

 

And then through AIDA64 System Memory The stress stability of the memory was tested with the memory EXPO Profile 1 parameter DDR5-6000 CL28-36-36-96 1.4V, and the actual test was conducted in a closed room with 25 °C air-conditioning operation, and the temperature of the SPD Hub reached a maximum of 61.5 °C after 30 minutes of testing.

It is important to note that this GIGABYTE B650I AORUS ULTRA was tested on the STREACOM BC1 Benchtable V2 barebones platform and there is no additional fan in the memory to assist with cooling, however, most users will have an exhaust fan installed on top of the chassis to dissipate the heat, so this temperature test is just for reference.

∆AIDA64 system memory temperature test without fan, SPD Hub up to 61.5 °C

 

Conclusion

Who can compete with the G.SKILL Royal Trident in terms of memory appearance? Even though this is the second time I unboxed the Trident Z5 Royal series memory, it still cries my heart, shallow is the end of PC DIY players; at the same time, it is also the original intention of all of you to install the machine, but the gold and silver two-color choice I personally prefer silver, gold is really a bit too high-profile.

 

The shallow talk is over then back to the performance specification part, G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Neo Royal Neo EXPO Edition DDR5 memory built-in AMD EXPO Profile, frequency only DDR5 6000/6400/8000 MT/s three frequencies to choose from, although compared with the Trident Z5 Royal (XMP) There are still fewer options, but the overall logic is in line with the current market, because most AM5 players nowadays will only choose 6000 and 6400 MT/s as the two sweet spot frequencies to match with their installations, and no one will buy them even if they have more frequencies, so this strategy is very much in line with the logic of the market, and who is going to buy the 8000 MT/s for? As for the 8000 MT/s, who is going to buy it? It's going to be the overclockers who are going to buy it.

The built-in EXPO Profile with one-click overclocking to DDR5 6000 MT/s allows gamers on the AM5 platform to easily gain 23~28% of read/write performance and reduce latency from 84.9 ns to 68.6 ns, resulting in a reduction in latency of approximately 20%.

The author also manually adjusted the memory bandwidth to further increase the overall bandwidth and reduce the latency to 62.3 ns, and the memory frequency overclocking part was overclocked to 7600 MT/s. However, because the timing had to be relaxed, and because the AMD platform architecture didn't increase the actual performance much, it was purely for the author to have fun with the overclocking.