October 24, 2019

With the new Ballistix^® Elite 4000 memory module, the ASUS motherboard R&D team set a record for the world’s fastest DDR4 memory frequency at 6024MT/s using liquid nitrogen (LN2). This feat was accomplished using the epic combination of:

• AMD Ryzen^™ 5 3600X processor

• ASUS^® X570 ROG CROSSHAIR VIII IMPACT motherboard

• Ballistix Elite DDR4 4000 8GB memory

“Ballistix memory has set three overclocking world records in the span of five months, which is a testament to our world-class Micron engineering and expertise,” said Teresa Kelley, vice president and general manager of Micron Consumer Products Group. “We are committed to providing gamers and enthusiasts with high-performance memory that delivers maximum system capability and a rich experience, and our Ballistix memory is evidence of that.”

Ballistix is the only major gaming brand of memory that’s built and tested from start to finish as part of a major manufacturer. Learn more at ballistixgaming.com.

May 28, 2019

Any speedrunner will tell you the thrill of the run comes from breaking records when the deck is stacked against you. Hard mode. 100% completion. That’s the name of the game.

Breaking records is always great, but it’s how it’s achieved that matters in the end.

• Off-the-shelf Ballistix Elite 3600 DRAM? Check.

• Extreme low latency CL24? Double check.

• An 8th gen i7-8086K processor? Triple check.

• Off-the-shelf, unmodified ASUS Maximus XI Apex motherboard and BIOS? Quad check.

• Standard Antec HCP-1300 Platinum ATX power supply? Penta check!

And that’s how Overclocked Gaming Systems (OGS) played when they pushed the speed envelope, setting a new DDR4 record of 5758.8MT/s using the Ballistix Elite 3600. Cooled with liquid nitrogen (LN2), of course.

Ballistix, Micron’s gaming memory brand, is back on top with the official overclocking high score . . . for now. And as always, we’re having a blast working to push past our own score.

May 15, 2019

Overclockers used the Ballistix Elite 3600MT/s to set a new overclocking record for the fastest DDR4 memory frequency at a blistering 5726MT/s.

That’s 79 percent faster than the max JEDEC DDR4 speed of 3200MT/s and 115 percent faster than the 2666 MT/s considered mainstream today.  

How's that for a speed run?

Yes, this record is a big, big, (big, big) deal to us here at Ballistix. But we care just as much about how we earned the top mark. We’re proud that we were able to use the same CAS latency – CL24 – used by most of the previous record holders. In addition, we set the record using the same production module of the Ballistix Elite 3600 available to gamers today.

That’s what we care about.

The record was set May 13 by Stavros Savvopoulos and Phil Strecker from Overclocked Gaming Systems, using an Intel i7-8086K CPU, an ASUS Maximus XI Apex motherboard, as well as, of course, a liquid nitrogen cooling system.

The veteran overclockers have tested other DRAM that was more finicky, requiring lower temperatures, Savvopoulos said, but the Elite 3600 broke the record without complaint.

“We were blown away by how surprisingly easy it was to overclock these Ballistix Elite DDR4 3600MT/s modules,” Savvopoulos said. “Other modules we’ve overclocked can be temperamental and need to train at temperatures lower than the one required for stability; but we didn’t experience that with Micron’s E-die, which scaled much better with both extreme voltages and temperatures. Overall, it was easy enough to call the whole experience plug and play!”

Ballistix gaming memory is engineered at the die level. The components used to create Ballistix memory are designed, built and tested in-house. Ballistix and Micron owe that degree of quality control to gamers, said Teresa Kelley, Vice President of Micron’s Consumer Products Group. That means that whether you’re using liquid nitrogen to overclock at 5000 MT/s or more, or if you’re a more cost-effective gamer using mainstream cooling at accelerated XMP profiles, the Ballistix 3600 will do the trick, straight out of the box.

“Breaking this world record reinforces our commitment to the enthusiast community,” Kelley said. “Our Ballistix product lineup provides the high-speed, low-latency and overclock headroom that gamers, content creators, and enthusiasts crave. We will continue to focus on offering an exceptional high-performance memory and storage portfolio, with Micron, Crucial, and Ballistix engineers striving to deliver leading-edge technology that redefines the performance boundary.”