GeIL Super Luce DDR4-3000C16 16GB Review
Category : DDR4
Published by Marc Büchel on 11.02.16
With their Super Luce series of DDR4 memory, GeIL has kits in its portfolio, which offer good looking design at a reasonable price. On the following pages we're going to have a look at what these modules can do performance wise and whether they can convince in terms of quality.
| Manufacturer | GeIL |
| Series | Super Luce |
| Part Number | GLR416GB3000C16QC |
| Type | DDR4 |
| Capacity | 16 GB (4 x 4GB) |
| Frequency | 3'000 MHz |
| Timings | 16-16-16-36 |
| VDIMM | 1.35 Volt |
| Registred/Unbuffered | Unbuffered |
| ECC | No |
| Cooling | Passive Heatspreader |
| Waranty | Lifetime warranty |
| Package Type | Boxed |
| Price |
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With the Super Luce 3000 MHz DDR4
C16 kit, GeIL has memory modules in its portfolio, which serve the high-end
market. A more detailed look at the specifications reveals, that these GeIL DIMMs
feature moderatly sharp timings, while the Samsung D-Die
chips on these modules are set to run at CL16-16-16-36.
Closer Look
The new Super Luce modules from GeIL have been enclosed in blister packaging.
The heatspeaders of the Super Luce are finished entirely in black and there are stickers, carrying the usual GeIL decals. The color scheme will make these modules look nice especially on boards with black and red color scheme although we don't understand why the "S" and the "L" are blue on the sticker. Apart form that the heatspreaders on these modules are rather simple, since there is thin sheet aluminum, which sticks to the memory chips thanks to adhesive pads. Checking furhter GeIL decided to provide these modules with red lighting.
Taking the heatspeaders off GeILs Super Luce series is not something we would recommend doing at home due to strong adhesive that requires a very careful approach. Once the heatspreaders have been removed we see that GeIL is putting D-Die chips from Samsung on these modules.
The SPD of these modules contains some basic information such as maker, part number and manufacturing date. It also features JEDEC profiles up to DDR4-3000, as well as an XMP profile, which will make these modules run at DDR4-3000.
A detailed overview of the top JEDEC profiles and the XMP can be seen on screenshots above.
Photo Gallery
Test Setup
In order to thoroughly test memory as well as memory kits, we're making use of Intels Haswell-E platform in combination with a highly binned Core i7-5960X CPU. This allows use to drive memory at highest possible frequencies and therefore do proper scaling tests. Different memory chips (ICs) have different sweet spots in the case of primary timings, which is why we're altering CAS latency, tRCD, tRP as well as tRAS. Overall we build five different presets, which - as explained - can be different from IC to IC used on a memory module. Other than that we're also changing DRAM voltages, wheras we're setting 1.20V, 1.35V and 1.50V. There are actually reasons why we're using these voltages. 1.20V is the standard voltage for DDR4 memory. 1.35V on DDR4 is used in case of slight overclocking and with 1.50V you can push the module by quite a bit. Last but not least it remains to be explained how we find out whether a certain setting is stable or not. For that purpose we're running HyperPi.
| Motherboard | ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-5960X |
| Graphic card | ASUS GTX 580 |
| Memory | F4-DDR4-3000C16 |
| SSD | Samsung 845DC EVO 960GB |
| PSU | Seasonic Platinum 660 Watts |
| OS | Windows 7, 64 bit SP1 |
CAS latency 12
We start to test these modules with tight CAS latency, which in this case is CL12. Setting the memory voltage at 1.20V in the BIOS HyperPi passed at 2230 MHz. Feeding higher voltage (1.35V) to the memory, makes the frequency scale to 2570 MHz. Driving the memory at 1.50V allowed HyperPi to pass at 2790 MHz.
CAS latency 13
When running CL13 we went through the same procedure like with CL12. Setting the memory voltage at 1.20V in the BIOS HyperPi passed at 2'520 MHz. Feeding higher voltage (1.35V) to the memory, makes the frequency scale to 2800 MHz. Driving the memory at 1.50V allowed HyperPi to pass at 2920 MHz.
CAS latency 14
When running CL14 we - again - went through the same procedure like with CL13. Setting the memory voltage at 1.20V in the BIOS HyperPi passed at 2'690 MHz. Feeding higher voltage (1.35V) to the memory, makes the frequency scale to 2890 MHz. Driving the memory at 1.50V allowed HyperPi to pass at 3'100 MHz.
CAS latency 15
When running CL15 we went through the same procedure like with CL14. Setting the memory voltage at 1.20V in the BIOS HyperPi passed at 2'820 MHz. Feeding higher voltage (1.35V) to the memory, makes the frequency scale to 3100 MHz. Driving the memory at 1.50V allowed HyperPi to pass at 3'100 MHz.
CAS latency 16
When running CL16 we went through the same procedure like with CL15. Setting the memory voltage at 1.20V in the BIOS HyperPi passed at 2820 MHz. Feeding higher voltage (1.35V) to the memory, makes the frequency scale to 3'070 MHz. Driving the memory at 1.50V allowed HyperPi to pass at 3'190 MHz.
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| Overall it can be said, that the GeIL Super Luce 16 Gigabyte memory kit does what GeIL claims they do and therefore they clear specs without any issues whatsoever. When overclocking these Super Luce modules, we run HyperPi Multithread and it passed DDR4-3170 at 1.5 volt and with the stock latency set, which is actually a very good result. | - Compatibility with big coolers - Overclocking | ||
| Scaling | + | - | |
| The only latency set with which we've noticed linear scaling was CL14. If we look at CL12, CL13, CL15 as well as CL16 we always see a degression when setting 1.5 volt. This means, that at 1.5 Volt you can drive these sticks close to their maximum frequency. | - Scaling CL14 | ||
| Recommendation / Price | + | - | |
| Checking Geizhals.at for prices we find the GeIL Super Luce-3000C15 16 Gigabyte kit listed for 115 Euro, which means those modules are surprisingly cheap. Especially considering these modules are also available in differnt colors with differntly colored lighting, the Super Luce are worth a recommendation. | - Price | ||
| Rating | |||
| The GeIL Super Luce-3000C16 receives excellent 4.5 out of 5 stars. | |||
