Review on 💙 Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Memory Kit 1.5V by Chris Tardy

This memory is EXCELLENT when properly configured. I can't believe I used this memory for 3 years before realizing I had to enable XMP in the BIOS settings to get performance data. I avoid overclocking and tuning because I'm after stability, and it never occurred to me (until now) that this RAM with an "extreme" memory profile is rock solid. Here are some screenshots of the Passmark test results before and after enabling XMP. Making this change in the BIOS takes about 30 seconds. I can see the difference immediately, now the system is "faster" responsive. It feels like someone told me I left the parking brake on in my car for years! Passmark results before and after enabling XMP: Overall rating: 4059 . 4700 CPU Score: 8339 . 9.5042D graphic symbol: 710 . 7923D Graphic Characters: 6591. 6 741 Memory Tag: 1 894 . 2554 Plate designation: 4753 . 5006 CPU type: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50 GHz Motherboard: SABERTOOTH Z77 Memory: 16 GB, Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Graphics card: GeForce GTX 770 Hard drive: Samsung SSD 850 PRO 1 TB (1 TB)