Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4-3466 Memory Review

By David Ramsey

Manufacturer: Micron Technology, Inc.
Product Name: Ballistix Elite DDR4 32GB Kit
Model Number: BLE4K8G4D34AEEAK
UPC: 649528782762
Price As Tested: $371.99 (Crucial | B&H)

Full Disclosure: Micron Technology provided the product sample used in this article.

We’re in the middle of a transition from the DDR3 memory standard that has served us well for a decade to the new DDR4 standard. With higher bandwidth at lower voltage, DDR4 seems a perfect match for our compute-intensive multi-core CPU world. In this article Benchmark Reviews examines Crucial’s Ballistix Elite DDR4 enthusiast memory, which runs at an eye-watering 3466Mhz. We’ll test it against “standard” DDR4 to see what difference this extra performance makes.

I’ll test this memory in my Z170 / Core i7-6700K test system with a variety of benchmarks.

Features & Specifications

Courtesy of Crucial. Full product sheet.

• 4x8GB DDR4-3466 (32GB kit)
• UDIMM form factor
• Non-ECC
• 1.35V
• DDR4 PC4-27700 • 16-18-18

Let’s take a look at this advanced performance memory in the next section…