Kingston FURY BEAST 32GB(2x16GB) DDR5-5200 Review

Introduction

HP’s acquisition of Kingston’s gaming division, HyperX, for $425 Million is still fresh for most of us gamers as there are not much products to release in both the PC component and peripheral market for these brands to be truly separate. Kingston has been releasing products that used the be in the HyperX gaming line with the new Kingston FURY branding starting with the Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR4 Memory that we reviewed a few months back. Since then, we have continued to see the FURY brand grow as it houses more performance memory and storage solutions for PC enthusiasts, gamers, and content creators. The latest addition to the FURY lineup is an all-new model under the DDR5 banner following Intel’s release with the 12th-generation Alderlake processors. The Kingston Fury Beast 32GB(2x16GB) DDR5 5,200MHz makes its way to our labs for testing alongside the Intel Core i9 12900K and ROG Strix Z690-E motherboard.

Like the DDR4 variants, the Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 is a tier down from the Kingston FURY Renegade line which we have yet to see. The Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 should come with RGB options but the kit that we have is a plain black variant with no lighting whatsoever. As of writing, Kingston has only released the FURY Beast DDR5 in memory configurations of either a single 16GB stick or a 32GB kit containing 2pcs of 16GB sticks. Frequencies on the Fury Beast DDR5 are limited to the base 4800MHz, 5200MHz, or 6000MHz with either CL38 or CL40 latency. Our specific kit for the review is the Kingston FURY Beast 32GB(2x16GB) 5200MHZ CL40 kit.

Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 Specs

• Capacities
  Singles: 16GB
  Kit of 2: 32GB
• Frequencies: 4800MHz, 5200MHz, 6000MHz
• Latencies: CL38, CL40
• Voltage: 1.1V, 1.25V, 1.35V
• Operating Temperature: 0°C to 85°C
• Dimensions: 133.35mm x 34.9mm x 6.62mm

A Closer Look

The Kingston FURY Beast comes in your typical-budget memory packaging with only a transparent solid plastic mold. The specific kit configuration can be found on the lower part of the sticker wrap which also seals the packaging.

Like most memory modules whether DDR4 or DDR5, there are no other items that come alongside the memory kit aside from the typical brand logo sticker and the warranty & installation guide paper.

The Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 has an updated design over the HyperX Fury Beast DDR4 memory with a much slimmer profile measuring at only 133.35mm x 34.9mm x 6.62mm.

While it has no RGB lighting, the plain black theme and white font make the Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 suitable for any builds thanks to its neutral look. The heat spreader is not as thick compared to most high-end memory modules but it’s not definitely a deal-breaker as the Fury Beast DDR5 is a launch model for the latest DDR5 memory.

Benchmark Setup and Methodology

Gadget Pilipinas’ testing philosophy is to provide detail-oriented results as accurately as possible that our readers can replicate our tests given that these conditions are met. Different benchmarking apps and sequences are used depending on the component or device being tested.

We use CapFrameX 1.6.6 as our FPS capture and analysis tool for all our gaming benchmarks. The latest build version of Windows 10 and WHQL certified drivers are used for our benchmarks. Readings such as temperatures and power draw are recorded using HWMonitor, HWInfo64, and other relevant software for cross-checking.

Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 Benchmarks

SuperPI 32M

SuperPI is a single-threaded benchmark application that lets the CPU calculate Pi(π) to the nth digit. In this benchmark, we selected the Pi calculation to 32M, the highest available for the app.

wPrime 1024M

wPrime is a benchmark tool similar to SuperPI, but the former takes on finding prime numbers using Newton’s Method. The benchmark is set to calculate 1024 million prime numbers, and the performance is measured according to calculation time.

AIDA64 Memory Benchmark

AIDA64 is a very popular and powerful monitoring tool, as well as a benchmarking application. AIDA64 is commonly used to stress test CPUs, especially testing if an overclock is stable. We used AIDA64’s Memory Benchmark to measure the data transfer bandwidth of the system memory.

GeekBench 5

Geekbench is a multi-platform benchmark used to gauge CPU performance and compare them across Windows, Mac, and Mobile. Geekbench 5 is the latest version and doesn’t rely on memory than the previous Geekbench 4, making it a great tool to measure both single-core and multi-core CPU performance.

CINEBENCH R20 & Cinebench R23

Maxon’s Cinebench benchmark is one of the most iconic benchmark applications used by reviewers and enthusiasts. The latest Cinebench R20 uses the latest rendering architectures, including Intel’s Embree ray tracing technology and other advanced features from AMD and Intel that allow users to render the same scene on the same hard. Cinebench R20 uses a larger and more complex testing scene than Cinebench R20 by about 8x computational power and requires 4x the memory.

GOOGLE OCTANE 2.0

Google Octane 2.0 is a benchmark that measures a Javascript engine’s performance by running multiple tests representing different use cases of JavaScript applications. While Google Octane is retired and no longer maintained, it is still a good representation of today’s dynamic, interactive web applications. Our Google Octane 2.0 is run on Microsoft’s latest Chromium-based Edge browser.

V-RAY

V-Ray Benchmark is a stand-alone version V-Ray developed by Chaos Group. It is designed to test the CPU and GPU by rendering sample scenes at a fixed amount of time. V-Ray is a plug-in mostly utilized by 3D computer graphics software applications mainly for industrial design, product design, architecture, film, and video game production. V-Ray is not limited to 64-threads as it supports multi and mega-threading.

HANDBRAKE

Handbrake is a top-rated open-source video conversion software that is used by professionals, enthusiasts, and even reviewers as a reference point mainly because of its wide variety of media codecs. The rise of streaming and blogging makes video content, both encoding, and transcoding important for these people, regardless if they’re seasoned professionals or just starting out. Handbrake also takes advantage of AVX-512 and OpenCL to accelerate certain types of media codecs. Our Handbrake benchmark converts a 500MB MP4 video to H.264 to measure the processor’s performance.

BLENDER

Blender is a widely used, free, open-source 3D creation suite. It supports the whole 3D pipeline process from modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, and even motion tracking. Blender has become a standard for CPU benchmarks with the BMW27 and Classroom scene most used. This prompted the company to release Blender Open Data Benchmark in 2018, a benchmark-specific version that allows users to run a preset benchmark and share the results online similar to 3D Mark.

CORONA RENDERER

Corona Renderer is an unbiased photorealistic render available for Autodesk 3Ds Max, Maxon Cinema 4D, and as a stand-alone application. Its popularity, similar to Blender, led Chaos Group to develop a benchmark version of the app which runs using Corona Renderer 1.3. Workstation systems, especially CPUs, can utilize Corona Benchmark as up to 72 threads can be used in the benchmark, making it very suitable for CPUs with various price segments.

PCMark10

From the same developers of the popular game benchmarking tool 3DMark, PCMark 10 is a benchmarking app for measuring a whole PC’s performance. It covers a wide variety of tests to reflect common tasks performed in a modern workplace. We selected PCMark 10’s extended benchmark and reported both the overall score and Digital Content Creation Score.

3DMARK

3DMark is the go-to benchmark for gamers because of the ability to share and compare results online. We tested the Intel Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 both in Fire Strike and Time Spy to get a good gauge of DX 11 and DX 12 API performance.

Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 Temperatures

The low-profile heat spreader on the Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 takes the kit at a higher 61°C temperature which is only 4°C less than the higher speed TFroce Delta RGB DDR5 6400Mhz albeit the latter has a much larger heat spreader. The 61°C temperature is not something you should worry about as it is well within the 0°C to 85°C operating range though you might want to look out if you’re planning to use all four DIMM slots of your motherboard.

CONCLUSION

The Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 32GB(2x16GB) 5200MHz kit, despite its simple and cheap look, is a memory kit that provides excellent performance and stability considering we were using pre-launch motherboard BIOS and a first batch Intel retail processor which like most launches, usually has some quirks when it comes to memory. XMP profile worked straight out of the box across all three Z690 DDR5 motherboards that we have reviewed so far including the Intel Core i7 12700K which we have been testing for an upcoming review. Going back to the Fury Beast DDR5, this is the only memory kit or family that is available in the market(as of writing) since the launch of the Intel 12th Gen platform featuring DDR5 memory. Its price of Php 17,995 sets it at a Php 1,000 premium over the vanilla DDR5-4800 models in the market and is currently the cheapest 5,200MHz kit available(again, as of writing). That said, the Php 1,000 premium over the base 4800MHz DDR5 memory is something I’d be more than willing to pay for the performance uplift that it offers as seen in our benchmarks. Sure you have RGB like the one found on the TForce Delta DDR5, but the premium in paying for the 6,400MHz speed and RGB lighting is not worth it when you have a high performance, low profile memory kit like the Kingston Fury Beast DDR5. All in all, if you’re an early adopter of the Z690 platform and DDR5, the Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 32GB(2x16GB) 5200MHz kit is more than enough to reap the benefits of the new platform and will last you for a longer period until the DDR5 memory becomes more mainstream. There’s not much overtime value to be lost with the Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 despite it being one of the first batch AKA launch models of the DDR5 JEDEC standard. That said, we opted to use the Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 32GB 5200Mhz kit as our test bench memory of choice for our future Intel 12th gen CPU and Z690 motherboard reviews.

Grant Soriano

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Grant is a Financial Management graduate from UST. His passion for gadgets and tech crossed him over in the industry where he could apply his knowledge as an enthusiast and in-depth analytic skills as a Finance Major. His passion allows him to earn at the same time help Gadget Pilipinas' readers in making smart, value-based decisions and purchases with his reviews and guides.