KLEVV FIT V 6000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 Memory Review

A few weeks ago, I reviewed the fantastic KLEVV CRAS XR5 8000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 memory. It's a beautiful kit, but focusing on things like overclocking and ARGB lighting, it was more focused on the gaming market. However, their next kit, the KLEVV KIT V DDR5 is a little more refined, with a clean aesthetic, lower profile heatsinks, no RGB and a strong focus on reliability and stability, these are tailored towards the creative and professional market. My experiences with KLEVV products over the years have been nothing short of excellent. They've continued to prove they're on the absolute best of the best when it comes to creating premium memory kits with class-leading performance, quality and designs, and at this point, I would expect nothing less from them, or accept anything less from them. KLEVV FIT Product Trailer KLEVV FIT V Much like any of their other high-end kits, the FIT V starts with their more robust PCB design, a built-in PMIC and thermal sensor, and is topped with thick aluminium heatsinks that look great, provide plenty of protection for the memory, but of course, will also help maintain temperatures and stability too. What's good to see, is that it comes with broad support for DDR5 motherboards, with both Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD Expo to ensure you can get the best performance right out of the box. Features Ultra-low Clearance: Ultra-low-profile design for compatibility with large components. Budget-friendly DDR5 Upgrade: Cost-efficient next-gen performance for design and video editing. Unmatched Performance & Reliability: Carefully selected ICs for superior quality and reliability. Powerful Aluminum Heat Spreader: Silver aluminum heatsinks for maximum cooling. Intel® XMP 3.0 & AMD EXPO™ Profiles: One-click overclocking for full performance. Automatic Error Correction & Power Management: On-die ECC and PMIC for data reliability, stability, and efficient power supply. Specifications The KLEVV FIT V DDR5 RAM offers a range of speed options, from 5600MT/s up to a speedy 6400MT/s, catering to various performance and budgetary needs. It's available in capacities of 16GB (single or dual modules) to suit different system builds. The timings are reasonably tight, especially at the higher speeds, ensuring efficient data access. While the voltage requirements increase slightly with speed, they remain within standard DDR5 ranges. The limited lifetime warranty provides peace of mind for long-term use, although that's pretty much the industry standard anyway. Packaging & Accessories The packaging is kept pretty simple, with a cardboard back and a clear plastic shell on the front, allowing you to see the memory without opening the box. We can see on the front the speeds, capacity, and support for both Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO. Around the back, there's a quick run down of the key features, but overall it's kept pretty simple, so let's move on. Taking them out of the packaging is simply a case of tearing open the back of the box, so it's not a reusable box, but it is all recyclable too, so I guess you can just pop it in the bin when you're done with it. A Closer Look The KLEVV FIT V is a nice-looking memory kit, and while KLEVV has kept things simple, there are a lot of little details that make it look much more premium. The aluminium heatsink is nice and thick on each side and comes with a softened edge that's finished in silver to better contrast with the main white section. The KLEVV logo, FIT V logo, and some horizontal lines are also finished in that bare aluminium too, so it's just the white print over the top exposing the metal underneath it. There are some nice bumps and ridges along the spine too, again with the same contrasting effect, with the smaller bits near the edges finished in white and a bare aluminium larger section right along the spine. This helps keep the two pieces of aluminium joined together, but also moderately increases the overall surface area too. On the back, there's a small specification sticker, but overall it's kept pretty simple. Overall, the aesthetics are really clean and stylish, and I love that they've kept it to a simple three-colour contrast, with the black PCB, soft look aluminium texture, and the flat white print on the top. No RGB, nothing that really leaps out at you, but they're certainly smart and presentable. Once installed in your motherboard, the aesthetics are stunning, and because they're so low-profile, they're unlikely to conflict with larger air coolers or low-profile case designs, making them broadly compatible with most system builds. How We Test Here at eTeknix, we endeavour to disclose vital information regarding the benchmarking process so that readers can quantify the results and attempt to replicate them using their hardware. When it comes to our benchmarks in our reviews, the benchmarks are pretty self-explanatory although there are a few exceptions. Remember that your choice of graphics card, CPU, the silicon lottery, and other factors can yield different numbers, and there's always a margin for error when using any software. Therefore, your experience may vary. Testing Your Own System Links are provided below, as well as the settings we use. We encourage you to not just look at how one product compares to any other, but how it compares to your own. If you're looking to build a new system, you should benchmark your current PC using our benchmarks and settings where possible. You should then look at the percentage improvement from your current hardware to the hardware we tested to give you a ballpark figure of how much an upgrade this will provide you with. Test System ProcessorIntel Core i9-13900KMotherboardGigabyte Z790 AORUS MasterMemoryChanges Per ReviewGraphicsXFX RX 6800 XT MERCStorageSeagate Firecuda 530 1TBPower SupplyNZXT C1000SoftwareWindows 11 Pro 22H2DriversAMD Adrenaline 23.7.1 Software Used CineBench R23 (download) AIDA 64 Engineer (download) WPrime (download) 3DMark (download) HWMonitor (download) CPU-Z (download) Methodology In our RAM reviews, we keep things relatively simple. We put the RAM kit that is being tested into our test system and benchmark it at its first XMP profile using a variety of benchmarks and tests. Once complete, we apply a reasonable overclock where possible and benchmark the same software with the overclocked values. The CPU clock speed is set to default for both runs. AIDA64 Now, I wasn't expecting the KLEVV FIT DDR5 memory to be the fastest we've ever tested, but that's hardly surprising given it's not the fastest kit we've tested based on specifications, coming in at 6000 MHz when we have some kits going up to 8000 MHz on our charts. It's also fair to say we have only tested class-leading memory kits, so competition here is fierce. For latency, it's sitting at just 59.8 nanoseconds, on par with the best of the best when it comes to low latency, and that's going to have a big impact on improving system response times. Calculation Performance When it comes to performance, it's certainly not a slow memory kit, closing in a very fast time of 284 seconds in Super Pi, putting it on par with some very fast kits from Team, KLEVV themselves, and Kingston. And again, it's right on the money here, sitting somewhere around the middle of the chart, which again isn't surprising given that its specifications predicted it should be around the middle of the charts. Rendering Performance For rendering performance, it holds up great, offering our third fastest Samples Per Minute in Blender, and actually just behind the KLEVV BOLT V, which is rated at a much higher 6800 MHz. And consistent yet again, largely matching the performance of other high-end kits in Cinebench R23. It was lacking a little bit in Corona, but not by much, and given the results we've seen above, I'd say it's largely pretty consistent and I'm very happy with its general workload performance. FutureMark Performance As we move on to gaming synthetic benchmarks, it's a little on the low side in FireStrike Ultra, but not by much, and it's well within the margin we would have expected to see for a kit that isn't specifically tailored towards the gaming market, while all the ones above it generally are. It faired a little bit better in Timespy Extreme, but again, the performance difference is minimal from one kit to the other here and shows that it's not causing any unwanted bottlenecks in the CPU or GPU performance for this test. Assassin's Creed Valhalla For our first gaming test, it held up great, with just 1 FPS short of our best 1% lows, and 3 FPS away from our best overall average FPS. Baldur's Gate 3 And it's the same here, just a couple of FPS off the best we've seen and largely on par with everything else. Cyberpunk 2077 In Cyberpunk 2077, it has fantastic 1% lows, and again, a very consistent average FPS. Dying Light 2 Dying Light 2 seems to fare well with all the memory kits, but again, the KLEVV FIT DDR5 is holding very consistently here, and on par with the best memory kits we've tested. FarCry 6 A tiny bit lower here in Far Cry 6, but again, it's by such a small margin, and I'm very happy with the consistent performance here. Hogwarts Legacy The 1% lows in Hogwarts are some of the best we've seen at 106 FPS, and the 1% lows are just 1 FPS away from the top score too. Horizon Zero Dawn the 1% lows are a little lower here, but again it's well within a good margin of the rest, and the overall average is right on the money with other kits we've tested. Microsoft Flight Simulator I feel like I'm repeating myself here, but you can see for yourself, it's very reliable when it comes to the 1% lows and very competitive with the overall average FPS. You'll notice that other kits are up and down the charts from game to game, but I feel the FIT has been far more predictable. Remnant II Again, just 2 FPS away from the best 1% lows and overall average FPS, and very strong performance overall. Starfield And in our final gaming test, it's a little behind on the 1% lows here, coming in at 5 FPS behind the best, but only 1 FPS behind on the overall average. Thermal Perforamance? Keeping cool clearly isn't an issue either, and at 6000 MHz and with those premium thick aluminium heat spreaders, it maintained a pretty consistent 45.5c, which puts it right in the middle of the chart, and that's actually pretty impressive given they feature a low profile design. Either way, there are no issues with performance loss due to thermal issues. How Much Does It Cost? The KLEVV FIT V 6000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 Memory is available now, but as with most specific memory kits, I'm really struggling to find accurate stock and prices. This is not uncommon though, as stock shifts and changes quite rapidly these days. I can see they're on Amazon for $88.99, but this may be from a 3rd party seller. However, you can check for up-to-date stock and prices for the US here. If you're in the UK, you can check for stock and prices here, however, at the time of writing I couldn't see any available. Beyond that, KLEVV has a "Where to Buy" section on their website here. Overview While this may not be the most extreme memory kit we've ever tested, it certainly holds its own against some pretty exceptional and higher-rated memory kits. That's pretty impressive to see, and it goes to show that speed isn't always everything; a higher MHz rating doesn't always translate to faster performance. The quality of the memory, the cooling solution, and very importantly the timings can all have an impact on the real-world performance, and it's clear that the KLEVV FIT strikes a great balance here. It kept pace with higher-speed kits in our rendering and workflow tests, which is obviously very good. However, given that this is a kit marketed at the professional and creative markets, it's good to see that that's where its strengths lie. However, I was really impressed with the overall gaming performance too. The 1% lows were extremely consistent, keeping pace with other flagship memory kits we've tested. The same is true for the overall average FPS: consistently good and predictable results. This often isn't the case with RAM, as memory kits often perform great in one game but less so in another. The FIT, however, was by far the most consistent throughout all of my testing. While it's not marketed as gaming memory, it performed so well in these tests that I'd be more than happy to run this in a gaming PC. The build quality speaks volumes too, and KLEVV has always taken pride in choosing quality components and building their kits to a very high standard. Those heatsinks may look fairly minimal, but they're thick and beautifully crafted to provide both style and a competent cooling solution. The temperatures were fantastic despite our relentless run of benchmarks, and I think that's reflected in the reliable and predictable performance we saw. 6000 MHz may not be their fastest kit, but clearly, it has more than enough performance to meet the demands of a wide range of uses. It kept pace with much faster and more expensive memory kits. It's available in three variants: the cheaper 5600 MT/s, the 6000 MT/s we reviewed today, and a slightly faster 6400 MT/s. However, the timings are different on each variant, running at 30-36-36-88, 32-38-38-78, and 34-40-40-90, respectively. So really, the 6000 MT/s kit is the sweet spot here, with the speeds higher than the 5600 but the latency lower than the 6400. Should I Buy One? There's an attention to detail here that we've come to expect from KLEVV, and I think that their choice of quality components and fantastic build quality are strongly reflected in the excellent performance we saw throughout a wide range of benchmarks and scenarios. The speeds and latency of this kit are well balanced, and it resulted in performance that can hold its own against more expensive memory kits from their competitors. Overall, I would happily recommend the KLEVV FIT V to any system builder.