Micron Insight recap: Ballistix Elite DDR4 world record, Crucial X8, and more

This year’s Micron® Insight event in San Francisco, California was one for the record books, literally. Not only did we announce our new Crucial® X8 portable SSD, but we announced a DDR4 world record for speed using our Ballistix® Elite 4000. As they say, records are meant to be broken . . . and overclockers broke that record multiple times – live at Insight – for a final verified speed of 6054.4MT/s.

Overall there’s a lot to celebrate, and as the 2019 event has drawn to a close, I’d like to take some time to recap those “highlight reel“ worthy moments from the folks at Crucial and Ballistix.

Overclocking with the Ballistix Elite 4000

Much like drag racing or other competitive sports, pro overclockers are always finding new ways to push the speed envelope. After the initial record of 6024MT/s was set by the ASUS and Micron teams, the record was broken an additional five times (three official, two unofficial).

The final official record of 6054.4MT/s was achieved by Stavros Savvopoulos and Phil Strecker of Overclocked Gaming Systems (OGS) using the same setup as ASUS and Micron:

• AMD Ryzen™ 3600X CPU
• ASUS® X570 ROG CROSSHAIR VIII IMPACT motherboard
• Ballistix® Elite DDR4 4000 8GB memory