MSI’s Exclusive “Memory Extension Mode” Brings Up To 21% Gaming Performance Improvement On Core Ultra 200S CPUs, Courtesy of Memory Optimizations

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MSI's Memory Extension mode has brought up to 21% performance improvement on Intel's Core Ultra 200 CPUs by reducing memory latency.

MSI's Memory Extension Mode, Designed For Intel's Core Ultra 200 CPUs, Brings In Impressive Performance Enhancements

For those unaware, with the release of Intel's newest desktop CPU, MSI unveiled a unique feature for its 800-series motherboards called the "Memory Extension Mode," which comes in three different presets: Performance Mode, Benchmark Mode, and Memtest Mode.

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MSI's newest feature can pick up the best memory configurations based on the processor's integrated memory controller (IMC) and memory overclocking capabilities, ultimately allowing the optimal performance experience, depending upon your workload.

MSI has now shared benchmarks with us, looking at how the Memory Extension mode helps in improving the performance of systems, and by the looks of it, there are considerable performance uplifts. MSI managed to test out an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K system with both DDR5-7200 and DDR5-8200 memory modules and over standard XMP configurations, MSI's Memory Extension mode under "High-Efficiency" mode managed to drop memory latency by 12%-16%, based on findings from AIDA64 memory latency benchmarks. The following system configuration was used:

• CPU: Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
• Motherboard: MSI MEG Z890 ACE
• Memory: Galax DDR5-7200 16GBx2 & G.Skill DDR5-8200 24GBx2
• Graphics Card: MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X 24G
• SSD: Kingston SNV2S/2000G
• CPU Cooler: MSI CORELIQUID I360
• Power Supply:MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIE5
• Operating System: Windows 11 24H2 build 26100.2033 (Power Mode: Best Performance)
• Game Settings: Black Myth: Wukong - High, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Balanced; all other games set to maximum quality

Moving onto gaming performance, MSI tested both DDR5-7200 and DDR5-8200 memory with NVIDIA's GeForce