CAS Latency, what's the effect on non gaming use?

JMP

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How much difference does CL22 RAM make a difference against CL16 RAM in non gaming workloads and non FPS games (AOE).
Will it hold back a Ryzen 5950x?
 

enthusiast29

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Depends on the type of workload. If it's very memory intensive then sure it can hold back the CPU. You see barely any significant gains after 3600Mhz so why bother with higher frequencies and worse timings?