X299 RAM Problem!

[Flying Matt]

Hi everyone!

 

Just trying to sort out an X299 rig and I'm not sure if something is up with the memory performance, as I'm not really reaching quad channel speeds. I've attached a picture of the User Benchmark score, and it seems to be pretty low for a quad channel setup.

 

The RAM currently is 4x 16GB 3800Mhz (though I have it set to 3600Mhz in the bios as stability isn't great for some reason). Manually keyed in the timings - 19,19,19,39 and made sure that the voltage is 1.35.

 

That said, this might be totally normal... but honestly I wouldn't have thought a FAST memory kit in QUAD CHANNEL mode would score 'below potential'.

 

I've tested the memory bandwidth with a different benchmark tool and it's similar... any thoughts? Motherboard is an Asrock Professional Gaming i9

 

Cheers!

[LukeSavenije]

how is it slotted?

 

btw, it could be normal, as many have it clocked at 3800

[SenKa]

3 hours ago, Flying Matt said:

Hi everyone!

 

Just trying to sort out an X299 rig and I'm not sure if something is up with the memory performance, as I'm not really reaching quad channel speeds. I've attached a picture of the User Benchmark score, and it seems to be pretty low for a quad channel setup.

 

The RAM currently is 4x 16GB 3800Mhz (though I have it set to 3600Mhz in the bios as stability isn't great for some reason). Manually keyed in the timings - 19,19,19,39 and made sure that the voltage is 1.35.

 

That said, this might be totally normal... but honestly I wouldn't have thought a FAST memory kit in QUAD CHANNEL mode would score 'below potential'.

 

I've tested the memory bandwidth with a different benchmark tool and it's similar... any thoughts? Motherboard is an Asrock Professional Gaming i9

 

Cheers!

From what I know of DDR4 overclocking (which isn't much, in my own admission), those timings seem very loose. Maybe try tighter timings?

[Flying Matt]

It's slotted into the A1 C1 and B1 D1 (what the manual suggests)

 

With you saying it's normal, the problem is that it doesn't know what RAM I'm using. It's just 4x 16, and if you compare it to the results at 2400mhz for example it actually performs worse.

[Flying Matt]

2 minutes ago, SenpaiKaplan said:

From what I know of DDR4 overclocking (which isn't much, in my own admission), those timings seem very loose. Maybe try tighter timings?

That's what the sticks are rated for, as it's 3800Mhz RAM. Not too loose really for those speeds. 3000Mhz would be down to 15,15,15, for example.

[SenKa]

3 hours ago, Flying Matt said:

That's what the sticks are rated for, as it's 3800Mhz RAM. Not too loose really for those speeds. 3000Mhz would be down to 15,15,15, for example.

Okay then, shows what I know

[Flying Matt]

Got it up to 3800Mhz but unfortunately it still says it's way below average. Should quad channel be hitting 70GB/s rather than 30?