Memtest86. Frequency discrepancy

[orlando690]

Just want to make sure that memtest does indeed test the ram at the frequency set in bios. Memtest says frequency is at 2998 and I have it set to 3200 on bios 

 

I ask because prime95 failed blend test on workers 13-15 and then stopped working on those (2 round errors and 1 sum error). 

I had already memtest at stock frequency although I didn't leave it on auto on bios I made sure it was at 3000. 

But before Prime95 I set it to 3200 and forgot to memtest (I'm on pass 3 of 4 now everything is fine) 

 

 

3700x 

B450m mortar 

T force Vulcan 16gb 3000 (set to 3200 auto voltage) 

2070S gaming x trio 

 

[porina]

memtest can't change your settings, but there is a possibility it is mis-reading the current speed.

[orlando690]

54 minutes ago, porina said:

memtest can't change your settings, but there is a possibility it is mis-reading the current speed.

Question if memtest doesn't fail, that means I can up the frequency correct? If so by how much should I increase? I went from 3k to 3.2k

 

Its t-force Vulcan 16gb 3000 mhz (grey and black) 

[porina]

You can try your luck, if I were overclocking ram I'd go in small steps and check along the way. There are too many variables for me to offer any more specific advice, other than personally I wouldn't bother. I had attempted it in the past, it is higher risk from a software perspective than CPU overclocking. If a CPU overclock is bad, generally you might get crash or BSOD fairly quickly. If ram is marginal, I've had data corruption leading to non-bootable OS. IMO gains aren't worth the risk if it is a system you have to use regularly.