Ram speed not showing correctly

[Lazaro Hernandez]

Hello I recently got new ram and downloaded cpu z to see if it was working correctly but it is only running at 1600mhz it says but my ram is 3200mhz. 2*8gb sticks.

[svmlegacy]

1 minute ago, Lazaro Hernandez said:

Hello I recently got new ram and downloaded cpu z to see if it was working correctly but it is only running at 1600mhz it says but my ram is 3200mhz. 2*8gb sticks.

This is correct. CPU-Z reports the physical speed, while most people talk about the transfer speed, which is double that of the physical.

So 1600 MHz RAM makes 3200 Mega-Transfers per second.

[Guest]

Double data rate. 1600 x2 = 3200mhz.

 

It's fine. Run it and enjoy.

[Noctua Fan Fan]

This is normal as the above two members agreed.

 

Here's mine:

 

But it's actually 3533. Whatever your BIOS says, that's the authoritive source.

 

[Lazaro Hernandez]

1 hour ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Double data rate. 1600 x2 = 3200mhz.

 

It's fine. Run it and enjoy.

thanks!

[Lazaro Hernandez]

1 hour ago, A Gassy Gnome said:

This is normal as the above two members agreed.

 

Here's mine:

 

But it's actually 3533. Whatever your BIOS says, that's the authoritive source.

 

thanks!

[Lazaro Hernandez]

1 hour ago, svmlegacy said:

This is correct. CPU-Z reports the physical speed, while most people talk about the transfer speed, which is double that of the physical.

So 1600 MHz RAM makes 3200 Mega-Transfers per second.

thanks!