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Ram Underclocked by Default?

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2 minutes ago, Coldfuson said:

Would this be due to the fact that its running in quad channel? I guess I should have mentioned that. 

No, it's just how DDR RAM works, by being able to send and receive twice as much data per clock cycle, hence the name, Double Data Rate. 

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So browsing on these forums I've picked up a lot of new software to check up on my PC and have been trying to fine tune a stable overclock (spoiler alert: there isn't one for my 4930k, it appears I lost the silicon lottery, can't even hold 4.4Ghz at 1.4v and anything less would just be a waste of time)

Anyway, to get to the heart of my question. I have 16Gb of G.skill Ripjaw DDR3 1600mhz memory on my Asus P9X79 LE motherboard along with a r9 380x, 2 solid state drives and 2 HDD's. All powered by my 850W thermaltake PSU (definitely overkill but I got a good break on it when I was working at BestBuy)

When I open CPU-Z and go to the memory tab it says that my DRAM frequency is 666.6 MHz. I checked my bios and its set to run at its native 1666. Sort of just confused by the situation. Its not like it actually effects my gaming performance but certainly is a puzzle.

 

From what I can tell this is the RAM I have in my computer 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231313&cm_re=gskill_ripjaw_ddr3-_-20-231-313-_-Product
If not that, then something extremely similar. 


I appreciate any help, and advice I receive, just in hopes of bettering my PC knowledge.  

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i7 4930k \ Asus P9X79 LE \ Corsair H100i \ 16 GB DDR3 G.SKILL Ripjaw \ Asus Strix R9 380x 4GB \ Crucial 500 GB Sata III SSD \ Thermaltake TR2 RX 850W \ Corsair Crystal 460 Black \ Razer Naga Molten edition \ Razer Black Widow Ultimate \ Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speakers \ Hyper X Cloud Alpha \ 

 

i5 6600k\ Asus Z170-A \ Corsair H100i v2 \ 16 GB DDR4 G.SKILL Ripjaw \ Asus GTX 1060 6GB 4GB \ SanDisk 480 GB Sata III SSD \ Seasonic G Series550W \ DIYPC Skyline 06 black/green \ Razer Naga Epic \ Razer Black Widow Chroma \ Logitech 2.1 Speakers \ Logitech G430 \ 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Coldfuson said:

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Yeah that frequency is right... can't remember how it's calculated but that's showing you the correct info

Main PC:

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600  | GPU: RTX 2060 | PSU:  | Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 3200Mhz 16GB | OS Drive: Western Digital Black NVMe 250GB | Game Drive(s): Samsung 970 Evo 500GB | Motherboard:  | Case: Fractal Design Define R6 | Monitor(s):  | Keyboard:  | Mouse: Steelseries Sensei 310

 

NASUS (NAS)

CPU: Intel Xeon X3440 | Motherboard: Super Micro X8SIL | Memory: 16GB DDR3 1066Mhz ECC UDIMM | HBA: Dell Perc H200 (Flashed to IT Mode) | Drives: 3x 16TB Seagate Exos x16, 2x 6TB Seagate Enterprise, 1x 6TB WD RED

 

RENEKTON (NAS)

CPU: Intel Core i5 4570TE | Case: Fractal Design Define S | Memory: 16G DDR3 1333Mhz SODIMM | HBA: LSI 1068E (Flashed to IT Mode) | Storage: 4x 3TB Hitachi, 2x 3TB WD RED

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1 minute ago, RKRiley said:

Not for 1600mhz, it should read as 800.

Would this be due to the fact that its running in quad channel? I guess I should have mentioned that. 

i7 4930k \ Asus P9X79 LE \ Corsair H100i \ 16 GB DDR3 G.SKILL Ripjaw \ Asus Strix R9 380x 4GB \ Crucial 500 GB Sata III SSD \ Thermaltake TR2 RX 850W \ Corsair Crystal 460 Black \ Razer Naga Molten edition \ Razer Black Widow Ultimate \ Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speakers \ Hyper X Cloud Alpha \ 

 

i5 6600k\ Asus Z170-A \ Corsair H100i v2 \ 16 GB DDR4 G.SKILL Ripjaw \ Asus GTX 1060 6GB 4GB \ SanDisk 480 GB Sata III SSD \ Seasonic G Series550W \ DIYPC Skyline 06 black/green \ Razer Naga Epic \ Razer Black Widow Chroma \ Logitech 2.1 Speakers \ Logitech G430 \ 

 

 

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1 minute ago, RKRiley said:

Not for 1600mhz, it should read as 800.

mines reads 793 mhz on the computer right now and it's a 1600MHz stick of ram

Main PC:

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600  | GPU: RTX 2060 | PSU:  | Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 3200Mhz 16GB | OS Drive: Western Digital Black NVMe 250GB | Game Drive(s): Samsung 970 Evo 500GB | Motherboard:  | Case: Fractal Design Define R6 | Monitor(s):  | Keyboard:  | Mouse: Steelseries Sensei 310

 

NASUS (NAS)

CPU: Intel Xeon X3440 | Motherboard: Super Micro X8SIL | Memory: 16GB DDR3 1066Mhz ECC UDIMM | HBA: Dell Perc H200 (Flashed to IT Mode) | Drives: 3x 16TB Seagate Exos x16, 2x 6TB Seagate Enterprise, 1x 6TB WD RED

 

RENEKTON (NAS)

CPU: Intel Core i5 4570TE | Case: Fractal Design Define S | Memory: 16G DDR3 1333Mhz SODIMM | HBA: LSI 1068E (Flashed to IT Mode) | Storage: 4x 3TB Hitachi, 2x 3TB WD RED

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1 minute ago, XenosTech said:

mines reads 793 mhz on the computer right now and it's a 1600MHz stick of ram

Give or take a few it should be around 800. DDR stands for Double Data Rate, so in programs it'll read as half the labeled speed.

OP are you sure its not 1333mhz memory? that RAM is available in 1333mhz. Running it in quad channel shouldn't make a difference.

 

 

         

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2 minutes ago, Coldfuson said:

Would this be due to the fact that its running in quad channel? I guess I should have mentioned that. 

No, it's just how DDR RAM works, by being able to send and receive twice as much data per clock cycle, hence the name, Double Data Rate. 

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2 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

Give or take a few it should be around 800. DDR stands for Double Data Rate, so in programs it'll read as half the labeled speed.

OP are you sure its not 1333mhz memory? that RAM is available in 1333mhz. Running it in quad channel shouldn't make a difference.

I'm pretty sure I made sure to get 1600... however this is 4 years ago since the build. Brb going to turn on XMP in the bios. I turned it off to see if that would fix the issue. I'm so stupid I should have known that DDR stands for Double Data Rate

i7 4930k \ Asus P9X79 LE \ Corsair H100i \ 16 GB DDR3 G.SKILL Ripjaw \ Asus Strix R9 380x 4GB \ Crucial 500 GB Sata III SSD \ Thermaltake TR2 RX 850W \ Corsair Crystal 460 Black \ Razer Naga Molten edition \ Razer Black Widow Ultimate \ Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speakers \ Hyper X Cloud Alpha \ 

 

i5 6600k\ Asus Z170-A \ Corsair H100i v2 \ 16 GB DDR4 G.SKILL Ripjaw \ Asus GTX 1060 6GB 4GB \ SanDisk 480 GB Sata III SSD \ Seasonic G Series550W \ DIYPC Skyline 06 black/green \ Razer Naga Epic \ Razer Black Widow Chroma \ Logitech 2.1 Speakers \ Logitech G430 \ 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

Give or take a few it should be around 800. DDR stands for Double Data Rate, so in programs it'll read as half the labeled speed.

OP are you sure its not 1333mhz memory? that RAM is available in 1333mhz. Running it in quad channel shouldn't make a difference.

I know what ddr means... As far as I've noticed it's not always consistent... system next to me is reading closer to the Op's speed and that's 1600MHz also in fact all the systems in my work place run 1600MHz ram

Main PC:

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600  | GPU: RTX 2060 | PSU:  | Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 3200Mhz 16GB | OS Drive: Western Digital Black NVMe 250GB | Game Drive(s): Samsung 970 Evo 500GB | Motherboard:  | Case: Fractal Design Define R6 | Monitor(s):  | Keyboard:  | Mouse: Steelseries Sensei 310

 

NASUS (NAS)

CPU: Intel Xeon X3440 | Motherboard: Super Micro X8SIL | Memory: 16GB DDR3 1066Mhz ECC UDIMM | HBA: Dell Perc H200 (Flashed to IT Mode) | Drives: 3x 16TB Seagate Exos x16, 2x 6TB Seagate Enterprise, 1x 6TB WD RED

 

RENEKTON (NAS)

CPU: Intel Core i5 4570TE | Case: Fractal Design Define S | Memory: 16G DDR3 1333Mhz SODIMM | HBA: LSI 1068E (Flashed to IT Mode) | Storage: 4x 3TB Hitachi, 2x 3TB WD RED

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DDR mate, Double Data Rate.

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Annnnnd a quick XMP profile switch fixed that. Thanks fellas!

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i7 4930k \ Asus P9X79 LE \ Corsair H100i \ 16 GB DDR3 G.SKILL Ripjaw \ Asus Strix R9 380x 4GB \ Crucial 500 GB Sata III SSD \ Thermaltake TR2 RX 850W \ Corsair Crystal 460 Black \ Razer Naga Molten edition \ Razer Black Widow Ultimate \ Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speakers \ Hyper X Cloud Alpha \ 

 

i5 6600k\ Asus Z170-A \ Corsair H100i v2 \ 16 GB DDR4 G.SKILL Ripjaw \ Asus GTX 1060 6GB 4GB \ SanDisk 480 GB Sata III SSD \ Seasonic G Series550W \ DIYPC Skyline 06 black/green \ Razer Naga Epic \ Razer Black Widow Chroma \ Logitech 2.1 Speakers \ Logitech G430 \ 

 

 

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