Memory won't clock right

[pitbox46]

EDIT: Solved. Apparently DDR transfers twice in one cycle and the effective frequency is double of the actual frequency (look at the replies below, I probably paraphrased wrong).

 

My memory simply doesn't match the frequency that is set in the BIOS. I have it set to 1333mhz in the bios(default speed) and in CPUZ and Window's Task Manager it says that my frequency is set to 667-670(CPUZ fluctuates). I tried lowering the frequency of the memory in my BIOS, but the actual frequency moved with it (moved down to 800mhz, recieved 400mhz. Seems to be a 2:1 ratio). 

 

How do I fix this?

 

System:

FX-6300

GTX580ti

2 4gb of Corsair XMS3 Vengeance DDR3

970A-DS3P Gigabyte Motherboard

Edited October 3, 2017 by pitbox46
Solved

[DocSwag]

It is actually at 1333 MHz. DDR memory is Double Data Rate. Basically, the actual clock speed of your ram is only 667 MHz. However, the ram transfers data at two points during the clock cycle and so the effective clock speed of the ram is 1333 MHz (double that of 667 MHz)

[pitbox46]

2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

It is actually at 1333 MHz. DDR memory is Double Data Rate. Basically, the actual clock speed of your ram is only 667 MHz. However, the ram transfers data at two points during the clock cycle and so the effective clock speed of the ram is 1333 MHz (double that of 667 MHz)

Thanks for the response, I was playing a game(PUBG) and saw horrendous performance issues and I figured out that it was the ram. That was when I noticed this. I guess that the problem is the amount of ram rather than the speed. 

[DocSwag]

16 minutes ago, pitbox46 said:

Thanks for the response, I was playing a game(PUBG) and saw horrendous performance issues and I figured out that it was the ram. That was when I noticed this. I guess that the problem is the amount of ram rather than the speed. 

Yeah that could be the reason. Check memory usage while gaming; if it's reaching upwards of 7gb or so that's probably the reason.