1600MHz DDR3 RAM clocked to 800MHz?

[drcartman5035]

Is there anyway I can clock my RAM up to it's advertised frequency? Here are my PC specs:

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-6300 18 °C
Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M5A97 R2.0 (Socket 942) 25 °C
Graphics
2D FHD LG TV (1920x1080@60Hz)
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (EVGA) 35 °C
Storage
465GB Seagate ST3500320AS (SATA ) 28 °C
931GB Crucial CT1000MX500SSD1 (SATA (SSD))
117GB SanDisk SDSSDP128G (SATA (SSD)) 35 °C
931GB Western Digital WD Ext HDD 1021 USB Device (USB (SATA) ) 30 °C
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHAS122 W
Audio
NVIDIA High Definition

 

[jeremyj_83]

The RAM is running at the correct speed. DDR works on the rising and falling edges of the clock cycle so it runs at 800MHz but its effective speed is 1600MHz, ie 800 * 2 = 1600.

 

[kanewolf]

Your RAM IS clocked to the advertised frequency. The "DDR" in DDR3 stands for double data rate. That means that the memory can transfer twice per clock. So 1600Mhz rated RAM is correctly clocked at 800Mhz.

 

[bignastyid]

DDR3 1600 runs at 800Mhz and has transfer rate of 1600 MT/s. DoubleDataRate ram is advertised at its transfer rate not is actual clock speed

 

[geraldff120]

DDR stands for double data rate so 800mhz is actually 1600mhz

 

[drcartman5035]

The RAM is running at the correct speed. DDR works on the rising and falling edges of the clock cycle so it runs at 800MHz but its effective speed is 1600MHz, ie 800 * 2 = 1600.

Oh that makes sense, thanks