BIOS Displaying Wrong RAM info

aigram

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I have the following RAM installed:
G.SKILL
Sniper Series
F3-17000CL11D-8GBSR
DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000)
Cas Latency-11
11-11-11-30
1.6V

My Asus UEFI BIOS reads the RAM as having timing of 11-11-11-30-2N, the maximum frequency is listed as being 1600 (which was my old RAM frequency) and it is getting the model number sort of wrong. I am using XMP Profile #2 with a i5-3570K Ivy Bridge processor. This all being said, the AI Tuner still says that the frequency is set at 2133 and the voltage is correct...I am just unsure why the above information does not match the specs. I have not tried anything as far as troubleshooting goes because I am not really sure what I would troubleshoot.
 
Solution
Which mobo and model # of the DRAM, do you have the latest BIOS? Profile #2 is slightly different timings from the spec, Profile 1 is the basic, 2 is for enthusiasts that may want to tinker a bit more


So first off, Asus tends to want to impose some settings as far as CPU ratios and frequency go, as well as some strange frequency choices for RAM. Are any of these automatic choices correct? I am not looking to overclock right now; my processor runs just fine at stock speeds of 3.4 and the stock frequency of my RAM is 2133. I pretty much just want these stock speeds. If I clear my CMOS and Asus chooses some different settings, should I just set them back to stock?