DDR4 RAM an Asus Z170M-Plus motherboard, an i7@6700 CPU-Z and xmp

[Matthew Collins]

Here are all my SPECS:
My processor:
http://ark.intel.com/products/88196/Intel-Core-i7-6700-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHz

Here is my RAM:
http://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/KVR21N15S8_4.pdf

Here is my motherboard:
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z170M-PLUS/

Here is a screenshot of CPU-Z:
http://i.imgur.com/hOvKlYd.jpg

Here is my Drive:
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/233162/Samsung-850-EVO-1TB-25-Internal/?cm_mmc=PLA-_-Google-_-Data_Storage_Media-_-233162-VQ6-155515518920-VQ16-c-VQ17-pla-VQ18-online-VQ19-233162-VQ20-266038479290-VQ21--VQ22-177839036-VQ27-35273413665&adpos=1o3&creative=155515518920&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CNnNmYeos9ACFUZXDQodOF0KrA

Here is my GPU:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/geforce-gtx/GTX_1070_User_Guide.pdf

HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS/ISSUES/PROBLEMS

XMP ISSUES
1.WTF is an XMP Profile I keep reading this term but not one person or place explains exactly what it is. To me a profile is something YOU PERSONALLY create to register on a forum. So that means you somehow create a profile in your motherboard? That's the only sense I can make of this term.
2. I keep reading people saying just enable XMP, pick a profile and save an exit. Except there is no profile to pick from it only says disable.
3. All anyone says is go to AI tweaker, select AI Tuner, and select XMP except there is no such thing as XMP there is only Auto and Manual.

RAM ISSUES:
1. All people keep saying is KIT, WTF is a KIT? This doesn't even make any sense.
2. What speed is my ram running at in my computer? UNless Frequency is the speed then CPU-Z is useless because nowhere on it does it show what speed the RAM is running at. If Frequency is the speed then it shows 2 so which one is correct, furthermore if I have four 4gb and each one is supposed to be running at 2133 why does it only show a single number of either the 902.0 or the 1069.1 Even though I have four 4gb sticks (16GB total) according to CPU-Z I'm only using one Stick of RAM
WTF is my ram running at? Is it even running right or at the proper speed, there is no way to tell because it's got improper numbers everywhere with no explanation as to which one is which.

This is a mess


I am also going to say thanks in advance for any help and or real information people would like to contribute

 

[badboyrog2]

''XMP ISSUES
1.WTF is an XMP Profile I keep reading this term but not one person or place explains exactly what it is. To me a profile is something YOU PERSONALLY create to register on a forum. So that means you somehow create a profile in your motherboard? That's the only sense I can make of this term.
2. I keep reading people saying just enable XMP, pick a profile and save an exit. Except there is no profile to pick from it only says disable.
3. All anyone says is go to AI tweaker, select AI Tuner, and select XMP except there is no such thing as XMP there is only Auto and Manual.''

your ram does not support XMP
xmp is use to overclock to a personal settings in kept in memory with the bios
you need a higher frequency ram to do that..yours is the default frequency of DDR4 memory
2133mhz


''RAM ISSUES:
1. All people keep saying is KIT, WTF is a KIT? This doesn't even make any sense.
2. What speed is my ram running at in my computer? UNless Frequency is the speed then CPU-Z is useless because nowhere on it does it show what speed the RAM is running at. If Frequency is the speed then it shows 2 so which one is correct, furthermore if I have four 4gb and each one is supposed to be running at 2133 why does it only show a single number of either the 902.0 or the 1069.1 Even though I have four 4gb sticks (16GB total) according to CPU-Z I'm only using one Stick of RAM
WTF is my ram running at? Is it even running right or at the proper speed, there is no way to tell because it's got improper numbers everywhere with no explanation as to which one is which.''

what you red is 1066 mhz ..thats ok your ram is 2133mhz ..so 1066 X 2 = 2133mhz
you have to doubling it

kit mean a dual channel KIT , that mean when you buy a kit of 2 ram ...it mean they came from the same manufacturing process batch and are full compatible with each other

 

[WyomingKnott]

I only have enough experience to tell you what a kit is. Although memory is supposed to be interoperable, DDR3 memory pushed the capabilities of the spec so far that arbitrary memory modules from the same manufacturing batch may not work together. In order to make them work, you have to raise voltage (how much requires experimentation) and / or relax timings (ditto). So RAM is now sold in kits of 2 or 4 (there are some three-channel boards) that have been tested together and are guaranteed to work together.

 

[Matthew Collins]

what you red is 1066 mhz ..thats ok your ram is 2133mhz ..so 1066 X 2 = 2133mhz
you have to doubling it
That means absolutely nothing to me.

If each stick of ram is II have is 2133 and CPU-Z only shows 1069.1 or 902.0 then my RAM speed is not correct. CPU-Z should be showing 2133 x 4
but even still is only shows 1066 so it's not even using 1 full stick there are still 3 sticks not being used.

This just doesn't make any sense!
So both of you are saying that my ram is running at the correct speed and there is no way to even be able to manually

 

[MeanMachine41]

Here is my RAM:
http://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/KVR21N15S8_4.pdf

Here is my motherboard:
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z170M-PLUS/

XMP ISSUES[/b]
WTF is an XMP Profile
I keep reading people saying just enable XMP, pick a profile and save an exit. Except there is no profile to pick from it only says disable.
All anyone says is go to AI tweaker, select AI Tuner, and select XMP except there is no such thing as XMP there is only Auto and Manual.

WTF is my ram running at? Is it even running right or at the proper speed, there is no way to tell because it's got improper numbers everywhere with no explanation as to which one is which.

I am also going to say thanks in advance for any help and or real information people would like to contribute

XMP stands for Extreme Memory Profile. It is a profile that allows the RAM to run at a frequency higher than the JDEC memory standard. If your DIMMs have an XMP Profile that is recognizable by the CPU then you would be able to select this profile in Bios. As your DIMMs do not have an XMP profile you will not have the option in Bios to select this.
Your RAM is DDR meaning Double Data rate. CPUz showing 1066MHz means the frequency of your RAM is 2133MHz. The memory tab in CPUz shows currently selected frequency and Primary Timings and the SPD tab will show SPD ext if you have an XMP profile. It also shows the required voltage.
The number of DIMMs you have are listed as slots below the Memory slot selection.

A "KIT" is referred to as the size in GB and quantity of what you purchase as a complete kit. It is not a good idea to mix kits even of the same spec. They may or may not work together and for that, read this informative article: https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?57038-Don%92t-combine-memory-kits!-The-meat-and-potatoes-overview.