Memory speeds not showing correctly

[dahr]

I overclocked my processor and activated the X.M.P. profile which sets the ram at 1600 MHz (which should show up as 800 MHz) but CPU-Z reports 725 MHz. What's the problem here? When I boot up they do show up as 1600.

I tried to do everything manually as well but nothing changed.

 

[nikorr]

which should show up as 800 MHz

Show up where? In the BIOS?

Post your CPU, mobo and RAM info.

 

[dahr]

Yes they show up correctly in the BIOS.

i5 760
MSI Big Bang Fuzion
Kingston HyperX 8GB DDR3 1600MHz CL9 (2x4 GB)

 

[dahr]

I tried lowering the BCLK to 160 and changing the ram multiplier to 5 in order to achieve 1600 MHz again but instead of 725 it came up as 765 so it's not really going anywhere

 

[dahr]

Back with an update, it's showing correctly now.


I was reminded by an article about the voltage rule for VTT, you have to keep the ram and VTT voltage within a 0.5 range. If you have the ram at 1.65 you have to keep the VTT voltage at 1.15.



While the above is true that was not what solved my problem because I encountered the same thing after trying another overclock. The problem was CPU-Z, the last version doesn't read my overclock correctly, I installed an older version and it displayed everything as it should.