Question My ram is performing lower then expected?

[J4DE]

New to the site and only recently started really getting into my PC, just upgraded my RAM and i tried to benchmark it on Userbenchmark and it didnt go as expected

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/15798208

Not sure if i did something wrong

 

[CountMike]

According to userbenchmark it's running at 1333MHz instead of 1600MHz. Other than that userbenchmark is comparing it not with same RAM but with much faster memory. Pretty useless.

 

[McKeu]

I don't see any Corsair RAM in the list of tested 1600 MHz modules:
https://storage-asset.msi.com/file/test_report/TR10_2743.pdf

The list doesn't necessarily mean much, but probably your main board / CPU clocks them down, as it can't handle them on 1600 MHz.

 

[McKeu]

P.S.: It seems like your RAMs are running on single channel speed. Did you place them in the correct slots for dual?

 

[Karadjgne]

What motherboard.
What cpu.
If 4 slots, are the ram in 1-3 or 2-4 or side-by-side.
Have you gone and looked in the bios to see what speed the ram is running and changed it manually to 1600.

 

[McKeu]

What motherboard.
What cpu.
If 4 slots, are the ram in 1-3 or 2-4 or side-by-side.
Have you gone and looked in the bios to see what speed the ram is running and changed it manually to 1600.

I gathered that from the rest of his userbenchmark. Seems to be a MSI 970A-G43 with a AMD FX-4300

 

[J4DE]

P.S.: It seems like your RAMs are running on single channel speed. Did you place them in the correct slots for dual?

I have them in 1 and 3 i believe

 

[J4DE]

What motherboard.
What cpu.
If 4 slots, are the ram in 1-3 or 2-4 or side-by-side.
Have you gone and looked in the bios to see what speed the ram is running and changed it manually to 1600.

i dont know how to look in my bios and they are in 1-3

 

[McKeu]

You should place them in 2 & 4 from what I gather. The blue slots.
Look here:
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/running-memory-in-dual-channel-on-an-msi-970a-g43.2737361/

Slots 1 & 3 are for single channel mode.

 

[J4DE]

You should place them in 2 & 4 from what I gather. The blue slots.
Look here:
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/running-memory-in-dual-channel-on-an-msi-970a-g43.2737361/

Slots 1 & 3 are for single channel mode.

Put them in 2 and 4 and here are the results https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/15837981

 

[McKeu]

Put them in 2 and 4 and here are the results https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/15837981

Still a less than thrilling result, but you can already see a difference (clocking @800 MHZ). And for whatever reason your RAM seems to be recognized as 667 MHz?
Are you comfortable with setting timings/speed manually in the BIOS?
You could also try resetting the CMOS, so your mobo will retrain everything at next boot.

 

[J4DE]

Still a less than thrilling result, but you can already see a difference (clocking @800 MHZ). And for whatever reason your RAM seems to be recognized as 667 MHz?
Are you comfortable with setting timings/speed manually in the BIOS?
You could also try resetting the CMOS, so your mobo will retrain everything at next boot.

i tried setting my settings/speeds in the bios but i dont think i did it right, and i dont know what resetting the cmos is or does?

 

[McKeu]

Resetting the cmos will remove all trained settings your PC "learned" during boot and reset it to defaults.
Sometimes, especially when changing the GPU or RAM, it might cause trouble, if it starts new modules for example with the settings of the previous ones. Normally it should retrain itself, but sometimes it won't.