Question Unable to make memory run at full 3200mhz because no XMP option on Lenovo Motherboard

[AngelicPsycho]

Hi, I've recently purchased a Lenovo Prebuilt PC (Lenovo T5) It comes with DDR4-3200 Kingston 16GB memory, but for some reason the memory is limited at a speed of 1600MHz, which is affecting performance in certain games, I'm trying to get the memory to run at it's full potential, but I can't seem to get it to work. I went to the BIOS and noticed that there is no XMP option to make my memory run at a faster speed.
Do I genuinely have to buy a new motherboard and RAM to make my memory work well?

 

[Eximo]

DDR4 3200 runs at 1600Mhz, that should be normal. (Double Date Rate)

Unless your system is reporting DDR4 1600...

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hi, I've recently purchased a Lenovo Prebuilt PC (Lenovo T5) It comes with DDR4-3200 Kingston 16GB memory, but for some reason the memory is limited at a speed of 1600MHz, which is affecting performance in certain games, I'm trying to get the memory to run at it's full potential, but I can't seem to get it to work. I went to the BIOS and noticed that there is no XMP option to make my memory run at a faster speed.
Do I genuinely have to buy a new motherboard and RAM to make my memory work well?

Yes, Eximo is right on the button. The ram runs at 1600 x 2 (DDR - Double data rate).

Your mem is running perfectly. Nothing to worry about.

You can check this in CPU-z on the mem/spd tabs

 

[AngelicPsycho]

Yes, Eximo is right on the button. The ram runs at 1600 x 2 (DDR - Double data rate).

Your mem is running perfectly. Nothing to worry about.

You can check this in CPU-z on the mem/spd tabs

So if I change my ram it should run at a higher speed or am I misunderstanding something?

 

[kerberos_20]

So if I change my ram it should run at a higher speed or am I misunderstanding something?

clock is fine, how many ram modules you have? 1 or 2?

 

[rgd1101]

it is already running at 3200.
what the exact model of this Lenovo T5? or the spec?

 

[AngelicPsycho]

clock is fine, how many ram modules you have? 1 or 2?

2 RAM modules

https://imgur.com/a/ygquxAd

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

No, your ram is running at it's rated speed of 3200mhz. This is 3200mhz/2 = 1600mhz. DDR mean double data rate, so you multiply the clock x 2 which gives you 3200mhz.

Overlocking your mem further than XMP is not a great idea.

 

[kerberos_20]

2 RAM modules

https://imgur.com/a/ygquxAd

can you confirm in cpu-z memory page that it runs in dual channel (2x64bit)?

 

[AngelicPsycho]

it is already running at 3200.
what the exact model of this Lenovo T5? or the spec?

https://imgur.com/a/gYVfjCG

weird, am I missing something here then?

https://imgur.com/a/6q6lFjv

This is the model

 

[AngelicPsycho]

can you confirm in cpu-z memory page that it runs in dual channel (2x64bit)?

https://imgur.com/a/p2og1uN

 

[kerberos_20]

https://imgur.com/a/gYVfjCG

weird, am I missing something here then?

blame ram manufacturers
real speed is 1600MHz, but because its DDR (double data rate), that means it is as fast as 3200MHz, because bandwith is twice higher than what 1600MHz single rate has
correct term would be DDR 1600MHz or DDR4-3200 (no mhz) or 3200 MT/s

 

[kerberos_20]

https://imgur.com/a/p2og1uN

all looks fine

so what issue you have?

 

[AngelicPsycho]

all looks fine

so what issue you have?

So I bought this PC to play videogames at a better performance than the laptop I was running, but I found out that this PC was struggling with a game like World of Warcraft quite a bit, it seemed to have noticeable frame drops in the open world, and especially in raids, issues that the notebook didn't have as much. A PC with a 3060 TI and a R7 5800 should be able to run games like WoW at max graphics settings without FPS issues, right? So the RAM was the only thing that made sense to why the PC wasn't running the game that well. I might be completely wrong because I'm not a massive hardware geek, but that's why I thought this was an issue
Edit: I run World of Warcraft at a mere medium graphic settings on the T5 and still struggling to get 100 FPS consistent, while my laptop with a 1660 TI and a i7-10750H, was able to run the game at max settings at 120 FPS

 

[logainofhades]

Make sure your drivers are up to date, and check temps. Addons up to date? What resolution are you playing at?

 

[Zerk2012]

It's running 3200 just very bad cas (22) probably the cheapest stuff they could find.

 

[AngelicPsycho]

It's running 3200 just very bad cas (22) probably the cheapest stuff they could find.

So would changing the RAM be a good thing, or wouldn't it affect anything?

 

[Zerk2012]

So would changing the RAM be a good thing, or wouldn't it affect anything?

FPS drops are normal what monitor are you using.

 

[AngelicPsycho]

FPS drops are normal what monitor are you using.

ACER Nitro XV273Xbmiiprzx @240hz
problem is the FPS drops are so massive that they drop to 10-15 FPS at certain times for a full 5-8 seconds, running graphic settings at the lowest they can go

 

[kerberos_20]

ACER Nitro XV273Xbmiiprzx @240hz
problem is the FPS drops are so massive that they drop to 10-15 FPS at certain times for a full 5-8 seconds, running graphic settings at the lowest they can go

thats not ram issue, drive could do that

 

[AngelicPsycho]

thats not ram issue, drive could do that

Okay I see, I'll try to figure out how I can improve the performance then, thanks for all the help!

 

[Zerk2012]

ACER Nitro XV273Xbmiiprzx @240hz
problem is the FPS drops are so massive that they drop to 10-15 FPS at certain times for a full 5-8 seconds, running graphic settings at the lowest they can go

That sounds more like the CPU is overheating and throttling down.

 

[Eximo]

You may also want to remove any unnecessary Lenovo software. They aren't known for coding good bloatware.

 

[AngelicPsycho]

You may also want to remove any unnecessary Lenovo software. They aren't known for coding good bloatware.

We're talking all the Lenovo Vanguard software they pre-installed on the system?
Edit: Lenovo Vantage*

 

[Eximo]

We're talking all the Lenovo Vanguard software they pre-installed on the system?
Edit: Lenovo Vantage*

Anything that isn't part of Windows that you don't use, basically. This is the company quite well known for putting literal adware on their systems.