Don't think my RAM is running at full speed

TommyV · 17 May 2015 at 19:55

Hi All, bit of a vague couple of questions but please bear with me.

I'm using the following RAM with a Gigabyte Gaming-7 Z97X board (This bundle).
Looking in BIOS, it's telling me that it is running in 1600mhz but should be 2400mhz. In CPU-Z it's telling me the following;

^same for both slots

I've looked at the XMP profiles in BIOS but nothing for my RAM, does anyone happen to know how I can go about getting it right?

Here is a firestrike standard bench confirming the same http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/6999820?
My full specs are;

- i7 4790k @ stock
- Gigabyte Gaming-7 Z97X
- R9 290 Vapor-X @ stock
- 16gb Kingston Hyper-X 2400mhz
- Samsung 850 EVO
- 2tb Seagate

cheers,
tommy

stulid · 17 May 2015 at 20:44

You ram is running at 2400Mhz.

1199.8 times two (its double data rate) = 2400Mhz.

To comfirm, goto the classic BIOS mode and show me the advanced memory section, you can press F12 to save an image of the BIOS to a USB drive.

TommyV · 17 May 2015 at 22:36

Thanks stulid, I've gone and had another look and now feel like a complete tool!

CEUOTC · 17 May 2015 at 23:09

No need to kick yourself. We have all been there, the joys of enthusiast pc'ing

TommyV · 17 May 2015 at 23:25

Thanks dude, been out of the game for years, how things have moved on!

Another FS saw me hit 9900, I WILL hit 10k!!

CEUOTC · 17 May 2015 at 23:33

TommyV said:
Thanks dude, been out of the game for years, how things have moved on!

Another FS saw me hit 9900, I WILL hit 10k!!

Easily with that set up, managed 11k+ with 4.7 on my old i7 3770k and 1.2 on my old 290(P) flashed to X.

CEUOTC said:
Final run for this rig, managed to get 4.7 stable in FS. (Well untill another driver update happens and they bring out another card )

i7 [email protected] Ghz Water Cooled
290(P) Flashed to X @1,222 Mhz/1,600 Mhz Watercooled.

AMD 14.9.2 drivers

SCORE
11845 with AMD Radeon R9 290X(1x) and Intel Core i7-3770K Processor
Graphics Score 14137
Physics Score 12191
Combined Score 5245

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3187129