xms3 problems

RiskyRix · 22 Apr 2011 at 16:26

just installed windows 7 and run the wei getting 5.9 for ram? i expected it to be higher than this?

specs:

phenom ii x4 955 be
gigabyte ga-880gm-ud2h
xms3 1600mhz 2x2GB

its giving me a rating of 5.9 and when the system boots its states its running at 1330mhz? is this normal? and another thing in windows it says only 3.50gb is usable?

hope you can help

Phenomenologica · 22 Apr 2011 at 16:54

I'm running 2x2gb of the same RAM and mine comes in at 7.8, and windows 7 reports all 4 gigabytes for me.

philjohn · 22 Apr 2011 at 17:39

Windows 7 x64 or 32bit?

RiskyRix · 22 Apr 2011 at 17:51

64bit

RiskyRix · 22 Apr 2011 at 17:52

Phenomenologica said:
I'm running 2x2gb of the same RAM and mine comes in at 7.8, and windows 7 reports all 4 gigabytes for me.

i was expecting something like that does anyone know how i can get that rating? 5.9 is surely not right. :confused:

Orcvader · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:06

Are you running a board with an IGP? Perhaps disable it in BIOS?

RiskyRix · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:50

Orcvader said:
Are you running a board with an IGP? Perhaps disable it in BIOS?

whats that lol? im a noob

Orcvader · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:56

Integrated GPU. They usually take some of the system RAM. If you're using it then keep it on. If you have a discrete GPU then it's fine to disable it in BIOS.

RiskyRix · 22 Apr 2011 at 19:29

Orcvader said:
Integrated GPU. They usually take some of the system RAM. If you're using it then keep it on. If you have a discrete GPU then it's fine to disable it in BIOS.

yeh but that shouldnt affect the wei rating surely?

Orcvader · 22 Apr 2011 at 20:21

Well the way the WEI works, I find it really bad to rate a system. Honestly it poorly benchmarks the system and seems to give inaccurate results. The best way is to use other benchmark software and see what you get.

As for RAM, I notice the more RAM I dedicate to an IGP, meaning less usable RAM, the lower the WEI rating goes.

Blue160 · 22 Apr 2011 at 20:22

WEI is rubbish, so don't take it's scores too literally.

Have a look at CPUz and check it's running at the right speed.

RiskyRix · 22 Apr 2011 at 21:16

Blue160 said:
WEI is rubbish, so don't take it's scores too literally.

Have a look at CPUz and check it's running at the right speed.

this is what im getting in cpuz:

Orcvader · 22 Apr 2011 at 21:22

You should see it running at 800mhz, not 669mhz.

I'm assuming this is your RAM?: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

If so then the timings are right. You just need to enter BIOS and change the speed/RAM multiplier.

RiskyRix · 22 Apr 2011 at 23:25

Orcvader said:
You should see it running at 800mhz, not 669mhz.

I'm assuming this is your RAM?: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

If so then the timings are right. You just need to enter BIOS and change the speed/RAM multiplier.

yes thats the one will try that now :rolleyes:

Blue160 · 22 Apr 2011 at 23:55

Enabling XMP might help as well.

RiskyRix · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:06

ok im now getting 800mhz in cpu-z and 1600mhz as stated on boot up but still getting 5.9 wei? tbh should i really worry about this or just ignore it? am i loosing performance?

Blue160 · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:17

I wouldn't worry. WEI reckons 5.9 for my SSD as well, but it's obvious from using it that it's way faster than my HDD. WEI is rubbish.

RiskyRix · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:23

Blue160 said:
I wouldn't worry. WEI reckons 5.9 for my SSD as well, but it's obvious from using it that it's way faster than my HDD. WEI is rubbish.

k i wont take any notice of it then lol

MOOGLEYS · 25 Apr 2011 at 01:03

I have the same Ram and mine comes up as 7.8 and I'm running it at 1333mhz..

The windows score is not the best tbh..

RiskyRix · 25 Apr 2011 at 16:22

i disabled integrated gfx and i got 7.6 so i think maybe thats why im running at 1600mhz ?