CPU speed and DRR4 Speed, I'm out of my depth

CyanBC

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To first clarify, I'm not at all interested in overclocking. I do, however, prefer that my components run at the speeds for which they are rated. I bought a new system:

ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM
Intel Core i7-5930K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.5GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W

I noticed that my ram was not running at its rated speed:
DDR4 2800 (PC4-22400)
Timing 16-18-18-36

but was closer to 2133. So I changed it in the BOIS to match the settings above.

Now my processor seems to be running below its rated speed, i assume due to up-clocking the DDR4 speed?
(based on F-Stream ASRock utility)
CPUFreq 3310.83Mhz, BCLK Freq 127.34MHz, CPU Ratio x26, CPU Cache Ratio x24.

Can someone guide me somewhere to get my system running at its rated values?

Thank you, and I apologize for my ignorance. I prefer quiet, stable systems so I've never done overclocking.

**Update:
Thank you, your answer is correct on teething issues. ASRock has a beta driver to increase DDR 2800 compatibility in the beta zone.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20X99X%20Killer/?cat=Beta
With what you've said about the DDR speed vs CPU, I think I'll just revert to my original settings and wait for an official new BIOS from ASRock.
 
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DDR 4 technology is new and like all new tech comes with some teething issues. It may be the RAM is perfectly fine but the motherboard needs a BIOS upgrade. In all seriousness I cannot envisage a scenario where you will notice the difference in RAM speed. In my experience 90% of applications will not require your system to exceed a yawn. Games will almost certainly bottleneck on the GPU before anything else and video rendering tends to bottleneck the processor. RAM suffers severe diminishing returns on the performance scale.

Wamphryi

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DDR 4 technology is new and like all new tech comes with some teething issues. It may be the RAM is perfectly fine but the motherboard needs a BIOS upgrade. In all seriousness I cannot envisage a scenario where you will notice the difference in RAM speed. In my experience 90% of applications will not require your system to exceed a yawn. Games will almost certainly bottleneck on the GPU before anything else and video rendering tends to bottleneck the processor. RAM suffers severe diminishing returns on the performance scale.
 
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