CPU-Z ram speed vs bios ram speed

animositygamers

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Aug 24, 2014
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Basically when I run CPU-Z or HWinfo it says Dual channel DDR3 8GB @799.99 MHz but when i go in bios it say the exact same but with 1600MHz instead of the 800MHz. The physical ram is infact 1600MHz, am I just reading the 2 programs wrong ? The ram is 2x 4gb sticks @1600MHz.
 
Solution
both software and bios tell the truth! true frequecy is 800mhz but since it is ddr(double dada rate) ram sticks, effective speed is 1600mhz.