ram half speed

useless49

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firstly to say hi to all. hope someone can advise me, please.
i have 16gb of dual channel ddr4 2666MHz ram but it shows as 1333 when checked in mem test or cpu-z. why is that? also, how do i know if XMP is enabled? if not, how do i enable it? i have a Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 3 mobo

many TIA
 

useless49

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Nov 26, 2016
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many tnx for the info, Tradesman1. understand now.

i found out also about the XMP setting. so simple to enable, if you know where and how.