Dominator Platinum Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz Not running @ 2666MHz

shikatso

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Nov 5, 2016
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Hi

My specs of my computer are:
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 7700K @ 4.20GHz 32 °C
Kaby Lake 14nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1332MHz (16-18-18-35)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z270X-Gaming 7 (U3E1) 38 °C
Graphics
ROG PG348Q (3440x1440@100Hz)
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (ASUStek Computer Inc) 36 °C
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (ASUStek Computer Inc) 32 °C
ForceWare version: 388.71
SLI Enabled
Storage
931GB Seagate ST1000LM014-1EJ164 (SATA) 41 °C
223GB Crucial_CT240M500SSD4 (SSD)
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
Sound Blaster Recon3Di

I cant seem to get my memory running at 2666mhz there running at 1332mhz says in speccy and cpuz
I enabled XMP in bios at profile 1 @ Memory Frequency 2667mhz and saved it and wen go back to windows it want change to 2666mhz stayts at 1332.7mhz??

anyone have a issue like this? I know that its not one of the sticks folt i ran a ram test on them there fully working and showing up as 32gb all so tryed newist bios and old bios that didnt fix it ether

Here is a picture of my settings : https://ibb.co/cCkP9w


 
Solution
It is running at 2666mhz DDR4, the utilities are telling you the actual frequencies and are also correct. You double the actual frequency to get the DDR4 speed.

Marketing bullshit.