Why do my memory run at lower frequency ?

saurabh845

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Hello,
I have a ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 with AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (not overclocked) and A-DATA Xtreme Series XPG 1600X 2GB*2 (1600 Mhz). I want to run them at 1600 Mhz and so I set them DRAM Frequency in the BIOS from auto to manual 1600 Mhz. But when I see the DRAM Frequency in CPU-Z, it shows 800 Mhz and when in the BIOS, I set the frequency to 1333 Mhz or put it in auto mode which takes 1333 Mhz, it shows 667 Mhz. I am totally new to this and have just made my new pc.

Please help me. Specs

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3
A-DATA XPG 1600X 2GB*2 (4GB)
Seagate ST31000528AS * 3 in RAID 5
XFX NVIDIA 9600GT 512MB GDDR3
WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE 64-BIT.
 

d1rtyju1c3

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The memory is reading right you have to multiply the memory by 2 in cpuz. Cpu-z shows you the clock speed not the actual Frequency so 800x2=1600 and 667x2=1333.
If the memory was actualy running at 800 it would read as 400 or 667 would read as 333. Hope this helps.