DDR3 Ram PC3 - 10700 8Gbytes

[lilithkt]

Hello,
I ran cpu-z and its says my ram speed is 532.0mhz. The NB Freq. says 1119.0mhz. I am
confused on what that means! Can I please get some help here.

 

[rolli59]

CPU-Z reports actual speed which is half of effective speed, in this case 1064MHz. All of this is because of Dual Data Rate=DDR ram is marketed on effective speed.

 

[lilithkt]

So is it running at the right speed? I went from 4 gb to 8 gb and it seems to be running slower?

 

[rolli59]

Ram it self would not be cause of any noticeable performance difference. If it is running slower there is something wrong, try running memtest on the ram http://www.memtest.org/

 

[ky_ecsusa]

Would you tell us which motherboard you using right now?

 

[lilithkt]

Dell Inc.
Model 033FF6
Chipset Havendale/Clark

 

[ky_ecsusa]

I believe you have to check with Dell Support for the specification of motherboard. It is because you have to make sure that the motherboard support your memory speed.