My ripjaws 4gb ddr3 rated only 5.9 in WEI? whats wrong?

aceyclay · 02 Jan 2013

here is my system

Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
AMD TRINITY A10-5800K
GIGABYTE GA-F2A75M-D3H
RIPJAWS-X 4GB 1600Mhz
SAPPHIRE HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 128BIT
GENERIC 600w PSU

**RUNNING IN DUAL GRAPHICS MODE(AMD RADEON HD 7660D + 6670 Dual Graphics)

here is my WEI
http://tinyurl.com/ak5clal

in cpu-z
http://tinyurl.com/b7wd2s6
http://tinyurl.com/a75nn6p

my friend's pc has a 7.3 rating for his ram (we have exactly the same ram) while mine is only 5.9?! wtf?
how can i fix this? please..

Lebon14 · 02 Jan 2013

Of course... there's only one stick. So, it's running in single channel. If you install two or more sticks, it should make a difference in WEI since it takes multiple sticks to run double or triple channel.

EDIT

Here's my CPU-Z

(3x2GB DDR3 Ram on Core i7 950)

To run in dual channel, in your current setup, you need an additional stick. Adding a 3rd or a 4th stick won't make you go in triple or quadruple channel.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231313

Once you get another stick and install it, your WEI should improve.

Pedroc1999 · 02 Jan 2013

As said above, dual channel and triple channel cant always be 'felt' by the user, but it does make a diffence in benchmarks because windows can utulise the bandwidth of the 2/3 channels and swap out memory more often(correct if im wrong) and also WEI is very unreliable.it is just for a big picture of your system. Someone might have the exact same setup and score .5 above or below you... If not more