| Windows 7: Under performing RAM |
17 Jan 2013
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Under performing RAM Okay so I have another post going in graphics, this might be related it might not be. I ran a PerformanceTest 8.0 and the Memory Mark is really low.
16GB Corsair XMS3 DDR 3
Bench mark test sets it at 1106 which is equal to 4GB of Kingston PC2-6400 RAM.
Yeah thats pretty bad.
Not sure whats going on, I cant get my memtest disc to boot at all. Not sure what to do at this point. Games get real choppy and mouse cursor lags sometimes.. Thats what Im experiencing. BIOS RAM is set to 1600 1.55Volts ganged | My System Specs |
| OS WIN 7 x64 CPU AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3 Memory 4X4 DDR3 XMS3 1600mhz Graphics Card Radeon HD 7870 Ghz edition 2GB - Have older 6870 in now Sound Card VIA Technologies, Inc. ( board generic) Monitor(s) Displays Asus 25" something or other Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Microsoft wave Mouse M510 PSU Corsair 750W Gold Case No Idea Cooling 4 Ninja fans, 2 top, 1 front, 1 rear, Hyper 212 + for CPU Hard Drives KINGSTON SH103S3240G ATA Device 240GB
WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 ATA Device 1TB Internet Speed 30/5 Other Info Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG |
18 Jan 2013
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit NC |
Your issue might not be RAM related at all but rather some other hardware issue with your gaming issues. With out any system specs correctly filled in, it's like finding the proverbial needle in the hay stack. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit CPU AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition Motherboard Asus M4N78 Pro Memory GSkill 4 X 2 GB PC 8500 Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 6790 D Sound Card On board VIA High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Dual monitors:Samsung SyncMaster S20B300 Screen Resolution 1600 X 900 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Razor DeathAdder PSU Ultra X4 750 watt fully modular Case Thermaltake Overseer RX 1 full tower Cooling Core-Contact 92 mm CPU Cooler Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 1TB (primary)
Seagate Barracuda 2 X 320 GB Internet Speed 50/5 Mbps UL/DL Other Info Optical: Super Muliti DVD burner w/lightscribe, Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800 |
18 Jan 2013
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#3 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
| My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25 Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN. Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless Mouse M/S 5000 wireless PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull- Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive Internet Speed 3.0 mb Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall |
18 Jan 2013
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#4 | | |
Nifty program, saves me typing a bit.. | My System Specs | | OS WIN 7 x64 CPU AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3 Memory 4X4 DDR3 XMS3 1600mhz Graphics Card Radeon HD 7870 Ghz edition 2GB - Have older 6870 in now Sound Card VIA Technologies, Inc. ( board generic) Monitor(s) Displays Asus 25" something or other Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Microsoft wave Mouse M510 PSU Corsair 750W Gold Case No Idea Cooling 4 Ninja fans, 2 top, 1 front, 1 rear, Hyper 212 + for CPU Hard Drives KINGSTON SH103S3240G ATA Device 240GB
WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 ATA Device 1TB Internet Speed 30/5 Other Info Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG |
18 Jan 2013
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#5 | | Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601 Italy |
actually, if you follow the tutorial linked, there is an additional step to auto-upload all the findings in your profile's specs page, so everyone can see the specs from the My System Specs in the bottom right corner of any and all of your posts. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number custom built OS Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601 CPU AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core (a revision without the bug) Motherboard ASUS M4A78 Memory 4,00 GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Fujitsu Siemens P19-3P Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 32 bits @ 60 Hz Oh yeah, 4:3 rocks! Keyboard Microsoft, whatever. Mouse Optical, logitec. PSU whatever, around 450w Case Scavenged from old company PC, 10+ years old Cooling CPU fan, GPU fan, case fan, nothing fancy Hard Drives (1) MAXTOR S TM3320613AS SATA Disk Device (2) STM35004 18AS SATA Disk Device (3) TOSHIBA USB 2.5"-HDD Internet Speed effective max speeds: 70-ish kB/s down 30-ish kB/s up Antivirus Avira, free endition. Browser Firefox with FXChrome to make it look like Google Chrome Other Info Was discarded by previous owner due to "horrible performance".
Was running Win Xp from a IDE drive. Yeah. Was a pain.
SATA II drive and Win7 and it zips away! Yay! |
18 Jan 2013
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM NW Florida |
open an elevated command prompt ( click start, type cmd in the search box, on the cmd entry that appears, right click it and select run as administrator ) type winsat mem and press enter. Post a screenshot when completed.
When that is completed you may try running winsat formal.
Here is a tutorial for running memtest86+ with a download link. Try re downloading the latest version and burn to disk again. RAM - Test with Memtest86+ | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built- Always under construction OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM CPU Intel i7-3770K Motherboard Asus Maximus V Extreme Z77 Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3-2400 (2X4GB) Graphics Card EVGA GTX 670 SC 4GB Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD Screen Resolution 1920X1080 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CORSAIR AX850 Case Cooler Master HAF X Cooling Custom Water Cooling Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 830 256GB, Samsung HD103SJ 1TB . External HD- Black X dock esata 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Samsung Spinpoint Internet Speed carrier pigeon speed Antivirus MSE/MBAM Browser ie8 Other Info 2nd Rig,Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64, i7-2600K, Asrock P67 Extreme 4, 8GB DDR3-2133, HAF XM case, Noctua NH-D14, Gigabyte HD6950 OC 1GB, 2 X Crucial M4 128GB, Asus 24" LED.
Laptop- Samsung RF711-SO1 17" i5-2310M, 8GB DDR3-1333, Crucial M4 and OCZ vertex2, Nvidia GT540M.Win 7 HP X64 SP1. |
18 Jan 2013
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#7 | | |
Thanks for the top Essenbee.
Did some swapping today. Since I kept getting low RAM numbers on Performance test 8.0 I figured that is where the issue would be first tackled. Pulled out the RAM and put my HTPC RAM in there, all three sticks = 6GB. Ran performance test, came up with same numbers. Then tested it on Counter Strike GO, No problems, played for half an hour with no chugging or lag like symptoms. THen I moved to test with main RAM.
Next I plugged two RAM sticks into slots 1 and 3 on the MOBO. Tested, same number. Played CS GO, no issues.
Tested the other two RAM sticks in slots 1 and 3 on the MOBO. Tested, same number. Played CS GO, no issues.
After that I put two RAM sticks in slots 2 and 4. Tested, same number. Played CS GO, got the choppiness and lag like issues within a few minutes.
Left 1 stick RAM in slot 4 and retested with same numbers. Played CS GO, got the choppiness.
Swapped it over to slot 2, retested, same numbers. Played CS GO, no issues.
So RAM looks okay, just the MOBO RAM slots. Pity, bought the MOBO a month ago, and it didnt even make it a full month before having issues. Going to RMA it, and probably pick up a different brand MOBO. | My System Specs | | OS WIN 7 x64 CPU AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3 Memory 4X4 DDR3 XMS3 1600mhz Graphics Card Radeon HD 7870 Ghz edition 2GB - Have older 6870 in now Sound Card VIA Technologies, Inc. ( board generic) Monitor(s) Displays Asus 25" something or other Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Microsoft wave Mouse M510 PSU Corsair 750W Gold Case No Idea Cooling 4 Ninja fans, 2 top, 1 front, 1 rear, Hyper 212 + for CPU Hard Drives KINGSTON SH103S3240G ATA Device 240GB
WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 ATA Device 1TB Internet Speed 30/5 Other Info Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG |
19 Jan 2013
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#8 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
| My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25 Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN. Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless Mouse M/S 5000 wireless PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull- Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive Internet Speed 3.0 mb Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall |
21 Jan 2013
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#9 | | |
Interesting I placed the 4th stick of Ram in the slot and put my old video card in and it ran just fine. So I guess I may have been wrong in some ways, but how can one slot of RAM be causing issues with the Video card? | My System Specs | | OS WIN 7 x64 CPU AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3 Memory 4X4 DDR3 XMS3 1600mhz Graphics Card Radeon HD 7870 Ghz edition 2GB - Have older 6870 in now Sound Card VIA Technologies, Inc. ( board generic) Monitor(s) Displays Asus 25" something or other Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Microsoft wave Mouse M510 PSU Corsair 750W Gold Case No Idea Cooling 4 Ninja fans, 2 top, 1 front, 1 rear, Hyper 212 + for CPU Hard Drives KINGSTON SH103S3240G ATA Device 240GB
WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 ATA Device 1TB Internet Speed 30/5 Other Info Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG |
21 Jan 2013
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#10 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM NW Florida |
Bad ram can cause a multitude of errors that blame any number of things, and cause faults in a number of things. You can also have problems with other pieces of hardware that can show as bad ram, when that is not the underlying problem. That is why we keep asking you to fill out your system specs. It gives us the ability to see what hardware we are dealing with. It enables us to help you resolve your issues. If you will read this to System Info - See Your System Specs | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built- Always under construction OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM CPU Intel i7-3770K Motherboard Asus Maximus V Extreme Z77 Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3-2400 (2X4GB) Graphics Card EVGA GTX 670 SC 4GB Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD Screen Resolution 1920X1080 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CORSAIR AX850 Case Cooler Master HAF X Cooling Custom Water Cooling Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 830 256GB, Samsung HD103SJ 1TB . External HD- Black X dock esata 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Samsung Spinpoint Internet Speed carrier pigeon speed Antivirus MSE/MBAM Browser ie8 Other Info 2nd Rig,Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64, i7-2600K, Asrock P67 Extreme 4, 8GB DDR3-2133, HAF XM case, Noctua NH-D14, Gigabyte HD6950 OC 1GB, 2 X Crucial M4 128GB, Asus 24" LED.
Laptop- Samsung RF711-SO1 17" i5-2310M, 8GB DDR3-1333, Crucial M4 and OCZ vertex2, Nvidia GT540M.Win 7 HP X64 SP1. Under performing RAM problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:48 AM. | |