Windows 7 and Memory

[zerodegreec]

So I have a Laptop with 4gb of DDR2-800 SDRAM

I have done the winsat mem test and get a result of 3700 mb/s on average.

I also notice that my memory is never above 2gb used.

So whats the deal? is my system running the way it should be memory wise? Do allot of people use only half their memory? is 3700mb/s what is to be expected from my memory? Because I see ALLOT faster times from the memory assessment sticky post (I know that some of them are from monster systems and you cant compare...but 3700 seems slow compared to others.

 

[Zidane24]

are you using 32-bit or 64-bit editions of Windows 7? For 4 GB of RAM then you need to be using 64-bit

 

[zerodegreec]

64bit

 

[Zidane24]

Are you sure both sticks are okay? (2GB sticks in both)

 

[zerodegreec]

Well everest shows both 2gb sticks

 

[Firestrider]

Can you download CPU-Z and take a screenshot of both the CPU and Memory tab?

Also what is your WEI score for memory?

 

[Frostbite]

The memory speed seams about the same as my laptop. To see what Windows 7 is doing with your memory do Windows key + R then perfmon.exe /res and click the memory tab.

 

[zerodegreec]

Here you go

 

[Zidane24]

did you by chance mess with any settings in the Boot section in MSCONFIG

 

[zerodegreec]

as well

 

[zerodegreec]

did you by chance mess with any settings in the Boot section in MSCONFIG

not that I can recall

 

[zerodegreec]

I re ran the Win Exp test and got a bit better score

 

[Zidane24]

forgot a step->go to advanced boot options and see if it is specifying a maxium memory amount...

 

[Zidane24]

hm...I have 4GB Kingston 800MHz in my laptop...heres my WEI

 

[zerodegreec]

forgot a step->go to advanced boot options and see if it is specifying a maxium memory amount...

Advanced:

 

[Zidane24]

Advanced:

hm...thats fine also...and I noticed that you have Vista installed also...memory detects fine there too?

 

[zerodegreec]

Detects 4gb if that is what you mean. I have not run the winsat test in vista. BRB I will try it.

 

[zerodegreec]

actually its a vista 32bit and it detects only 3069 (by vistas limits)

The winsat test is the same.

 

[Firestrider]

You have about the same laptop as me and I get 4088 MB/s so it is about the same. I don't think there will be much faster bandwidth until Nehalem mobile processors come out.