Reported Memory Speed Wrong

[att1cus]

Hey everyone. I have the following build:

Meshy Ryzen - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, GeForce RTX 5080, SSUPD Meshlicious Mini ITX Tower - PCPartPicker

Meshy Ryzen - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, GeForce RTX 5080, SSUPD Meshlicious Mini ITX Tower

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For some reason, HWINFO is reporting my memory speed at 3194.2MHz when it should be 3200MHz.

Also, since i built this system, I have been experiencing virtual memory management problems detailed here:

Thread 'High virtual memory usage in Windows 11'

Apr 3, 2025

Hey everyone - I recently installed windows 11 from scratch on my PC. For some reason, my virtual memory usage indicator is very high. It's sitting at about 60-75% used when i have a few browsers open as well as steam, discord, onedrive etc. I have 32GB memory installed. When I launch a game, it rockets up to 98-99% used and sometimes causes game crashes. I have not changed the setting - it's still set to let windows manage the virtual memory for me.

• att1cus
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Would very much appreciate any advice.

This is a 100% clean installation. I prepared a windows 11 USB using Microsoft's tool, let it update during install, and installed missing drivers after windows had started. Software installed with freshly downloaded installers includes steam, discord, chrome, firefox, teracopy, 7zip, MS office, zoom, VLC, NZXT CAM, hwinfo, slack. I only mention this to show that I didn't move anything from an old system that may bring with it malware.

Could this be caused by a RAM hardware issue?

 

[Martin]

Memory clock is tied to bus clock (BCLK) and if BCLK isn't exactly 100 MHz, then you see such difference. It's common for BCLK to be slightly lower due to SSC.

 

[att1cus]

Memory clock is tied to bus clock (BCLK) and if BCLK isn't exactly 100 MHz, then you see such difference. It's common for BCLK to be slightly lower due to SSC.

Thank you Martin! Since I reinstalled, I haven't gotten a crash like I reported in my previous thread, but virtual memory usage still seems to be relatively high. Any suggestions?

 

[Zach]

Hey everyone. I have the following build:
For some reason, HWINFO is reporting my memory speed at 3194.2MHz when it should be 3200MHz.

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Your system bus clock should be at 99.8MHz instead of a round 100MHz.
If you want to make it 100MHz then you can do it in BIOS by disabling the "Srpead Spectrum" setting.

 

[att1cus]

Your system bus clock should be at 99.8MHz instead of a round 100MHz.
If you want to make it 100MHz then you can do it in BIOS by disabling the "Srpead Spectrum" setting.

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Thanks Zach - any ideas on my other thread about high virtual memory usage?