Discussion DDR4 1200 VS DDR4 1640

Mir96TA

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I have an AMD Ryzen 2700 CPU which is paired up with B450 Chipset. (if its matters)
I had an event, where I wanted to re-validate the memory module , and had to make sure are still known good.
In that process I disable to XMP profile in UEFI load the normal SPD profile.
Every thing tested out good, I inserted back the my intended memory module back in, and moved on.
Moving forward to today, I started to noticing sluggishness and hesitance (Lack of better word) and I can't figure out why so>
I thought I may be running low on memory because I gave up the 16 GiG of memory, some of virtual machine may be fighting for RAM in my Hypervisor.
When I was looking up the TSK MGR for memory utilization, I notice Speed 2400 (1200), that is when I realize it, OPS I need to enable XMP!
When I got a chance to reboot with correct XMP, it was day and night difference.
I never knew memory speed can makes enough difference where an average user can feel the difference.
I didn't play any games to see a difference, it just day to day productivity uses
Here is a screen shot without XMP profile loaded


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Now here is with XMP profile loaded with DRAM Freq 1640 Mhz

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This maybe common knowledge for some people, for me it was an eye opener.
 
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