Turn on XMP Profile when testing?

[Synomenon]

When testing my RAM with Memtest86+ or HCI Memtest, should I enable / turn on my RAM's XMP profile in the BIOS?

 

[corb01772]

Yes, you should. The XMP profile just auto-configures your BIOS so the RAM runs at its advertised speed.

 

[Synomenon]

Ok, turned XMP on and there's another setting in the BIOS for the RAM that let's you choose standard, turbo or extreme. It's called "Performance Enhance" and I set that to extreme.

Started Memtest86+ 5 minutes ago. Memtest shows:
Settings: RAM: 646MHz (DDR3-1293) / CAS: 8-8-8-23

The specs. for this RAM from Kingston's site:
DDR3-1600 / CAS: 9-9-9-27

 

[Synomenon]

I don't see any changes in the info. Memtest shows when I change "Performance Enhance" from Standard to Turbo to Extreme.


Anyone know why Memtest is showing it as DDR3-1293?

 

[Synomenon]

Ok, so I started testing my RAM with HCI Memtest Deluxe (the bootable DOS version) before posting this thread so I ended up testing it for 32 hours w/o the XMP profile enabled and the "Performance Enhance" setting set to "Standard".

I just finished testing my RAM with the newest version of Memtest86+. The XMP profile was enabled and "Performance Enhance" was set to "Extreme". I let Memtest86+ run for 30 hours, 30 minutes. 13 passes, 0 errors.

I guess my 16GB DDR3-1600 HyperX RAM is good.

Just have to test it in Windows now with the Windows version of HCI Memtest Deluxe.