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KZ12

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Dec 21, 2009
I'm not as savvy about memory overclocking as CPU overclocking, pretty new to it actually, and I just wondered if someone could give me some input as to whether or not I can get any performance improvement by overclocking them. I'm wondering if there is something that I'm not utilizing or that is set below optimal. My FSB and rated RAM Hz are not the same currently.
Thanks for any advice/help!

Here is my CPU-Z output:

CPU-Z TXT Report
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Binaries
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CPU-Z version 1.53

Processors
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Number of processors 1
Number of threads 2

APICs
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Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 1

Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Codename Windsor
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
Package Socket AM2 (940)
CPUID F.3.3
Extended CPUID F.43
Brand ID 4
Core Stepping JH-F3
Technology 90 nm
Core Speed 3013.8 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 15.0 x 200.9 MHz
HT Link speed 1004.6 MHz
Stock frequency 3000 MHz
Instructions sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64, AMD-V
L1 Data cache 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 1024 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
Max FID 15.0x
Max VID 1.400 V
P-State FID 0x02 - VID 0x12
P-State FID 0x0A - VID 0x10
P-State FID 0x0C - VID 0x10
P-State FID 0x0E - VID 0x10
P-State FID 0x10 - VID 0x0E
P-State FID 0x12 - VID 0x0C
P-State FID 0x14 - VID 0x0A
P-State FID 0x16 - VID 0x08

K8 Thermal sensor yes
K8 Revision ID 5.3
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 0
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 1
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 2
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 3


Thread dumps
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CPU Thread 0
APIC ID 0
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0
Type 02002008h
Max CPUID level 00000001h
Max CPUID ext. level 80000018h
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 64 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 64 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 1 MB, 1 thread(s)

CPUID
0x00000000 0x00000001 0x68747541 0x444D4163 0x69746E65
0x00000001 0x00040F33 0x00020800 0x00002001 0x178BFBFF
0x80000000 0x80000018 0x68747541 0x444D4163 0x69746E65
0x80000001 0x00040F33 0x000009A3 0x0000001F 0xEBD3FBFF
0x80000002 0x20444D41 0x6C687441 0x74286E6F 0x3620296D
0x80000003 0x32582034 0x61754420 0x6F43206C 0x50206572
0x80000004 0x65636F72 0x726F7373 0x30303620 0x00002B30
0x80000005 0xFF08FF08 0xFF20FF20 0x40020140 0x40020140
0x80000006 0x00000000 0x42004200 0x04008140 0x00000000
0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x0000003F
0x80000008 0x00003028 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x00000000
0x80000009 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000A 0x00000001 0x00000040 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000B 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000C 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000D 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000E 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000F 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000010 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000011 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000012 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000013 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000014 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000015 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000016 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000017 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000018 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

MSR 0x0000001B 0x00000000 0xFEE00900
MSR 0xC001001E 0x00000000 0x00000053
MSR 0xC0010015 0x00000000 0x02000040
MSR 0xC0010042 0x31061208 0x06160216
MSR 0xC0010041 0x00000190 0x00000816

CPU Thread 1
APIC ID 1
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 1, Thread ID 0
Type 02002008h
Max CPUID level 00000001h
Max CPUID ext. level 80000018h
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 64 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 64 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 1 MB, 1 thread(s)

CPUID
0x00000000 0x00000001 0x68747541 0x444D4163 0x69746E65
0x00000001 0x00040F33 0x01020800 0x00002001 0x178BFBFF
0x80000000 0x80000018 0x68747541 0x444D4163 0x69746E65
0x80000001 0x00040F33 0x000009A3 0x0000001F 0xEBD3FBFF
0x80000002 0x20444D41 0x6C687441 0x74286E6F 0x3620296D
0x80000003 0x32582034 0x61754420 0x6F43206C 0x50206572
0x80000004 0x65636F72 0x726F7373 0x30303620 0x00002B30
0x80000005 0xFF08FF08 0xFF20FF20 0x40020140 0x40020140
0x80000006 0x00000000 0x42004200 0x04008140 0x00000000
0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x0000003F
0x80000008 0x00003028 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x00000000
0x80000009 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000A 0x00000001 0x00000040 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000B 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000C 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000D 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000E 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000F 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000010 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000011 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000012 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000013 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000014 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000015 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000016 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000017 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000018 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

MSR 0x0000001B 0x00000000 0xFEE00800
MSR 0xC001001E 0x00000000 0x00000053
MSR 0xC0010015 0x00000000 0x02000040
MSR 0xC0010042 0x31061208 0x06160216
MSR 0xC0010041 0x00000190 0x00000816



Chipset
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Northbridge NVIDIA MCP61 rev. A3
Southbridge NVIDIA MCP61 rev. A2
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 4096 MBytes
Channels Dual
Memory Frequency 376.7 MHz (CPU/8)
CAS# latency (CL) 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 5
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 5
Cycle Time (tRAS) 18
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 24
Command Rate (CR) 2T

Memory SPD
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DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number F2-6400CL5-1GBNQ
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 4.0-4-4-10-14 @ 266 MHz
JEDEC #2 5.0-5-5-15-21 @ 400 MHz

DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x51
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number F2-6400CL5-1GBNQ
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 4.0-4-4-10-14 @ 266 MHz
JEDEC #2 5.0-5-5-15-21 @ 400 MHz

DIMM # 3
SMBus address 0x52
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) (0000000000000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 3.0-3-3-9-12 @ 200 MHz
JEDEC #2 4.0-4-4-12-16 @ 266 MHz
JEDEC #3 5.0-5-5-18-23 @ 400 MHz

DIMM # 4
SMBus address 0x53
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) (0000000000000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 3.0-3-3-9-12 @ 200 MHz
JEDEC #2 4.0-4-4-12-16 @ 266 MHz
JEDEC #3 5.0-5-5-18-23 @ 400 MHz

DIMM # 1
SPD registers
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 80 08 08 0E 0A 61 40 00 05 25 40 00 82 08 00 00
10 0C 04 30 01 02 00 03 3D 50 50 60 32 1E 32 25 80
20 17 25 05 12 3C 1E 1E 00 30 32 64 80 14 1E 00 00
30 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 3F
40 7F 7F 7F 7F CD 00 00 00 00 46 32 2D 36 34 30 30
50 43 4C 35 2D 31 47 42 4E 51 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

DIMM # 2
SPD registers
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 80 08 08 0E 0A 61 40 00 05 25 40 00 82 08 00 00
10 0C 04 30 01 02 00 03 3D 50 50 60 32 1E 32 25 80
20 17 25 05 12 3C 1E 1E 00 30 32 64 80 14 1E 00 00
30 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 3F
40 7F 7F 7F 7F CD 00 00 00 00 46 32 2D 36 34 30 30
50 43 4C 35 2D 31 47 42 4E 51 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

DIMM # 3
SPD registers
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 80 08 08 0E 0A 61 40 00 05 25 40 00 82 08 00 00
10 0C 04 38 01 02 00 03 3D 50 50 60 32 1E 32 2D 80
20 18 25 05 13 3C 1E 1E 00 30 39 69 80 14 1E 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 5A
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 45 4B 20 4D 45 4D 4F 52 59 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

DIMM # 4
SPD registers
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 80 08 08 0E 0A 61 40 00 05 25 40 00 82 08 00 00
10 0C 04 38 01 02 00 03 3D 50 50 60 32 1E 32 2D 80
20 17 25 05 12 3C 1E 1E 00 00 39 69 80 14 1E 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 28
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 4F 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 39 36 31 30 30 33 30 31


Monitoring
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Mainboard Model M61P-S3 (0x000001B7 - 0x00532493)

LPCIO
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LPCIO Vendor ITE
LPCIO Model IT8716
LPCIO Vendor ID 0x90
LPCIO Chip ID 0x8716
LPCIO Revision ID 0x3
Config Mode I/O address 0x2E
Config Mode LDN 0x4
Config Mode registers
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 87 16 03 01 1A 00 40 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 02 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 02 00 00 04 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Register space LPC, base address = 0x0290


Hardware Monitors
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Hardware monitor ITE IT87
Voltage 0 1.36 Volts [0x55] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 1 1.87 Volts [0x75] (VIN1)
Voltage 2 3.17 Volts [0xC6] (+3.3V)
Voltage 3 5.32 Volts [0xC6] (+5V)
Voltage 4 12.22 Volts [0xBF] (+12V)
Voltage 5 -12.16 Volts [0xBE] (-12V)
Voltage 7 5.32 Volts [0xC6] (+5V VCCH)
Voltage 8 2.85 Volts [0xB2] (VBAT)
Temperature 0 29∞C (84∞F) [0x1D] (TMPIN0)
Temperature 1 52∞C (125∞F) [0x34] (TMPIN1)
Temperature 2 37∞C (98∞F) [0x25] (TMPIN2)
Fan 0 1658 RPM [0x197] (FANIN0)
Register space LPC, base address = 0x0290

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 13 00 00 00 FF FF 00 37 FF 87 28 09 07 98 FF 00
10 FF FF FF 33 D7 FE FC C2 01 FF 00 FF FF FF FF FF
20 55 75 C5 C5 BF BE 06 C6 B2 1D 34 25 FF 02 02 02
30 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00
40 7F 7F 7F 7F 7F 7F 5F 74 2D 40 90 22 FF FF FF FF
50 FF 1C 7F 7F 7F 50 00 00 90 00 0C 12 60 00 00 00
60 FF 14 00 20 91 03 FF FF 1B 1E 2D 20 B2 00 FF FF
70 FF 14 00 20 90 03 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
80 00 00 00 00 FF FF 7F 7F 00 00 FF C0 02 00 99 99
90 7F 7F 7F 00 00 7F FF FF 7F 7F 7F 00 00 7F FF FF
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
B0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
C0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
D0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
E0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
F0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

Hardware monitor AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Temperature 0 44∞C (111∞F) [0x5D] (Core #0)
Temperature 1 47∞C (116∞F) [0x60] (Core #1)
 
ram at 1:1 is ideal i recall.

if your memory FSB is above your ram FSB you likely wont see much real world gain.
 
Unless you benchmark, Mr Guv is right. There really isnt a point to running your ram faster than 1:1.
 
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