Questions tagged [cpu-z]
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Do I have DDR3 or DDR3L Ram?
Above are the CPU-Z benchmarks please tell me I'm a newbie in hardware stuff.
I want to buy a new stick; that's why I need to know. I want to buy DDR3 if its DDR3 and DDR3L if it is DDR3L
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After updating CPU-Z through winget, the language became chinese
I installed CPU-Z before and it was english. Then discovered winget today. Expecting it will behave close to APT on Debian-based operating systems, I upgraded all of the softwares installed on my ...
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XMP profile in CPU-Z : Can't get the memory timings? (even with activated XMP)
I apologize in advance if this question has already been answered. I read through the whole forum but couldn't find an answer to my question. I use a prebuilt PC from HP Omen with 4 x 16GB DDR4-3200 ...
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My processor speed drops to 800 Mhz when my Lenovo Thinkpad W541 is plugged into the OEM cable
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad W541 (Windows 10). The processor is i7 4810MQ. My power settings are "high performance", with max processor speed at 100%.
Always worked well in the past 4 years. ...
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DDR3 but 1.35v, little bit confused
CPU-z says that I have ddr3, but also it says that my ram is 1.35V I'm a little confused, how can ddr3 handle 1.35?. I'm planning to upgrade my ram,i have already chosen 2 sticks of 4GB PC3L 1.35V but ...
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My CPU memory speed reduces to 2400 when adding another module of 2666
I already have a RAM module which came with the actual laptop.
This was an 8GB module with clock speed of 2666.
I purchased one more of the same speed and capacit. This runs in dual channel mode but ...
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BIOS does not show all installed ram
I've installed an additional ram module on my laptop which makes it 12GB in total (one 8GB Stick and one 4 GB stick).
But my bios shows only 8GB.
When I check with CPU-Z it shows only my 4GB module in ...
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Quad Channel Memory Running Dual Channel Configuration
I have a ASRock x399 Fatal1ty Professional Gaming motherboard with a AMD 2950x Threadripper and 4x32gb Corsair Vengence 3600mhz DDR4 memory (all the same type/speed/etc). When I go into the bios, it ...
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CPU Z shows 8 GB ram but task manager shows only 4 GB
I just installed a new 4 GB ram stick in my laptop which has only 2 ram slots(1 ram slot is preoccupied with the manufacturer's ram stick).
So the problem is that when I run CPU Z, CPU Z shows 8 GB ...
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CPU-Z, AIDA32 and hwinfo detect different chipsets on the same machine
Previously I was posting the question, where I determined my Lenovo G550 laptop's chipset by sudo hwinfo | grep Chipset command:
E: ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller ...
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CPU not utilising all cores
Task manager and CPU-Z show that my Intel Core i3-4150 only has one core and two threads. When it should be two and four. The only program I have used that might have impacted this is VirtualBox (I ...
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No info about RAM in CPU-Z for msi prestige ps42?
I need to update my RAM from 8 Gigs to 16Gigs for that I need to find my RAM frequency and other details but CPU-Z gives me no information about this.
Can anyone tell me how to find my RAM details ?
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Why did formatting win 7 computers to windows 10 double their cpu-z bench score?
So I work at a company as an IT guy while I am doing my computer engineering degree. Doing hardware and software maintenance of computers is part of my job. I have had a weird experience with two of ...
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CPU-Z reports two memory modules in dual mode and 2 modules in single mode
The main question:
Why does CPU-Z report the pairs of two 2GB modules as in dual mode and the two 1GB modules as in single mode? Second, which DIMM slots are which channel to put which modules in for ...
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Why and how is my memory running in dual-channel mode?
Some time ago I built a PC with 8 GB RAM (DDR4 2666MHz DIMMs) since I did not have enough money to go for a 16 GB kit.
Later, I realized 8 GB was holding me back from doing a couple of things and ...
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RAM voltage is 1.35 but CPU-z reports DDR3 instead of DDR3L
I have a HP Pavilion 15-ab299nia with 4GB Hynix RAM. HP website says that it has DDR3L RAM but Windows task manager, CPU-Z and Speccy shows DDR3. And it's getting more funny when they show RAM voltage ...
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The memory section in the graphics tab in CPU-Z is grayed out
I wanted to figure out how much VRAM my system had but I was unable to because in CPU-Z, the Memory section in the Graphics tab is grayed out.
I don't exactly know why but if anyone can tell me ...
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CPU-Z single channel but shows 2 ram cards
So today i decided to add another RAM card to my laptop.
I had 1 8GB PC3-12800 (800MHz) already installed
I added another 1 4GB PC3-12800 (800MHz).
Windows shows that i only have 8GB of ram ...
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Blank memory slot information in CPU-Z?
My ASUS laptop came with one 4GB memory stick and I recently added another 4GB to speed things up. There's no problem and everything works fine.
Now, I installed CPU-Z to check about my memory, but ...
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Unequal size dual channel ram, and lower-than-expected frequency
I'm updating a Dell Inspiron N5030, and stumbled upon an odd situation. The laptop has 1 GB and 2 GB of DDR3 ram installed for a total of 3 GB, Dual Channel.
This is reported by both CPU-Z ("DC mode: ...
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Notification every boot saying "This app is no longer available."
Every login I get this message:
After a search, it's due to a recent Windows 10 upgrade. The Application Compatibility Manager no longer approves CPU-Z and uninstalled it. Unfortunately I now get ...
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How to fix clock multiplier, it is 8x with 100 MHz Bus speed?
May laptop (HP G7) which is a low end laptop but can can overloaded even multiple tabs. I have seen it loading very slow if I search images on google search.
I recently installed CPU-Z and found that ...
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Why RAM works on lower frequency?
Notebook Samsung RC510 (NP-RC510-S01PL)
I have 2x2GB Samsung RAM memory, that are able to work with 633MHz (PC3-10600S). But when I check with CPU-Z I see they are works on 533 Mhz. Notebook is new, ...
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CPU and motherboard compatibility
I used CPU-Z to identify my socket and it said 479 mPGA. Also got chipset information and used intel site to check out compatible processors. Turns out a lot of processors were compatible with the ...
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DRAM Frequency showing 800 instead of 1600
I am running a Core i7 CPU originally at 3Ghz overclocked to 4Ghz using a multiplier of x20 and a Bus Speed of 200 Mhz
My memory is 1600 Mhz OCZ.
I installed CPU-Z to see what is going on - but it ...
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CPU-Z and Speccy report unexpected RAM speed
For reference, this is the RAM that I have installed: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231449
Both that page as well as the RAM stick itself say PC3 17000. However, when I ...
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Windows 8 Task Manager not reporting actual CPU frequency
Task manager reports 2.53 GHz, but CPU-Z reports 1192 MHz. My windows is a fresh install of the Windows 8 Pro Upgrade. When I used the Consumer Preview, task manager would report different ...
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Two different core speeds are shown on two different OS by CPU-Z
I installed CPUID CPU-Z in my laptop to review the features of my processor. In Windows XP it shows me the right core speed,
Clock speed- 133MHz
Multiplier- 14
Core speed = 133*14
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Memory timings in CPU-Z : Memory and SPD tab discrepancy - What do they mean?
When I run CPU-Z in my netbook, in the memory tab, the timings displayed are 5-5-5-15, but in the SPD tab, the timings are 5-5-5-18 (JEDEC #3).
What do the differences in the timings between the tabs ...
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