Does this mean my memory is running in Dual Channel?

georgelappies · Nov 17, 2023

I have 2 Kingston Fury Beast 16GB 5600MHz DDR5 CL40 DIMM Single Module 16Gb sticks installed and this is what CPU-Z and task manager shows:

Does this mean my memory is running in Dual Channel?

My motherboard is a:

3x0 · Nov 17, 2023

Yes, it's dual channel.

georgelappies · Nov 17, 2023

3x0 said:
Yes, it's dual channel.

Thanks! I wasn't sure due to the greyed-out DC Mode in CPU-Z

3x0 · Nov 17, 2023

Can you verify with an older version of CPU-z? Or download HWInfo and open "Memory Timings" option via right clicking its tray icon.

CPUz has shown dual channel DDR5 as Quad channel/4x32bit for a long time, I'm not 100% sure if they changed something again.

Macro Device · Nov 17, 2023

No, it's not dual channel in traditional understanding. One channel is 64 bit, and you only have one 16 GB stick populating two sub-channels of 32 bit each. Still faster and more efficient than one DDR4 stick with single 64-bit channel, yet you're still having less bandwidth than you could've had. Install the second RAM stick as soon as you can afford it and you'll get your dual channel with all extra speed this mode provides with.

NB: OC potential of random sticks is worse than that of sticks in kits of two.

Disregard all the above, I had reading comprehension issues. Everything is fine. CPU-Z is bugging you.

3x0 · Nov 17, 2023

Beginner Micro Device said:
No, it's not dual channel in traditional understanding. One channel is 64 bit, and you only have one 16 GB stick populating two sub-channels of 32 bit each. Still faster and more efficient than one DDR4 stick with single 64-bit channel, yet you're still having less bandwidth than you could've had. Install the second RAM stick as soon as you can afford it and you'll get your dual channel with all extra speed this mode provides with.

NB: OC potential of random sticks is worse than that of sticks in kits of two.

He said

georgelappies said:
I have 2 Kingston Fury Beast 16GB 5600MHz DDR5

He has two 16GB sticks, on a motherboard with two RAM slots. Should be dual channel by all accounts.

georgelappies · Nov 17, 2023

Thanks, HWInfo shows this:

And this:

And:

So it is Dual Channel then. I only have 2 RAM slots on my motherboard.

P4-630 · Nov 17, 2023

I see this in AIDA

3x0 · Nov 17, 2023

georgelappies said:
So it is Dual Channel then? I only have 2 RAM slots on my motherboard.

Yup, it's showing as Dual channel. To be absolutely sure, download AIDA64 and do a RAM bandwidth test.

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	MSI MPG B550I Gaming Edge Wi-Fi ITX
Cooling	Scythe Fuma 2 rev. B Noctua NF-A12x25 Edition
Memory	2x16GiB G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3200Mb/s CL14 F4-3200C14D-32GTZKW
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon RX7800 XT Hellhound 16GiB
Storage	Western Digital Black SN850 WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TiB, Western Digital Blue 3D WDS200T2B0A 2TiB
Display(s)	Dell G2724D 27" IPS 1440P 165Hz, ASUS VG259QM 25” IPS 1080P 240Hz
Case	Cooler Master NR200P ITX
Audio Device(s)	Altec Lansing 220, HyperX Cloud II
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum 750W SFX
Mouse	Lamzu Atlantis Mini Wireless
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy Origins Aqua

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	MSI MPG B550I Gaming Edge Wi-Fi ITX
Cooling	Scythe Fuma 2 rev. B Noctua NF-A12x25 Edition
Memory	2x16GiB G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3200Mb/s CL14 F4-3200C14D-32GTZKW
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon RX7800 XT Hellhound 16GiB
Storage	Western Digital Black SN850 WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TiB, Western Digital Blue 3D WDS200T2B0A 2TiB
Display(s)	Dell G2724D 27" IPS 1440P 165Hz, ASUS VG259QM 25” IPS 1080P 240Hz
Case	Cooler Master NR200P ITX
Audio Device(s)	Altec Lansing 220, HyperX Cloud II
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum 750W SFX
Mouse	Lamzu Atlantis Mini Wireless
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy Origins Aqua

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Motherboard	MSI MPG B550I Gaming Edge Wi-Fi ITX
Cooling	Scythe Fuma 2 rev. B Noctua NF-A12x25 Edition
Memory	2x16GiB G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3200Mb/s CL14 F4-3200C14D-32GTZKW
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon RX7800 XT Hellhound 16GiB
Storage	Western Digital Black SN850 WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TiB, Western Digital Blue 3D WDS200T2B0A 2TiB
Display(s)	Dell G2724D 27" IPS 1440P 165Hz, ASUS VG259QM 25” IPS 1080P 240Hz
Case	Cooler Master NR200P ITX
Audio Device(s)	Altec Lansing 220, HyperX Cloud II
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum 750W SFX
Mouse	Lamzu Atlantis Mini Wireless
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy Origins Aqua

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Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
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