Alienware Area-51M R2 RAM upgrade

That's messed up - you have 3200 modules but they are only running at 2933, so it looks like this 2933 motherboard nonsense is real.
As for why you CPU underperforms, I can't tell. Are you sure there is no thermal throttling?

 

I wouldn't think so, it reads in the high 80s or low 90s at the highest. However, if I undervolt it, it gets a bit faster, but not nearly close to what it should be.

 

XMP is disabled in the bios, so maybe enabling it would allow the 3200, not sure.

 

Well, can you not enable XMP in BIOS?
What's your Cinebench 20 score?

 

I bought the 2933 ram but they shipped it with samsung 3200 modules. They still only run at 2933 with no option to enable XMP.

 

You are correct. The census here is they use different motherboards for the ram to limit it.

 

Using the 1.6.0 bios and Intel XTU 6.5.2.40 try applying a custom profile using the primary timings from the XMP/JEDEC 3200mhz profile. It should be able to train successfully and boot.

XTU modifies the hidden bios options so the settings will remain applied across bootups even if uninstalled.

 

I've never been able to install XTU without breaking AWCC. Does yours still work? I need the fan control more than anything else.

 

I don't have AWCC as the 10700k+RX5700M runs fine in balanced mode all the time. In theory you can uninstall AWCC, install XTU, make memory profile changes, uninstall XTU, re-install AWCC.