Overclocking Problem EVGA GTX 960

[AnimusV0X]

I have been having an issue trying to get my overclock settings to work while mining. I can overclock the GPU core clock just fine the miner(s) seems to have no issues with that. But for some reason my memory clock does not work. It is actually under-clocked while mining, I believe the stock memory clock for my cards in 3505 MHz but when mining it only hits 3005 MHz. I know the overclock is set because when I go into any game and monitor the GPU it is right where I set it. I have tried using MSI Afterburner, EVGA Precision and Nvidia Inspector, all with the same result. I also tried uninstalling the drivers with DDU and starting fresh. I'm not sure if it something simple I'm missing or if this unique problem for me. Anyways I can't wrap my head around it, and would like any help/suggestions other than reformatting my PC.

I am running:
The latest version of Windows 10
Nvidia driver version: 390.65
2x EVGA GTX 960

Thanks!

[AnimusV0X]

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[Neurolicious]

It's completely normal. Every GPU acts like that. Memory needs some headroom for other tasks like windows aero for example.

[AnimusV0X]

Ok understandable but why does my overclock have no effect. Everywhere I read that overclocking memory is the best way to increase hash rate. But why can't I seem to do it.?