My fx 6300 is underclocked by default. Any solutions other than overclocking?

[TheRagingGamer]

My fx 6300 came in today. And i bought the no box version. So after is installed it it said that its 3.1 ghz, but it should be 3.5. And it also performs a lot worse than it should. I was only getting 5720 points on passmark instead of 6000+ that i should be getting. My motherboard only has 4pin cpu connector and i only have 2gb of ram right now (will get 8gb soon), if that helps. 

Anyway here are the specs:

Mobo: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-DS3 
Ram: 2,00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 671MHz (8-8-8-24)
GPU: 2048MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (ASUStek Computer Inc)

[the jolly roger]

dont trust task manager plz, and well then JUST OVERCLOCK IT.

[Rheinwasser]

try to put load on it, it might just be an error in the software.

[DeViLzzz]

Overclock the *****!  It was meant to be overclocked.  There is a great guide on how to overclock AMD FX chips on LTT.

[Tedster]

Heh.

 

First off, what are your temperatures? Try a program like Core Temp.

Your FX-6300 is probably running far too hot and is throttling to keep itself at a safe temperature.

[TheRagingGamer]

try to put load on it, it might just be an error in the software.

passmark counts as load right? 

[TheRagingGamer]

Heh.

 

First off, what are your temperatures? Try a program like Core Temp.

Your FX-6300 is probably running far too hot and is throttling to keep itself at a safe temperature.

15C it says it right there 

[Tedster]

15C it says it right there 

Sorry, screenshot wasn't loading for me.

 

Make sure that Speccy isn't just making those temps up and then try overclocking the hell out of it.

[Faceman]

Be careful with that motherboard, only 4+1 VRMs with no heatsinks... recipe for disaster.

[FellTheSky]

2gbs of ram?

[SeanBond]

15C it says it right there 

Something tells me unless it's 2 degrees in your room you are not running that cpu at 15c even at idle. I would say put a load on it then check cpu speed again, it won't always run max speed.

[TheRagingGamer]

2gbs of ram?

i used to have 8gb of corsair xms3. 6gb died on me and all i have now is 2gb 

[TheRagingGamer]

Something tells me unless it's 2 degrees in your room you are not running that cpu at 15c even at idle. I would say put a load on it then check cpu speed again, it won't always run max speed.

i am not using the stock cooler and the room i am in is cold. its about 10C 

[Sankster]

Overclock my 6300 is sat at 4.7GHz quite happily. 32 degrees Celsius idle   

[SkilledRebuilds]

Power Savings is what I see...,.....CPU's can do different speeds easily on the fly via the CPU Multiplier, Go to windows power profiles, in control panel, click and enable 'high performance' ........as default is probably set to something else which enabled harsher declocking. This will leave it at it's highest or higher frequencies for longer.

 

The 800-1400+Mhz is a power saving technique, if you do not want it, set high performance, and if it still happens, improve cooling, or disable AMD's Power saving in the bios. Watch your Temps and see how you go with it staying at it's higher frequencies over time as it will build heat if your airflow is bad.

[PutuLips]

You could try reset your BIOS? That might be the problem. Task manager's CPU clock is calculated at startup, so it might be that.

[thebennyboy]

You're CPU is downclocking, you need to turn off cool n' quiet in the BIOS. Try running the test again once you've done that.