i5 4590 not at full power

[Admiral Noob]

Hello everyone. I'm new around here and this is my first post. So bear with me plz 

 

Yesterday i bought a i5 4590 and ASUS H97 pro gamer MOBO. My problem is simple. CPU-Z shows that CPU is running at 3093 MHz instead of 3.3 GHz. How do I fix it? Also when does it go into turbo mode? Can I force it to go turbo?

[Umzipumzi]

If you run it at prime95, does it ever change to 3.7? Also is it thermal throttling?

[Jambls]

It turbos when it is being used and needs a little extra power and is cool enough.

It is probably running at about 3ghz because it is not being used and so it is saving power.

[Admiral Noob]

I haven't seen it go past 3093 MHz. Temps are never more than 46-48C.

[ADZ_123_!"£]

Hello everyone. I'm new around here and this is my first post. So bear with me plz 

 

Yesterday i bought a i5 4590 and ASUS H97 pro gamer MOBO. My problem is simple. CPU-Z shows that CPU is running at 3093 MHz instead of 3.3 GHz. How do I fix it? Also when does it go into turbo mode? Can I force it to go turbo?

What cooler are you using?

PS welcome to the forums

[Admiral Noob]

I have never heard of prime95 @Umzipumzi

I'm using stock cooler. @ADZ

[ADZ_123_!"£]

I have never heard of prime95 @Umzipumzi

I'm using stock cooler. @ADZ

You will never get your cpu to turbo on a stock cooler, if you get the hyper 212 evo then it will be constantly at its boost clock and much much quieter.

[Admiral Noob]

But its so quiet I can't tell if its turned on without the light blinks. Even if if i press my ears against the case I can't hear anything. Anyways, why is it at 3093 MHz tho? That's my real problem.

[CalebTheEternal]

If you run it at prime95, does it ever change to 3.7? Also is it thermal throttling?

From what I understand he shouldn't use Prime95 because it's a Haswell chip and I heard it overvolts them a lot.

[ADZ_123_!"£]

But its so quiet I can't tell if its turned on without the light blinks. Even if if i press my ears against the case I can't hear anything. Anyways, why is it at 3093 MHz tho? That's my real problem.

The problem is (I think) that your cpu is getting to warm for it to turbo because the stock cooler is crap. you need to get anything else then it will turbo.

[Umzipumzi]

From what I understand he shouldn't use Prime95 because it's a Haswell chip and I heard it overvolts them a lot.

 

Really? 

 

Hmm. Learn something new everyday.

[Admiral Noob]

So i get that i need an after market cooler for it to go turbo. But what do i do for it stay at 3.3 GHz?? 200 MHz is a lot to lose.

[Emanuel_M]

If you right click on desktop there should be n Intel type of catalyst then there look for an option that will be on full power. And turn power saving off there too.

[Admiral Noob]

Surprisingly there isn't any such catalyst @Emanuel_M

[duriel]

From what I understand he shouldn't use Prime95 because it's a Haswell chip and I heard it overvolts them a lot.

 

only on certain versions. i don't remember which one is the safer one to go with but i could search and come back with results

 

@op make sure you're using High Performance under power options.

[Admiral Noob]

I changed the profile from NORMAL to HIGH PERFORMANCE in bios. But no change 

[duriel]

I changed the profile from NORMAL to HIGH PERFORMANCE in bios. But no change 

 

no, power options in windows.

 

[duriel]

did some peeking around, @OP make sure you're using Prime95 version 27.9 and not any other version of prime for the time being

 

otherwise i'd suggest using aida64 / intel extreme tuning utility / intel burn test instead.

[Emanuel_M]

But the thing is OP not every CPU is made equal, and you can't force the CPU to run on turbo boost at all times.

[Admiral Noob]

Thanks everyone for helping me    I'll do some experiments tomorrow and see how it goes 

[Admiral Noob]

I know its been a long time since i wrote this post and i should have said something earlier but better late than never right?

 

So I tried the various things every one here said and none of it worked. So i assumed that maybe i just got the short end of the stick and i would have to live like this forever. Turns out it wasn't like that. 2/3 weeks later i got my hand on a genuine win 8.1 (was a pirate before, now i'm with the empire) So I clean installed that. And guess what, its works just fine. Now it even turbos with the stock fan. I have no idea what happened there. Can a driver issue cause such a problem?

 

Anyway its resolved now. And THANK YOU everyone who helped me. I really do appreciate the help