leon1912

I'd get a RX 570 or 580 instead. Better and cheaper. However it does need more power (about 150W; not 150W more).

That's normal when you're in idle and on battery - if your CPU runs at full speed, you'd get 1 hour of battery or lower

Change your power plan profile to high performance.
Go to advanced settings and set Processor power management to max.
 
Note: you will drain the battery FAST
 

 

It should not be running that low, unless it only sometimes goes to 500mhz. If its stuck on 500mhz, try updating your BIOS. Download the bios update from their website, extract the contents to a freshly fat32 formatted USB drive, and then open the easyflash utiliy in the BIOS. Point it to the bios update file you downloaded and you should be good to go.
 
If it still doesn't fix it, try downloading chipset and power management related drivers from the same page you got the BIOS update from.

That's the normal idle clockspeed for his CPU on battery.

^^ It's the normal underclocking CPUs do when idle, just more dramatic because it's a mobile chip going for the lowest power consumption possible. Even my 4.5Ghz OCed i7 5820K in my desktop drops to 1-1.1Ghz when not under load, hops right back up to proper clocks when it has something to do. You've only got issues if it doesn't hop back up. Keep in mind some mobile CPUs have different boost clocks for battery vs plugged in though, due to the limitations of batteries. 

Seems legit.
 
The multiplier on that is 4-23 with no turbo. So it is definitely within normal frequency range.
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/88180/intel-core-i3-6100u-processor-3m-cache-2-30-ghz.html
 
Its just the power profile/battery holding the clocks back.
 
 

That's also normal - your battery is physically not capable of powering the CPU to its maximum performance state. That's why you need an adapter if you want to do anything intensive

Well:
Laptops usually need the AC adaptor hooked up before they'll allow the CPU a full power target, on battery they usually run a bit slower. If you want the best performance from a laptop, plug them in. 

Thanks for all answers.
My laptop has done a BIOS update automatically about a month ago.

Oh I misread his comment as he has the tomahawk at home ?

For a x370 board? Questionable 

He never said that... You asked him why he was using the X370 board when he could buy a B450 instead, and he answered your question and said that he's using it [the X370 board] because he already owns it.
 
 
That's a decent price. I'd go with that, only a little over your budget but it gives you a good quality power supply and semi-modular cables (motherboard 24pin + CPU are fixed).

@Spotty op had a B450 board which I advised him to use ?

Nah, definitely not.
The Corsair Vengeance 80+ Silver that is selected in the PCPP list is a million times better than the Seasonic M12ii.
 
OP wants it modular.
 
.... If OP already has the X370 motherboard he won't be spending $169 on it? Well, I mean he's probably already spent money on it... But there's no point worrying about that now if he already has it?
 
The 80+ Silver models of the Vengeance series are better. The 80+ bronze is the old, discontinued line.
 
@leon1912 If you want a good 500w+ power supply that is modular you are going to need to spend more than €60. Looking at Caseking.de you can get some decent stuff for €70 like the Corsair TX550M. https://www.caseking.de/corsair-tx550m-series-modular-netzteil-550-watt-necs-111.html

That's a terrible, ancient PSU that's overpriced by at least €45. 
System Power 9 600W for €58. 

So use that then. Spending $169 on a X370 is just plain stupid - sorry. 

Why that motherboard ? A B450
tomahawk is cheaper and better

you got an answer

What are you powering and where are you buying from?

Okay!
I just paid 79€ (around 89$) for this board. @Stormseeker9
 

Thank you! @frozeNNN
 

https://www.caseking.de/seasonic-m12ii-evo-80-plus-bronze-netzteil-520-watt-nese-030.html
 
little bit more expensive but a great psu