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So, I've installed my new Ryzen 7 5800X recently and realized through several benchmarking tests to see how it compares to my old 3800X and the difference was very marginal. Turns out that the new processor is only running at a maximum 4.2GHz vs what it could achieve at 4.7Ghz. I've looked online for some solutions like enabling Precision Boost Overdrive and such and none so far have seemed to work. Also, Windows 11 task manager, my Asus motherboard BIOS, and some CPU information software also shows that the maximum speed it can achieve is only 4.2GHz. What can I do to fix this issue?

I've built my new gaming rig (I9 10900, ROG Z490-F Board, Be Quiet Gold 850W PSU) with a MSI Gaming X Trio 3090 originally. This card has 3x 8Pin and a power consumption of 370W. It worked fine, but I returned it as the coil wine was unbearable loud (under load, the system could not be used without closed headphones). Usually boost clock was stable at 1800-1950 Mhz). As a replacement I got an ASUS TUF 3090 OC card (2x 8Pin power). After the first system start, there was a weird behavior under load (Heaven Benchmark), measured with HWINFO64: -Boost Clock only reached ~1500 Mhz) -Fan Speed max 35% -Temperatures not above 60°C -Power Load 370W constantly -Performance/FPS was ~15% belwo the results of my earlier MSI Gaming X Trio 3090. Then, one day later, I ran the benchmark with the same setup another time. Now, the card performs perfectly. -Boost Clock around ~1770-1950 Mhz) -Fan Speed max 67% -Temperatures not above 65°C -Power Load 350W constantly -Performance/FPS was equal to my earlier MSI Gaming X Trio 3090. In none of my tests any background tool like Afterburner was running which could have impacted the results. Now, the card constantly performs as expected no problems. Maybe there was any Bios issue with the Asus card, that got fixed after the 1st initial restart? Or some driver issue which was caused by the replacement from MSI Trio 3090 to the Asus? Did any of you ever faced such a behavior? Could it be a sign for any defective?

Yeah so I got a new laptop for like 900 $ us, and I need a detailed explanation on the base and boost clocks of the ryzen 5 4600H. My laptop is a HP pavilion ec 1024 ax with 8gb ram at 3200mhz ,a 1650 ti and a m.2 nvme ssd. So as far as I know base clock is the base frequency of the processor which is 3.0 ghz for the r5 4600h and it can boost to 4.0ghz.. and boost clock as far as I know is the frequency a single core can boost to.. So intel with the tiger lake processors claim they have a "all core boost clock" Which confused me.. So does the r5 4600h have a all core boost and why have amd not included it in the specifications? And if it does have how do I find out what frequency the individual cores are running at? And is there any other detailed explanation on the boost and base clocks. Thank you

So my evga 1070 sc is rated at 1784 mhz I believe and runs at 1961mhz under load right now on GTA V. My temps are high 60s but I don't really need all that power/heat from the card atm. In fact, for whatever reason, it was running fine at high 50s/~1600mhz. I'd prefer this to the former and just need to know how to change this setting in evga precision without changing my fan curve.

Hi there, I am considering to buy GTX 1080ti for my existing machine. Currently I have a 2GB GTX 680, and it has been really good and keeping up with most of the tasks. Question: I am looking online and there are cards with different base clock speeds, which, I understand the higher - the faster performance. However, how much of a difference does it make when modeling heavy 3D scenes (dense in geometry/shading)? Also, does it have any effect on CUDA rendering (speed)? As always, thanks to everyone.

Hello, What is a Base Clock and Boost Clock ..?? Explain in detail 1. CPU 1 got base clock of 4 ghz and no boost clock but can overclock and have 4 cores and 4 threads 2. CPU 2 got base clock of 2.8 ghz and 4.3 of boost clock but can't overclock and have 6 cores and 6 threads I personally don't plan for overclocking but i am afraid of lower base clock of CPU 2 and does lower base clock affect your computer speed ?? i am a bit worried because i want my computer to be fast as a beast in browsing and day to day tasks i do 1-2 hrs gaming not like 4-8hrs kindly explain most suitable cpu for me 1 or 2 .....Thanks..!!

Bear with me while i tell a tale of woe. Sit and listen, and lend me your ear. Tis a fine night for story tellin'. Grab an ale sire an i will tell you of the one that got away. Which means, let me have an OCD style vent : ) I recently bought the Strix 1070 OC edition. I had to return it for an exchange because of a shot fan controller. Revving. Sudden 100% spin rate. The rpm would read in the 10's of thousands. Was unable to set a custom fan profile. Dud card, so got a new one. My new card performs better (though the fan is still louder than my MSI 980). It still revs at low temps (around 55c) because of what appears to be asus overestimating the fans minimum speed, but with a custom fan profile all is fixed. All of this is business as usual. Got a defective product, returned it for a working one. Amazon customer service is great. Should be end of story. Exceptin for my woes. See, That defective card had attached to it one of the finest pieces of silicon this world ever saw. No ammount of searching on the seven seas, nor high mountains above would produce a treasure so rare. Without me touching a thing, it would boost to 2083MHz and sit there all day. A prize pearl indeed. The white whale. My new card boosts to a mere 2025 (once again at stock settings). 50-60MHz of potential squandered on a poorly produced fan controller. I know i should be grateful for this new card, and what is really a very good performer, but i always return to thinking of the one that got away. My Moby Dick. Imagine the limitless possibilities. The heights we could have soared to, if only given a real chance. Now all life tastes bitter. Tis a fine thing you done. Bearin with a man what is grievin an all. a fine thing. Pardon this old salt his salty tears. My apologies to all who dream of having even 1 of these cards. I am completely aware that i am being a sook.

I Benchmarked my I5 6500 with cinebench r15 today and I've been getting a cb of around 480 instead of around 550cb like everywhere else I've seen on the internet. Upon further investigation, I notice that my CPU speeds drop immediately when put under any sort of load. I've checked my power setting and they are on max performance preset, and my drivers are up to date. Does anyone know what might be the cause of this? My specs are: CPU: i5 6500 Mobo: Gigabyte G1.sniper B7-CF RAM: 2x 4gb Ripjaws 1x 8gb Kingston something GPU: GTX 1050 ti 4gb ps, yes I've tried swapping my wack ram config, I've tried 1x 8gb, 2x 4gb and 1x 4gb it doesn't seem to affect my problem.

So recently I have noticed my RTX 2080ti start to throttle to base clock (1350MHz) no matter what I do. Whenever I start a game or a benchmark the GPU will boost up to 2100MHz then after a few seconds ittl start to dwindle and flatlines at 1350 after around 7 seconds. The highest temp that I am getting in precision x1 is 63 degrees so it isn't because of thermals. Has anyone else had this issue or know how to fix it?

Hi guys! So i just got me an i7-9700k and wanted to try my luck overclocking it. In the process a question came into my mind: So the CPU as standard boosts up to 4,9 GHz if it only uses 1 core down to 4,6 GHz if it uses all 8 cores. When i´m changing the cpu-multiplier i´m obviously changing the clockspeed of all 8 cores. So if i set it to lets say 4,7 GHz instead of 4,6 GHz i wont reach 4,9 GHz boost-clock (even if the cpu only uses 1/2 cores), because i fixed it at 4,7 GHz , right? Will this kind of overclock decrease the gaming performance, since most games aren´t using all cores anyway? Please also give me a bit of an explanation - not just a "no it wont". Thanks a lot in advance!

Hey there! I'm using AMD Ryzen 5 2600 six core processor. Which does have 3.4GHz base clock and 3.9GHz of Boost Clock! But it seems my processor doesn't go up more than 3.7GHz of boost clock. Any 2600 user here? How can I check my processors Max boost clock?? *My motherboard is Gigabyte B450M DS3H and GPU is Gigabyte RX 580 Gaming 8G. Any help would be appreciated ? Thanks in advance <3 <3

Title explains it all I think, but basically what is happening is that my Ryzen 5 3600 will only drop clock speeds, voltage etc. if I have task manager open. If I don't, it will stay pinned at 4-4,1GHz. Ryzen Balanced or Ryzen Performance power plan seems to make no difference. I am running the latest chipset driver and the latest available bios. I have Logitech G hub and FalconX running in the background at all times, but closing those makes no difference either. Everything that has to do with with the processor is set to auto in bios, my ram is overclocked from 2666MHz to 3200MHz though. My google-fu turned up nothing, please help. Specs: -CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 -RAM: 2x8GB HyperX Fury 2666MHz -Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming -GPU: GTX 1070 -Boot drive: Kingston A2000 250GB NVMe M.2 SSD -PSU: Seasonic 650W, unsure about exact model -OS: Windows 10 Pro 1909 64bit

For the past little while, HWMonitor has been reporting insane boost clocks while gaming for my Ryzen 7 2700. Today was the highest I've seen so far at 5.51GHz. I have the CPU overclocked to 4.0Ghz @ 1.35V, and I'm using the stock Prism cooler and an Asrock x370 Killer SLI/ac mobo with 16gb GSkill Trident Z 3200mhz and an EVGA 600W 80+ PSU. Is this a reporting error, and if so what caused it? Or should I get an AIO and see how far this thing will OC? I couldn't get it stable @4.1 without raising the voltage, so I left it at 4.0GHz, but with a better cooler I could probably bring the voltage up a good bit. Though I am a little worried about degradation at that point. How much voltage can these chips take?

I'm having a weird issue where my Ryzen chip won't boost clock. The motherboard is a Gigabyte A320M-HD2 and i have one of the latest BIOS revisions for it (its like F22b or something). I know the A320 boards don't allow overclocking, but I read somewhere that they are supposed to support the native boost clock. I know it isn't boost clocking because in every program I use to check the clock multiplier (Task Manager, CPU-Z, Hardware Monitor) it stays locked at 31 (the base 3.1 GHz clocks). Is there any way I can fix the issue or am I simply misinformed? Thanks.

Something is strange here my Ryzen 5 1600 is at 3.4 all the time even in idle while it should be 3.2 and sometimes it hits 3.7 and the voltage is always high around 1.4 mobo is: Asus Primeb350m-A

I read about my graphic cards specs and it says it 1417 MHz / 1303 MHz but when I play gta 5 and have msi afterburner (not overclocked just for viewing) it says my graphics card is running on 1797 MHz. I don't really understand.

Hi All, I'm looking to upgrade my GPU from the pitiful GT220 currently occupying the single PCIe 2.0 16x slot on my mobo (MSI Indio). I do a lot of video editing and feel an upgraded GPU would improve the speed of my workflow. So, I have a couple of questions that I hope any tech savvy video editors out there may be able/willing to answer. Due to the minimal amount of space available in the case I'm using (an upgraded HP p6235uk) the best card I can find that will fit is a GTX 970. So, my question is, how do the Base & Boost Clock speeds on the cards available from different manufacturers affect things like render performance and playback response? Does a higher clock speed overall mean better performance? Thanks, Lloyd

Hi, I am a little confused about what a boost clock is on the cpu/gpu. I assume the base clock is what the gpu/cpu runs at when it is not being pushed and they always run at this base clock but never below it? And the boost clock is what the cpu/gpu can go to when it is under load? But then for example if the cpu has a base of 3.5ghz and turbo's up to the boost of 3.9ghz why not just call it a 3.9ghz processor and let it automatically decide the required clock? Also, when you are overclocking, are you increasing the base clock or the boost clock, or neither I'm confused..

Hey there. I bought a R9 280 X-Edition (not R9 280x) from VTX3D last summer and now two questions have arised. 1. Using HWInfo x64 or MSIAfterburner I can see that the card only goes up to 855Mhz core clock even though it is rated at 960Mhz, changing core clock or power limit in Afterburner does nothing. (Pic of Afterburner screen is attached.) What can I do to get the full power? Using Windows 7 Home Premium x64 and a Corsair CX750M 750W PSU. 2. The card has a dual fan cooler on wich does a good job of keeping the gpu cool but it blows the air into the case instead of out of the back. Can I do something about that? When playing something demanding my case gets kind of warm and my HDDs reach temps of above 40°C. I want to seal the long side with duct tape so that it can only go out the back. Is that a terrible idea?

Hey all quick question... I've been able to get my GTX 980 Strix to 1400MHz and 7750MHz Memory. The top slider for GPU Boost Clock only allows me to go to 1400. I've seen others go past this and was wondering if I'm missing something in the settings or what...? This was achieved with no tweak to the other settings. See pic for screenshot. Thanks.

This question is mostly focussed on OC'ing GPU's. There are a lot of variations of the same GPU when you get a stock one. But when OC'ing, what is the effect of buying a card with a higher BCLK than others? (which are usually more expensive than the others). Also what is the effect of the Boost Clock? Image above are Stats from Stock Retail GPU's, Not Overclocked

This simple guide originated as a stimulus for users, who asked me how OC GTX780. Questions regarding overclocking of graphics are fairly common, but basically the same principles apply. Mainly for similar architecture. And since I am now the owner not only Radeons, but also its first modern Geforce card, so I will try to accommodate this short article. We will focus on the current series of Nvidia's Kepler architecture and Maxwell. The differences between them are in the upper OC limit of the core and the difference is too little to remember. Especially at lower GPUs models. 1)What do we need know before the OC Software for overclocking of graphics card. We will use the "Asus GPU Tweak". Download it here: GPU Tweak 2.8.2 The software that will detect information about the graphics core, bus speed and temperatures like etc. But this can be despite the already mentioned GPU Tweak ... However, GPU-Z [/ u] as a detection tool I recommend (among other things through it you can save the current BIOS for backup case): http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2463/techpowerup-gpu-z-v0-8-2/ 2)First steps in GPU Tweak and how and what we can set Asus has been used for years tweak soft GPU Tweak utility. Skin can be adjusted according to your own needs, I use the default settings ... The left window covers monitoring and right portions include setting as follows ... The same applies for the setting. On the left set of monitoring - definitely check temperature (GPU temperature), Memory Clock and core (GPU and memory clock), target power and fan speed. The rest settings is at your discretion. Monitoring can also save to the log file. On the right we see several tabs settings, which can be reached with clicks to icon with sliders "tuning" in the upper left side. In the "MAIN" we can see a set of skins and what should happen after starting Windows. -update We will be interested but the second tab "TUNE" Since I have Matrix card, is it a fully unlocked menu settings. Your card it will be available to a limited extent. However, as I highlighted in yellow, it certainly recommend mark and it should be on most cards. GPU Boost - that is frequency on which card will work, and its core clock. With sufficient cooling the card will keep this cycle even longer time, or even overcome it. GPU Voltage - core clock voltage settings, overclocking capabilities of the core increases (boost clock), but also warm and can achieve faster power limit Memory Clock - frequency of memory chips at graphics card. Usually u can see effective memory clock, ie for example 7000MHz GDDR5 effectively = it is real 1750 MHz. Higher memory clocks often cause instability, which was first seen artifacts when playing or falls. Power Target - (alias Power limit = nothing will slow up or limiting the GPU card in performance, when will have a higher consumption), raising it lets''s moving "with such a voltage core graphics card (GPU Boost + GPU voltage) without causing a drop in performance or local declines shots in the game or benchmark. Feel free to start now, you can safely move on powerlimit maximum limit what you allow your setting. The remaining values in the picture, some blue, are only available for unlocked edition cards. Than you can use example memory voltage and LLC or for the VRM frequency itself. After setting it in GPU Tweak-looks something like this. We see information about the frequency, voltage, power target. My card GTX980 Matrix has a base clock 1342 MHz core, 7010 MHz effective memory-power target is essentially 100% and stock voltage for load is 1.213V. Fans spins at 32% of its maximum. 3) Default results GTX 980 Matrix Since I have use now at benchtable PC with AMD A10-7850K, the results are not completely tip top. On the other hand, the mainstream processor with GTX980 worked OK, and GTX980 results grow up... I tested for info in 3D Mark11 Extreme settings and tested the game Sniper Elite Xtreme 2 on maximum settings. 4) When even though you fear - switching profile Asus It may still happen that OC of graphics you have not balls. Asus has here two profiles. One is contrary to light saving profile called Power Saving. Just click on the letter "S" at the bottom of the profiles. A slight overclocking or vice versa called Gamer (the letter G in profiles) - overclocks decently core clock and memory boost There are results of Gamer profile: 5)Manual overclocking - How to When the overclock card, doing it in the smaller steps. First, as I said in another chapter, step up power target slider to the maximum. Start overclocking with unchanged voltage (stock). The core will usually allow about +50-150 MHz on the core, according to the type of the card (GTX600 / 700/900 series) and specific model (DirectCU vs high clocked Matrix) and according to a piece of luck. Memory usually tolerate a little more, try these steps for the first time after 50 MHz efficiently and then lower steps of 5 MHz. Always test stability first in 3D Mark and then stress test such as Furmark (enough for about 10-20 minutes Furmark) or OCCT GPU test. -stress test OCCT for GPU I got a card to 1382 MHz of Boost clock (in practice can in GPU-Z observe that practical Boost gets long and over 1440 MHz!), And 7440 MHz for the memory efficiently. And results: 6) OC With voltage increase For the most of graphics cards will be available regarding the possibility of increasing voltage just for core. Moreover, it is often the GPU Tweak-final slider and the maximum safe limit for cooling. Exceptions are again Matrix series or special tuners unlocked value to determine. Generally it can be said that in generation of Kepler and Maxwell sufficient to increase voltage by about 0.1 to 0.15V versus nominal core voltage. If you accidentally card with this setting core voltage to the maximum limit+ with higher clocks will be stable and yet the result of the 3D Mark will be lower, you have encountered power target. It will be necessary to reduce the required core voltage. Attention also put on the temperature and try to keep your temperature below 85 C under load. I increase voltage from 1.213V up to 1.256V reasonable maximum / optimum for Maxwell. Frequency of Boost core jumped guaranteed to 1412 MHz, memory clocks up to 7720 MHz effectively. At GPU-Z you can see that the maximum boost was even in practice at 1474 MHz. This figure suggests that the card is cooled with a large margin. In the game I achieved an improvement of 5.1 FPS at Xtreme setting, it is about 9% more than in the base/stock settings clocks. Mathematically we are at the core of this edition rose by 5% and memory by 10%, we can say that the very performance-jump corresponds. For less cyclical cards such as the GTX series by Strix get greater percentage difference from the default and thus higher jump in games. Article was gradually complementing the approximate value of overclocking families Kepler and Maxwell. Anyway, always proceed in small steps, all carefully and try some of the first 3D Mark and subsequently playing or OCCT test before driving again on the next MHz up .

I recently decided to try gaming on my macbook pro,and I figured I would install windows on the machine while I am at it. As it turns out I have intel iris graphics,which means that bioshock runs astoundingly well @1920 x1200 on ultra settings. but more interesting is that my clock speed is far higher than it should be. see screenshot now for the in-game screencaps. surprisingly capable i must say