help Ryzen 5 1600x only running at 2.2ghz

[DiabeticSeizures]

So during Christmas, I upgraded my pc to have an AMD Ryzen 5 1600x instead of an AMD FX-6350, but the damn CPU only runs at a slow speed of 2.2ghz. My games run normally, but my system hangs back, causing the whole pc to lag. I've reset the CMOS, updated the BIOS, and even installed new CPU chipset drivers for the darn pc, but nothing worked.  CAn somebody pleaSE HElp??

[auraofjason]

Are you on balanced/high performance power plan?

[DiabeticSeizures]

Just now, auraofjason said:

Are you on balanced/high performance power plan?

In the MB BIOS, it is set to ASUS Optimal and on Windows 10, it's on AMD Ryzen Balanced

[auraofjason]

2 minutes ago, Colin Kent said:

In the MB BIOS, it is set to ASUS Optimal.

There are power plans in windows as well:

 

[DiabeticSeizures]

Just now, auraofjason said:

There are power plans in windows as well:

 

Yep. Did that too...

[Linksys120n]

Thats probably just your Idle speed, It will ramp up to full power as necessary... Unless apps are actually going slow I would stop worrying about exact numbers. If the computer feels fast then it is fast if it feels slow then look into your options.

[DiabeticSeizures]

Just now, Linksys120n said:

Thats probably just your Idle speed, It will ramp up to full power as necessary... Unless apps are actually going slow I would stop worrying about exact numbers. If the computer feels fast then it is fast if it feels slow then look into your options.

IDK man. In an Overwatch game, still the same

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

1 hour ago, Colin Kent said:

IDK man. In an Overwatch game, still the same

does Overwatch max it out? i don't think so.. 

[DiabeticSeizures]

Just now, firelighter487 said:

does Overwatch max it out? i don't think so.. 

I've also run CPU stress tests from CPU-Z and it still runs at the same frequency...

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

58 minutes ago, Colin Kent said:

I've also run CPU stress tests from CPU-Z and it still runs at the same frequency...

that's weird.. is the system cooling policy set to active?

[NMS]

Are there any settings in UEFI to indicate the speed of CPU?

Frequency mode or something?

[Ebony Falcon]

13 hours ago, firelighter487 said:

does Overwatch max it out? i don't think so.. 

Most stupid thing iv read lol 

ow doesn't max it out 100 percent per core but u want the cpu to ramp up to full speed my 1700x runs at 4ghz for ow Burbank only 30 percent per thread

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

20 minutes ago, Ebony Falcon said:

Most stupid thing iv read lol 

calm down. i've never run Overwatch on Max settings, and i have owned machines where the cpu was the bottleneck in that game. 

[DiabeticSeizures]

4 hours ago, Ebony Falcon said:

Most stupid thing iv read lol 

ow doesn't max it out 100 percent per core but u want the cpu to ramp up to full speed my 1700x runs at 4ghz for ow Burbank only 30 percent per thread

Well, if you were smart, you would see that I said, "I've also run CPU stress tests from CPU-Z and it still runs at the same frequency..." Read.

[Shiftstealth]

2 hours ago, Colin Kent said:

Well, if you were smart, you would see that I said, "I've also run CPU stress tests from CPU-Z and it still runs at the same frequency..." Read.

 

 

Have you tried using the High Performance windows power plan? You could also roll back to another BIOS, might i suggest the 3404. This doesn't have the newer AGESA for the newer processors that might have caused you some grief. Just to add some value to my post i'm running a 1700 on the exact same mobo.

[Ebony Falcon]

8 hours ago, Colin Kent said:

Well, if you were smart, you would see that I said, "I've also run CPU stress tests from CPU-Z and it still runs at the same frequency..." Read.

He was implying that the game wasn't stressful enough to ramp the cpu up 

[Salacious B Crum]

On 2/3/2018 at 4:21 AM, Colin Kent said:

So during Christmas, I upgraded my pc to have an AMD Ryzen 5 1600x instead of an AMD FX-6350, but the damn CPU only runs at a slow speed of 2.2ghz. My games run normally, but my system hangs back, causing the whole pc to lag. I've reset the CMOS, updated the BIOS, and even installed new CPU chipset drivers for the darn pc, but nothing worked.  CAn somebody pleaSE HElp??

Did you ever overclock this cpu? I would still go into the bios and force reset to optimized defaults I've had this problem on bad overclocks and needed to be reset also do not use that crap software overclock use only the bios and if that crap software is still on your rig remove it as it can conflict with the bios

[DiabeticSeizures]

14 hours ago, Shiftstealth said:

 

 

Have you tried using the High Performance windows power plan? You could also roll back to another BIOS, might i suggest the 3404. This doesn't have the newer AGESA for the newer processors that might have caused you some grief. Just to add some value to my post i'm running a 1700 on the exact same mobo.

I have used the high-performance power plan, but that didn't change anything.

[DiabeticSeizures]

8 hours ago, mrbilky said:

Did you ever overclock this cpu? I would still go into the bios and force reset to optimized defaults I've had this problem on bad overclocks and needed to be reset also do not use that crap software overclock use only the bios and if that crap software is still on your rig remove it as it can conflict with the bios

The problem wasn't with CPU-z, the problem is that this just happened for no reason at all. I haven't tried to overclock yet, but I don't think I need to anyways. I will uninstall CPU-z anyways to see if that helps.

[DiabeticSeizures]

9 hours ago, Ebony Falcon said:

He was implying that the game wasn't stressful enough to ramp the cpu up 

I run overwatch at high to ultra settings anyways, so it would have at least ramped up the frequency so it would be faster than my Chromebooks processor.

[DiabeticSeizures]

14 hours ago, Shiftstealth said:

 

 

Have you tried using the High Performance windows power plan? You could also roll back to another BIOS, might i suggest the 3404. This doesn't have the newer AGESA for the newer processors that might have caused you some grief. Just to add some value to my post i'm running a 1700 on the exact same mobo.

So what you are saying is with BIOS version 3404, it works perfectly? Because if so, I will defiantly try that.

[Salacious B Crum]

56 minutes ago, Colin Kent said:

The problem wasn't with CPU-z, the problem is that this just happened for no reason at all. I haven't tried to overclock yet, but I don't think I need to anyways. I will uninstall CPU-z anyways to see if that helps.

I don't think cpu-z is an issue the software I am speaking of is part of the AI suite 3 software that goes with your mobo, I know this may be a long stretch but reset your bios for the possibility that an overclock was done on your board even if you didn't I would not put it past anyone to return a board and it be placed back on the shelf it won't hurt and it will eliminate a large group of possibilities.

[trevrez]

If you google ryzen locked at 2.2ghz you will find others with the same issue.  I haven't experienced the issue myself and haven't got to read up on it yet but you are not alone.   Someone in the reddit comment thread below was saying anytime multiplier is set to anything other than auto it will lock it to 2.2ghz.  

 

 

[Shiftstealth]

On 2/4/2018 at 4:53 PM, Colin Kent said:

So what you are saying is with BIOS version 3404, it works perfectly? Because if so, I will defiantly try that.

Any luck with switching BIOS'?

[dcgreen2k]

Are you sure it isn't because of the super slow RAM?