i7 7700HQ Turbo Boost at idle

[Sahil10416]

I have an ASUS GL503 which has an i7 7700HQ processor. From a couple of days ago it has started to Turbo Boost at idle. It goes up to 3.6 GHz at idle, which makes the laptop hot while watching videos & drains the battery faster. I have checked everything, no program is running in the background & I have kept the performance at balanced. Any suggestions?

[genexis_x]

It is normal

 

Use Throttlestop to undervolt and set lower multi core boost clock for low load (save a profile for that). See my sig below for guide

[Sahil10416]

4 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

It is normal

 

Use Throttlestop to undervolt and set lower multi core boost clock for low load (save a profile for that). See my sig below for guide

My laptop wasn't doing this a couple of days ago. So, how is it normal? I have undervolted my laptop using Intel XTU, is XTU causing the trouble?

[Garcia98]

Check if the battery slider is set to best performance, that sets the Speed Shift EPP to 0 which forces the CPU to work at full frequencies all the time. You can also try restoring the balanced profile settings.

[Sahil10416]

3 hours ago, Garcia98 said:

Check if the battery slider is set to best performance, that sets the Speed Shift EPP to 0 which forces the CPU to work at full frequencies all the time. You can also try restoring the balanced profile settings.

I have already tried that but it didn't help.

[genexis_x]

11 hours ago, Garcia98 said:

best performance

best performance mode (balanced profile) isn't the same with high performance profile

[Garcia98]

23 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

best performance mode (balanced profile) isn't the same with high performance profile

I know