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Do These CPU Clock Spikes Look Normal?

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uh, just an attempt to save power while responding to short draw calls to the CPU

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After fixing my GPU issues I noticed my CPU clocks speeds were spiking while I just had my usual programs open, no games or heavy demanding things.

I'm also using the Balanced Power plan on Windows 10. (CPU is i7-9700k)

https://gyazo.com/dfdcec62970d2441811732197d6c324a

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uh, just an attempt to save power while responding to short draw calls to the CPU

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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15 minutes ago, Venoms said:

After fixing my GPU issues I noticed my CPU clocks speeds were spiking while I just had my usual programs open, no games or heavy demanding things.

I'm also using the Balanced Power plan on Windows 10. (CPU is i7-9700k)

https://gyazo.com/dfdcec62970d2441811732197d6c324a

That's just MSI Afterburner being MSI Afterburner. My laptop does a similar thing with my GPU

 

 

Could you try posting a screenshot of average usage from something like Task Manager?

 

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7 minutes ago, Venoms said:

Well I went from a 4930k to a 9700k so this is kind of new to me, but this is normal behavior?

Even Ivy bridge should show similar behavior, albeit less noticeably. It's normal.

 

7 minutes ago, FlpDaMattress said:

That's just MSI Afterburner being MSI Afterburner. My laptop does a similar thing with my GPU

CPUs normally ramp up and down far more frequently than GPUs do

 

7 minutes ago, FlpDaMattress said:

Could you try posting a screenshot of average usage from something like Task Manager?

 

Task Manager doesnt show frequency in a chart so good luck with that. It also shows FID instead of actual frequency in that 15ms period.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 minute ago, Venoms said:

From task manager you can't even tell anything is happening, I guess its just speed step or whatever doing its job.

https://gyazo.com/cc40fd9d52c664159179ab5adfb0a3e2

Then it really is probably just Afterburner. Nothing to worry about..

 

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/weird-gpu-spikes-on-msi-afterburner.1866895/

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