Extremely high idle and load voltages (ryzen 5 3600)

[Clanky The Robot]

So I built this pc about 2 months ago. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$289.00 @ Shopping Express
CPU Cooler	Corsair H60 (2018) 57.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$99.00 @ Centre Com
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$181.00 @ Shopping Express
Memory	G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$106.70 @ Newegg Australia
Storage	Samsung 860 QVO 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$315.00 @ BudgetPC
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card	$671.00 @ Newegg Australia
Case	Aerocool Cylon ATX Mid Tower Case	$79.00 @ PCCaseGear
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$169.00 @ BudgetPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1909.70
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-24 19:26 AEDT+1100

 I was checking on hwinfo randomly, and noticed that when about 8% cpu usage, i was at.. 1.45v??????? I instantly started to get a bit worried. I ran prime95 for 10 minutes, and the voltages only dropped to 1.35v. I'm aware that anything over 1.3v on this chip will kill it extremely quickly. I'm unsure what to do. I'm not overclocking it, the voltage settings in my bios are on auto, i have no clue why this is happening. Should i be worried, and how can i fix this? I saw some other posts about amd cool n quiet being the problem, but I am still unsure.

[asand1]

These chips are different from what you're accustomed to. 1.4v is normal. 

[Clanky The Robot]

9 minutes ago, asand1 said:

These chips are different from what you're accustomed to. 1.4v is normal. 

well i set it to 1.225V in bios, and while at idle, it sometimes goes up to 1.225 and while stressing it 100% on all cores and threads, only 1.212V

[Juular]

17 minutes ago, Clanky The Robot said:

I'm aware that anything over 1.3v on this chip will kill it extremely quickly.

AMD Zen 2 are different, they use higher voltages for single-thread usage (as in idle), sub 1.5V are normal for low load. If Intel have boosted voltage for ST load they could've achieved higher boost clocks too, and i pretty sure they would with upcoming uArch to stay relevant because they can't really improve anything more. That's partly the reason why you generally don't tinker with AMD CPUs in contrast with Intel, they boost higher on auto than you can OC it manually with flat voltage and clocks.

[Clanky The Robot]

1 minute ago, Juular said:

AMD Zen 2 are different, they use higher voltages for single-thread usage (as in idle), sub 1.5V are normal for low load.

but i'm at low load for 90% of the time i'm using my pc.

[DoctorNick]

Check if c-states is enabled. (cool and quiet) in bios. Check if windows is set to high performance. If you have set a manual voltage in bios, then thats the reason. (you need to set offset or adapative instead)

[asand1]

11 hours ago, Clanky The Robot said:

but i'm at low load for 90% of the time i'm using my pc.

And? We are telling you it's normal operation and nothing to be concerned about. These chips are made to run higher voltage. Higher voltage and lower current is more efficient. Easier on the Mobo.

[xg32]

11 hours ago, Clanky The Robot said:

well i set it to 1.225V in bios, and while at idle, it sometimes goes up to 1.225 and while stressing it 100% on all cores and threads, only 1.212V

ur hurting the single core boost ALOT by doing this, use a negaive offset of -.0.05v instead