Simple Overclocking questions

[Gigamac24]

Good evening friends, this will be a two-parter,

 

I have a Intel I9-9900k with a Asus prime z390-a mobo (bios version 12/2019) and for the life of me I cannot get turbo to activate. HWinfo says it is enabled, I turned on "performance mode" in the power options, and it is enabled in my bios. I tried Cine-bench(all and single threaded) and it would not go to the advertised 5ghz of b00st, anyone know whats up?

 

also, My Corsair Vengeance white 3600mhz (rgb ) 16gb(2x8) will not hit the 3600mhz frequency ans stays at 1800(better than my old Hyper X that sat at 1006 and only worked when not in dual channel memory) but still. and yes I have XMP on because i am a little scared baby boi. XMP 1 and 2 did not work and when I manually set the frequency to 3600mhz it booted up into safe mode. I am not great at the specifics of overclocking, coding etc and am good at putting things together with my hands.  I was hoping some experts on here would be able to show me which unbelievably obvious option i did not click to turn on at least one of these features. 

 

Thanks everyone. 

 

 

hwinfo.CSV

[Jurrunio]

degrees F?

 

It claims it's hitting max turbo limit, hmmm...

Maybe check if there's a BIOS update available? Otherwise clear CMOS and try again.

 

Memory's working as intended. With DDR memory, actual frequency is half the data rate which is the number they advertise. I guess because larger numbers market better

[Gigamac24]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

degrees F?

 

It claims it's hitting max turbo limit, hmmm...

Maybe check if there's a BIOS update available? Otherwise clear CMOS and try again.

 

Memory's working as intended. With DDR memory, actual frequency is half the data rate which is the number they advertise. I guess because larger numbers market better

hell yeah brother posting this from my Chevy corvette drinking a McDonald coffee.

 

But seriously, I had no idea that 1/2ing the mhz was normal. Ill clear CMOS and try a BIOS update tomorrow(currently thunder storming where I'm at) 

[LIGISTX]

31 minutes ago, Gigamac24 said:

hell yeah brother posting this from my Chevy corvette drinking a McDonald coffee.

 

But seriously, I had no idea that 1/2ing the mhz was normal. Ill clear CMOS and try a BIOS update tomorrow(currently thunder storming where I'm at) 

Yea, 1800 is half 3600, which is what it will report. DDR (double data rate) is why this is how that maths out.

 

Anyways, yea..... put that in C. No one has a clue what degrees F are for computer parts lol. Id definitely try the new BIOS.

[Gigamac24]

13 hours ago, LIGISTX said:

Yea, 1800 is half 3600, which is what it will report. DDR (double data rate) is why this is how that maths out.

 

Anyways, yea..... put that in C. No one has a clue what degrees F are for computer parts lol. Id definitely try the new BIOS.

it defaulted to f for me. I normally only put minor diagnostics(like NZXT CAM) in f so i have a bit of a better context so that was not me at all. But yeah it was the bios. It was weird as the patch notes had nothing about anything relating to the 9900k. 

[Gigamac24]

14 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

degrees F?

 

It claims it's hitting max turbo limit, hmmm...

Maybe check if there's a BIOS update available? Otherwise clear CMOS and try again.

 

Memory's working as intended. With DDR memory, actual frequency is half the data rate which is the number they advertise. I guess because larger numbers market better

I just wanted to say thanks for the info. It was the bios which was weird since there was no mention of turbo boost or 9900k in the notes. but hey what works works.