Ryzen 5 3600 boost clock / "idle"

[Neilson]

Hello community,

 

I would like to ask something about R5 3600. When I got chrome open (like 20 tabs open) and watching videos even when the PC idles it idles at 4.00 ish GHz (according to task manager, in ryzen masters 862 MhZ).

The temperatures are most likely fine. 38°C with chrome open. (While typing this the temps are 50°C and CPU Clock Speed - Current 1800 Mhz - still got chrome open.)

While I use CPU-Z and stress the CPU it won´t go over 4 GHz (even in Ryzen Master - 3 900 MHZ while stress test). 

 

It wouldn´t change if i go on AMD Ryzen Balanced and setting the minimum consumption of CPU to 5% - it remains the same. Also using default option in RM change nothing.

 

I would like to ask if that´s normal behaviour or not. I´m not 100% sure, read a lot of topics on the internet etc. I´m not plannig to OC the CPU and I never done that by manual.

 

I´m using:

Gigabyte B450M DS3H rev. 1.0 MOBO,

SilentiumPC Spartan 3 LT HE1012 Cooler (just this one).

 

If you have any suggestions/tips/notes feel free to reply.

 

Thank you for the answers

 

Best regards

 

Tomas

[.Apex.]

It's normal for the CPU to adjust its frequency based on the load, and it will boost a single core to 4.2Ghz if needed, but once you stress all cores it will clock all of them at 3.9Ghz, you can see a better representation of each core boost clock in HWiNFO

 

Basically your CPU is behaving exactly as designed.

[Neilson]

5 minutes ago, Syn. said:

It's normal for the CPU to adjust its frequency based on the load, and it will boost a single core to 4.2Ghz if needed, but once you stress all cores it will clock all of them at 3.9Ghz, you can see a better representation of each core boost clock in HWiNFO

 

Basically your CPU is behaving exactly as designed.

I´m including both "idle" and stress readings from HWiNFO. 

 

So, basically it´s all normal if I got your answer right.

[.Apex.]

2 minutes ago, Neilson said:

I´m including both "idle" and stress readings from HWiNFO. 

 

So, basically it´s all normal if I got your answer right.

You can run HWiNFO in "Sensors-only" mode to get rid of all the clutter, but yeah 3.9Ghz is what is expected when you stress all cores, but it should boost to 4.2Ghz on a single core when you're running single threaded programs, everything else inbetween those 2 frequencies would depend on the load of the CPU

[.Apex.]

4 minutes ago, Syn. said:

You can run HWiNFO in "Sensors-only" mode to get rid of all the clutter, but yeah 3.9Ghz is what is expected when you stress all cores, but it should boost to 4.2Ghz on a single core when you're running single threaded programs, everything else inbetween those 2 frequencies would depend on the load of the CPU

If you had your Power Plan on Balanced mode there would be a larger range of frequencies from 0.8Ghz to 4.2Ghz (for your CPU), the High Performance Plan is clocking the cores in unison and tries to keep them as high as possible, which is preferred for a more consistent performance.

[svmlegacy]

18 minutes ago, Neilson said:

Hello community,

 

I would like to ask something about R5 3600. When I got chrome open (like 20 tabs open) and watching videos even when the PC idles it idles at 4.00 ish GHz (according to task manager, in ryzen masters 862 MhZ).

The temperatures are most likely fine. 38°C with chrome open. (While typing this the temps are 50°C and CPU Clock Speed - Current 1800 Mhz - still got chrome open.)

While I use CPU-Z and stress the CPU it won´t go over 4 GHz (even in Ryzen Master - 3 900 MHZ while stress test). 

 

It wouldn´t change if i go on AMD Ryzen Balanced and setting the minimum consumption of CPU to 5% - it remains the same. Also using default option in RM change nothing.

 

I would like to ask if that´s normal behaviour or not. I´m not 100% sure, read a lot of topics on the internet etc. I´m not plannig to OC the CPU and I never done that by manual.

 

I´m using:

Gigabyte B450M DS3H rev. 1.0 MOBO,

SilentiumPC Spartan 3 LT HE1012 Cooler (just this one).

 

If you have any suggestions/tips/notes feel free to reply.

 

Thank you for the answers

 

Best regards

 

Tomas

Now correct me if I'm wrong... but does Ryzen Master have Auto OC on? That would kick it into OC mode, I assume, which locks out the boosting behaviours.

 

Note... Ryzen's save power more through sleep states than downclocking. The 862 MHz is an "effective" speed, not a physical speed.

 

As far as the behaviour, it seems totally normal. All-core boosts are always lower than single bursts.

 

[Neilson]

Using Cinebench R20 for single core (AMD Balanced) and never reached the 4,2 - 4,3 Ghz. Sitting solid at 4.01 (in Ryzen master and task manager).

Also tried in AMD Performance and the results are the same. Solid 4.01 Ghz

[.Apex.]

30 minutes ago, Neilson said:

Using Cinebench R20 for single core (AMD Balanced) and never reached the 4,2 - 4,3 Ghz. Sitting solid at 4.01 (in Ryzen master and task manager).

Also tried in AMD Performance and the results are the same. Solid 4.01 Ghz

Check HWiNFO if you want to see the single core that's boosting to 4.2Ghz, not all of them will

[Neilson]

11 hours ago, Syn. said:

Check HWiNFO if you want to see the single core that's boosting to 4.2Ghz, not all of them will

Nope. None of them running cinebench R20.