My weird CPU clock speed

[TheNiceGuy66]

Hello everyone, i have a strange one for you today. So recently i was talking to my friend and we were talking abouyt our pcs etc and i went into task manager and it told me i was running at 4.3 ghz. I can tell you now i have never overclocked my cpu, and ngl i dont rlly know how to. I installed some other CPU software to make sure it wasnt false readings and CPU-Z also told me it was running at 4.3 ghz. has anyone else had this happen to them. Also i am running with the stock cpu fan so idk if this is false readings or whether it is actually running at 4.3 ghz. if so should i turn the cpu speed down or leave it. And finally could it mean i have just gotten a good rlly gd silicon chip or sommet im just rlly confused ngl. I have added some images to show you and the speeds on the images fluxuate between 4.0-4.3 ghz.

 

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help

 

 

[Donut417]

7 minutes ago, TheNiceGuy66 said:

hanks in advance to anyone that can help

There is such a thing as Base Clock and Boost clock. Generally CPU's can boost up to faster clock speeds on a few or a single core for certain workloads. 

 

Also Windows 10 doesn't always tell the truth. Because it told me my i5 3570K was clocked at over 5Ghz. When it defiantly was not. 

 

Directly from AMD.com, you notice that the boost clock is 4.3 Ghz. 

[Guest]

Perfectly normal. Mine boosts exactly the same way. Leave it alone and enjoy!

[Cyracus]

At low loads opportunistic boosts can shoot up for brief moments, particularly with single loads.