Question about my cpu and overclocking

[Dynamisticality]

Hey so I've got a Ryzen 7 3700x, which runs 65 degrees (C) on 100% usage using the stock cooler (amd wraith prism), I started searching for overclocks just to see how much extra small performance i could squeeze, however after looking at task manager, sits around 4.2 - 4.35 ghz, seeing overclock settings videos saying "Overclock to 4.3ghz!". I know my cpu isn't overclocked because I built it. Very confused and just wanted to ask

[Airdragonz]

Task manager will report the clock speed of the single fastest core. A 3700x has a max single core boost clock of 4.4ghz. The videos you are seeing refer to an all core overclock in which every core will be clocked to 4.3ghz. You will therefore lose some performance in single threaded tasks, but gain a bit more performance back in multi-threaded tasks by overclocking.

[xdeathshot20]

15 minutes ago, Dynamisticality said:

Hey so I've got a Ryzen 7 3700x, which runs 65 degrees (C) on 100% usage using the stock cooler (amd wraith prism), I started searching for overclocks just to see how much extra small performance i could squeeze, however after looking at task manager, sits around 4.2 - 4.35 ghz, seeing overclock settings videos saying "Overclock to 4.3ghz!". I know my cpu isn't overclocked because I built it. Very confused and just wanted to ask

the 3700x turbos up to 4.4ghz when needed.  It doesn't run at that all the time.  If you overclock it, you could set it to run at 4.4ghz all the time or possibly push it further but with the stock cooler, i really would push the overclocks too much as you will begin to thermal throttle. 

[Dynamisticality]

42 minutes ago, xdeathshot20 said:

the 3700x turbos up to 4.4ghz when needed.  It doesn't run at that all the time.  If you overclock it, you could set it to run at 4.4ghz all the time or possibly push it further but with the stock cooler, i really would push the overclocks too much as you will begin to thermal throttle. 

Alright thank you!

 

43 minutes ago, Airdragonz said:

Task manager will report the clock speed of the single fastest core. A 3700x has a max single core boost clock of 4.4ghz. The videos you are seeing refer to an all core overclock in which every core will be clocked to 4.3ghz. You will therefore lose some performance in single threaded tasks, but gain a bit more performance back in multi-threaded tasks by overclocking.

Oh, good to know thanks