Cpu performance being horrible

SuperDwagDog · December 30, 2020

I'm play games on a on a dell g3 4590 with a i7 9750h. this computer has a button which boost the performance and fan speed. About every 2 minutes this massive lag spike hits in and I check my cpu and its a 1.1ghz. But if i click the boost button on my keyboard again it resets it and is fine. But then in 2mins its really bad. I really need to know how to fix this.

SlashedM · December 30, 2020

Just now, SuperDwagDog said:

I'm play games on a on a dell g3 4590 with a i7 9750h. this computer has a button which boost the performance and fan speed. About every 2 minutes this massive lag spike hits in and I check my cpu and its a 1.1ghz. But if i click the boost button on my keyboard again it resets it and is fine. But then in 2mins its really bad. I really need to know how to fix this.

it could be an issue with software, Im pretty sure one time Linus encountered this on a Prebuilt during the Secret Shopper (Original)

Analog · December 30, 2020

26 minutes ago, SuperDwagDog said:

I'm play games on a on a dell g3 4590 with a i7 9750h. this computer has a button which boost the performance and fan speed. About every 2 minutes this massive lag spike hits in and I check my cpu and its a 1.1ghz. But if i click the boost button on my keyboard again it resets it and is fine. But then in 2mins its really bad. I really need to know how to fix this.

The Dell G3 is a laptop and from what you are describing, the CPU seems to be throttling itself. This can be a result of either it reaching the max safe operating temperature or power constraints. Additionally there CPU throttling and locking up at 1.1GHz is actually a somewhat common issue. Have seen it happen mostly on the XPS lineup, but not exclusively. Try updating the BIOS and if this doesn't solve it there is a handy piece of software called ThrottleStop. It is used for laptop overclocking.. Basically what it will allow you to do is lock the boost clock in an on state, thus not allowing the CPU to throttle down. However, be very careful, as if the processor doesn't have adequate cooling you might run into long term issues.