i7 Laptop SKU throttling heavily due to power limit

[ScreamsInJank]

Hi all! I currently game on a dell xps (waiting on pc parts) and I've been running into a problem.

After playing a game for a while the cpu clock stays in the 2900's despite running into the power limit then all of a sudden it will drop to around 790 with no change in temps or anything.

 

From my understanding when it hits the power limit shouldn't it just stay where it is? I can't think of a reason why it would throttle so heavily

 

The cpu is an i7 7700HQ, I can provide HWINFO screenshots if needed.

 

Thanks in advance for all the help

[Analog]

This is kind of a common issue on XPS laptops. Just update the BIOS and see if it will get it resolved. If not, you can try https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-throttlestop/   Just keep an eye on your CPU temps as running boost speeds constantly might get things quite hot. 

[ScreamsInJank]

6 hours ago, Analog said:

This is kind of a common issue on XPS laptops. Just update the BIOS and see if it will get it resolved. If not, you can try https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-throttlestop/   Just keep an eye on your CPU temps as running boost speeds constantly might get things quite hot. 

thanks

will try that tomorrow