CPU won't overclock in performance heavy things

[Stonelazar]

English is not my first language so please excuse any mistakes. I have a 2070 super, an i7-9700f, and 16GB of ram. For some examples in games like Minecraft it turbo boosts but in other games like warzone it won't. I'm thinking this is a power limiting thing but I don't know how to fix that ( I did not set a power limit if you can). Please help

[bellabichon]

What are your temperatures? If you don't have enough cooling, your CPU might throttle the boost clock down in intensive games.

[-rascal-]

6 minutes ago, Stonelazar said:

English is not my first language so please excuse any mistakes. I have a 2070 super, an i7-9700f, and 16GB of ram. For some examples in games like Minecraft it turbo boosts but in other games like warzone it won't. I'm thinking this is a power limiting thing but I don't know how to fix that ( I did not set a power limit if you can). Please help

 

Is it just staying at 3.0 GHz Base block, or not Turbo Boosting as high?

The higher number of active cores, the lower the Turbo Boost.

4.7 GHz is "UP TO."

 

Depending on the number of cores, the i7-9700F should following this boost table (again these are UP TO values):

1 ~ 2 Cores Active: 4.7 GHz

3 ~ 4 Cores Active: 4.6 GHz

5 ~ 8 Cores Active: 4.5 GHz 

 

The CPU is also a "65W" rated chip, so the max Turbo Boost duration might be limited to a few seconds or few minutes at a time.

If it is boosting say... 4.7 GHz all the time, it would exceed / violate Intel's "65W" rating.

[Stonelazar]

2 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

What are your temperatures? If you don't have enough cooling, your CPU might throttle the boost clock down in intensive games.

GPU drivers fixed in other games so it only won't turbo boost in warzone.

[Mister Woof]

What mobo

[Mister Woof]

COD Warzone also uses AVX instructions if i'm not mistaken, which would also probably result in lower frequencies.

[Stonelazar]

3 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

Is it just staying at 3.0 GHz Base block, or not Turbo Boosting as high?

The higher number of active cores, the lower the Turbo Boost.

4.7 GHz is "UP TO."

 

Depending on the number of cores, the i7-9700F should following this boost table (again these are UP TO values):

1 ~ 2 Cores Active: 4.7 GHz

3 ~ 4 Cores Active: 4.6 GHz

5 ~ 8 Cores Active: 4.5 GHz 

 

The CPU is also a "65W" rated chip, so the max Turbo Boost duration might be limited to a few seconds or few minutes at a time.

If it is boosting say... 4.7 GHz all the time, it would exceed / violate Intel's "65W" rating.

It is locked at 2.99 and GPU drivers fixed it for all games besides warzone.

[Stonelazar]

2 minutes ago, Mister Woof said:

What mobo

Gigabyte B365M DS3H

[Mister Woof]

7 minutes ago, Stonelazar said:

Gigabyte B365M DS3H

I'd expect it to power limit throttle on the i7 on sustained heavy loads, and then to also VRM to thermally throttle on top of that.

 

I don't think you can remove power limits on B series boards.

[Stonelazar]

3 minutes ago, Mister Woof said:

I'd expect it to power limit throttle on the i7 on sustained heavy loads, and then to also VRM to thermally throttle on top of that.

 

I don't think you can remove power limits on B series boards.

Thanks man!