Low cpu clock speed

[LilPach]

I have a Ryzen 3700x and sometimes (not always) when I boot the pc the clock speed is stuck at .8-1.3ghz and I don’t know why. Checked my temperatures and they’re fine so I have no clue what the issue is. Can someone help please.

[Entropy.]

20 minutes ago, LilPach said:

I have a Ryzen 3700x and sometimes (not always) when I boot the pc the clock speed is stuck at .8-1.3ghz and I don’t know why. Checked my temperatures and they’re fine so I have no clue what the issue is. Can someone help please.

Well when did you check the clock speeds? A lot of the time a CPU will lower it's clock speeds to reduce power draw and heat output when it isn't at a very high utilization. If you were only looking at the clock speeds when you were idling in windows, I'd suggest checking the speeds after a few minutes- while still running cinnebench, Prime95, or a different benchmark that utilizes the CPU, or a decently demanding game while you check.

[LilPach]

17 minutes ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

Well when did you check the clock speeds? A lot of the time a CPU will lower it's clock speeds to reduce power draw and heat output when it isn't at a very high utilization. If you were only looking at the clock speeds when you were idling in windows, I'd suggest checking the speeds after a few minutes- while still running cinnebench, Prime95, or a different benchmark that utilizes the CPU, or a decently demanding game while you check.

I loaded both valorant and fortnite and no change

[Entropy.]

Just now, LilPach said:

I loaded both valorant and fortnite and no change

Were you actually in-game, stressing your CPU or did you just load in, quit, check the utilization, and call it a day? 

[Middcore]

Valorant would run on an EZ-bake Oven so I wouldn't expect to see the CPU stressed by it much. To get meaningful information we would need to look at the CPU clocks during actual gameplay of a game that's at least somewhat demanding, or during a CPU test like Cinebench. 

 

If you're not actually seeing a downturn in performance in any game or application you use, who cares what clock speed the CPU is running at?

[LilPach]

11 minutes ago, Middcore said:

Valorant would run on an EZ-bake Oven so I wouldn't expect to see the CPU stressed by it much. To get meaningful information we would need to look at the CPU clocks during actual gameplay of a game that's at least somewhat demanding, or during a CPU test like Cinebench. 

 

If you're not actually seeing a downturn in performance in any game or application you use, who cares what clock speed the CPU is running at?

I couldn’t load a fortnite game since it was lagging bad, so yes there was a performace decrease and it was very noticeable

[Middcore]

6 minutes ago, LilPach said:

I couldn’t load a fortnite game since it was lagging bad, so yes there was a performace decrease and it was very noticeable

 

Well, that's new information you never provided before. 

 

What power plan are you using? Are the AMD chipset drivers installed? 

[LilPach]

3 hours ago, Middcore said:

 

Well, that's new information you never provided before. 

 

What power plan are you using? Are the AMD chipset drivers installed? 

Drivers are Installed and I’m using ultimate performance plan. I think I may have found the solution, I turned off fast start or whatever it’s called in power settings and so far so good.