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Is It normal to have a non-overclocked CPU run over its base clock speed?

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Yup fully normal. The cpu will basically never run at base clock, and run at some turbo speed under load.

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So I have a Ryzen 5 2600 with a base clock of 3.40GHz and with it running NOT overclocked i'm getting up to 3.77GHz out of it. This is my first PC build I wasn't sure whether or not this was normal or if I maybe messed something up during the boot. I'm not looking to overclock any time soon as i'm not super knowledgeable about computers yet to feel comfortable doing so.

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You have just come across boost clock. When the CPU is under load, it will automatically increase the clock speed so that it will run faster. This is normal behavior.

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