i59400f wont boost

crispygranola · April 22, 2021

Hello, i recently bought an HP pavilion prebuilt(ik dumb) but i had no other choice. And now my i5 9400f is sitting at 2.7 ghz all the time and i am only gettig 80 fps with a rtx 2060 on warzone low settings pls help.

SorryBella · April 22, 2021

Ive heard that HP limits the power usage in their systems for thermals and noise. I never seen a fix to this but you might be able to fix it by force installing Intel XTU and increase the power limit slightly.

unclewebb · April 23, 2021

@crispygranola You can also use ThrottleStop to check if the turbo power limits are locked or not.

Increasing the turbo power limits allows Intel CPUs to use more turbo boost so they run faster. I saw a test yesterday where an 11400F was able to run 40% faster at full load by simply increasing the turbo power limits.

If you see the lock icon, that means the BIOS has locked the power limits and they cannot be increased. Some OEMs do this.

crispygranola · April 23, 2021

5 hours ago, unclewebb said:

@crispygranola You can also use ThrottleStop to check if the turbo power limits are locked or not.

Increasing the turbo power limits allows Intel CPUs to use more turbo boost so they run faster. I saw a test yesterday where an 11400F was able to run 40% faster at full load by simply increasing the turbo power limits.

If you see the lock icon, that means the BIOS has locked the power limits and they cannot be increased. Some OEMs do this.

6 hours ago, SorryClaire said:

Ive heard that HP limits the power usage in their systems for thermals and noise. I never seen a fix to this but you might be able to fix it by force installing Intel XTU and increase the power limit slightly.

Thank you for your replyes guys, i have fixed by changing the power limit cause i completely forgot about, it was set to low performance so it hasnt been boosting((But now its fixed!