Weird Cpu Clock Speed?

[ArmasF32]

Hi there, i was doing a Cinebench test on my Pc, and the Clock speed would't go any higher than 3,99 but in Games or even when doing nothing, it goes to 4,2 or even 4,3. Is there a reason for that, or is it just Cinebench being weird?

 

Under load

 

No load (4,2 GHz)

[Oshino Shinobu]

CPUs can boost differently for single cores and all cores. Cinebench will load up all cores, while games will tend to load some cores more than others, meaning individual cores can boost higher than if all were under a high load. 

 

For idle, a single core may boost when there's a brief amount of activity, either by the user doing something or a background process.