3 years old laptop keeps thermal throttling
@reivelt The Intel spec for thermal throttling for a 7700HQ is 100°C. Your ThrottleStop screenshot shows that Gigabyte has set PROCHOT Offset to 10 which has lowered the thermal throttling temperature (PROCHOT) from 100°C to only 90°C. This causes thermal throttling to start way sooner than it should.
Look in the ThrottleStop Options window. If there is a lock icon near the PROCHOT Offset setting then this setting cannot be adjusted. If PROCHOT Offset is not locked, you can lower the offset to increase the throttling temperature. Intel default for PROCHOT Offset is 0.
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You have a 7th Gen processor. Looks like Gigabyte forgot to enable Speed Shift Technology. Check the Speed Shift box in the ThrottleStop TPL window to enable this and ThrottleStop will show SST in green on the main screen. Now you can use the Speed Shift EPP setting to control your CPU. If you change EPP from 0 to 128, your CPU will run a little slower but it will also run a little cooler.
The CPU Core offset voltage should be set equal to or higher than the CPU cache offset voltage.
When your computer is idle at the desktop with only ThrottleStop open, what is reported for C0%? Some computers have a lot of unnecessary tasks running in the background which creates a lot of additional heat. The CPU never has a chance to idle down. Windows is very efficient when it is setup properly. Individual threads and cores hardly need to spend any time in the C0 state when a computer is idle. If you have a problem, look in the Task Manager and go to the Details tab to find out what is running on your computer. Get rid of what you do not need to be running all of the time.
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