Intel i9 13900k always boosted even when idle

[artidokuz]

Hi. Even if I close all apps CPU still stays %100 and same temp.  NZXT cam shows %1 load. 

Already made a clean windows install. It is the same.

AIO is working I can feel hot air coming out. I peeled the sticker for cooler too. 

I am lost. No idea what can possible do this.

Putting how it looks like too. Maybe it will help.

 

 

Specs:

Nzxt H710İ

Intel Core i9 13900K

NZXT Kraken X73 RGB RL-KRX73-R1 360mm

MSI MB MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI SOKET 1700 DDR5 7200MHZ(OC) PCI-E Gen5 M.2

GSKILL 32GB (2x16GB) Trident Z5 RGB 7200MHz CL34 DDR5 1.4V

Samsung 2TB 990 PRO NVMe2.0 SSD

MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X 24G OC GDDR6X 384Bit

MSI MPG A1000G 1000W 80+ Gold Power Supply

Microsoft Ms Windows 11 Pro FQC-10556

[emosun]

does it work in windows 10

[artidokuz]

1 minute ago, emosun said:

does it work in windows 10

No idea. Would it make a difference?

[KnoT]

4 minutes ago, artidokuz said:

No idea. Would it make a difference?

No, W10 is actually worse for the new Intel chips with Big/Little cores.

Your CPU is overheating hard so my guess is that its throttling so hard that any load on it makes it 100% of the usage.



PS. Screenshots you posted are barely readable can you put them to something like imgur.com

[emosun]

5 minutes ago, artidokuz said:

No idea. Would it make a difference?

now that i look at the temps , yeah looks like you didnt mount he cooler correctly thus the machine is trying to not fry itself so take it apart and do it over again.

[KnoT]

2 minutes ago, emosun said:

well the machine needs both software and hardware to function and seeing as the operating system is typically an important part of how a computer works then i'd say so yes.

try windows 10 and see if the more common os works correctly vs 11

W11 is the optimal choice for newer Intel chips due to the updates to the scheduler for the Big/Little cores

[emosun]

Just now, KnoT said:

W11 is the optimal choice for newer Intel chips due to the updates to the scheduler for the Big/Little cores

you did a good job of quoting me prior to editing so congrats on a post that no longer exists

[BetteBalterZen]

If not a BIOS setting, do you have the High Performance Windows power profile enabled? 

[Levent]

Shit title. Your issue is likely not related to Intel Turbo Boost. You have something maxing out your CPU.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Case has no airflow so may be thermal throttling pretty hard

 

Also cooler mounted properly or no? You can tell just by idle temps

[jaslion]

Something is running your cpu at 100% thus boosting it to max so it's overloading that underpowered aio that is getting no air due to the bad airflow case and overheating.

 

Find what program is causing the load. Maybe a cirus is on there so a scan with malwarebytes is recommended. Since only renderinh programs can max out all those cores normally so probably a computational resource gathering virus is active or something.

 

Wont fix the heating issues but at least wont make it run at 100% for no reason.

[artidokuz]

15 minutes ago, BetteBalterZen said:

If not a BIOS setting, do you have the High Performance Windows power profile enabled? 

It is on balanced. Was my first guess too.

[artidokuz]

Just now, jaslion said:

Something is running your cpu at 100% thus boosting it to max so it's overloading that underpowered aio that is getting no air due to the bad airflow case and overheating.

 

Find what program is causing the load. Maybe a cirus is on there so a scan with malwarebytes is recommended

This is a fresh windows install. I don't think thisis the case.

[artidokuz]

3 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Case has no airflow so may be thermal throttling pretty hard

 

Also cooler mounted properly or no? You can tell just by idle temps

Sadly this is the idle.

[artidokuz]

6 minutes ago, Levent said:

Shit title. Your issue is likely not related to Intel Turbo Boost. You have something maxing out your CPU.

Maybe read the post. This is a fresh windows installation.

[Levent]

1 minute ago, artidokuz said:

Maybe read the post. This is a fresh windows installation.

Maybe look at the screenshots you have posted. HWInfo shows your CPU drawing close to 300W. Meaning you got a load on your CPU. Task Manager also shows your CPU pegged at 100%.

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, artidokuz said:

Sadly this is the idle.

I see you have bittorrent and other stuff on there so this is already not a fresh install.

 

Something probably got on the system and is causing this issue.

 

Its at 100% load 200w power draw. Its computing something. What we dknt know but like 30% task manager, 18% spotify,... thats all false reporting.

 

 

 

[artidokuz]

6 minutes ago, jaslion said:

I see you have bittorrent and other stuff on there so this is already not a fresh install.

 

Something probably got on the system and is causing this issue.

 

Its at 100% load 200w power draw. Its computing something. What we dknt know but like 30% task manager, 18% spotify,... thats all false reporting.

 

 

 

I just installed them from official websites. Fresh install was the same. This picture is 5 mins after I closed everything.

 

 

[jaslion]

5 minutes ago, artidokuz said:

I just installed them from official websites. Fresh install was the same. This picture is 5 mins after I closed everything.

 

 

Do a full fresh install with the windows iso that you get directly from microsoft and use the windows usb installer that is from microsoft.

 

Your pc is working as well as it can with the setup you gave it but something got on there and is using all the resources.

 

Fresh install it and download NOTHING on there. Only hw monitor and that is it.

 

Something is masking as different programs that is clear as day.

 

Also do you have ANY old storage devices plugged in to this pc? If so detach them and only install on the boot drive.

 

I am very certain this thing got either infected or one of the many rgb whatever programs you ibstalled from msi, nzxt,... fucked up windows completly again as per usual.

 

So basically start over is the only option and best option.

 

Also idle means when the pc is not doing anything. As in cpu usage is basically 0.

 

[Spotty]

Something is running that is putting heavy load on the CPU. The CPU wouldn't be drawing 220-250W if it wasn't doing anything.

Boot in to safe mode and see if it's the same. Run a virus scan.

 

I'm actually surprised that it's still holding 5.5GHz at 100°C. It should be throttling.

[artidokuz]

39 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Something is running that is putting heavy load on the CPU. The CPU wouldn't be drawing 220-250W if it wasn't doing anything.

Boot in to safe mode and see if it's the same. Run a virus scan.

 

I'm actually surprised that it's still holding 5.5GHz at 100°C. It should be throttling.

Safe boot is the same. %100 load and was quite slow.

[artidokuz]

41 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Do a full fresh install with the windows iso that you get directly from microsoft and use the windows usb installer that is from microsoft.

 

Your pc is working as well as it can with the setup you gave it but something got on there and is using all the resources.

 

Fresh install it and download NOTHING on there. Only hw monitor and that is it.

 

Something is masking as different programs that is clear as day.

 

Also do you have ANY old storage devices plugged in to this pc? If so detach them and only install on the boot drive.

 

I am very certain this thing got either infected or one of the many rgb whatever programs you ibstalled from msi, nzxt,... fucked up windows completly again as per usual.

 

So basically start over is the only option and best option.

 

Also idle means when the pc is not doing anything. As in cpu usage is basically 0.

 

Just shared safe boot results. It is full load too.

[jaslion]

28 minutes ago, artidokuz said:

Just shared safe boot results. It is full load too.

Yup something got on there.

 

Restart from a new bootable usb stic made on a non infected pc

 

Oh and use a usb that HAS NOT touched the infected pc.

 

Any other storage media except the boot drive should be disconnected.

[artidokuz]

23 hours ago, jaslion said:

Yup something got on there.

 

Restart from a new bootable usb stic made on a non infected pc

 

Oh and use a usb that HAS NOT touched the infected pc.

 

Any other storage media except the boot drive should be disconnected.

Worked now idk what to install. I hate the rainbow RGB on my ram. Can really one of those RGB apps wreck my pc like this or does it have to be a virus?

[jaslion]

7 minutes ago, artidokuz said:

Worked now idk what to install. I hate the rainbow RGB on my ram. Can really one of those RGB apps wreck my pc like this or does it have to be a virus?

Only installed what is NEEDED and if you get one try one at a time and see what happens. Too many rgb programs will cause issues with eachother.