Please Help With Throttle Stop

[Dailo]

My PC is a ASUS G10ce and the CPU doesn't seem to be working as intended.

 

CPU is a i5-11400f which is supposed to get a 4.2ghz boost clock while gaming but sadly it drops to 3.6ghz-3.8ghz.

 

CPU is not thermal throttling as it only gets to 60c-70c underload. I switched out the stock cooler for a vetroo v5.

 

Troubleshooting steps I've taken

1.Updated Bios

2.Updated Drivers

3.Changed power management to High performance.

 

From the few people I have spoken with including asus reps no one has been able to help me track the problem down.

 

Doing some research a lot of people of people have suggested using throttlestop to help figure things out / possibly fixing issues.

 

Attached are my screenshots of throttlestop. This was when my computer was idle with High performance enabled in power management. 

[Shimejii]

Probably have to adjust power states in bios. You see them as PL1 and PL2. But since the 11400f is a pretty locked down CPU, its going to be pretty much what it is. Remember its 4.2-4.4ghz on a single core, if its multiple core loads its often not going to do that since its a lower power chip.

[Electronics Wizardy]

That clock speed is expected for the CPU, you only hit the max boost with some single threaded loads. 

 

Take a look at this review. Your clocks are in line with the multi core boost speeds they list https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i5-11400f/22.html

[unclewebb]

18 hours ago, Shimejii said:

its 4.2-4.4ghz on a single core

An 11400F can use the 44 multiplier when 1 core is active and this decreases to the 42 multiplier when all cores are active. 

 

 

18 hours ago, Shimejii said:

the 11400f is a pretty locked down CPU

The turbo ratios are locked down. The MSR and MMIO turbo power limits are not locked. I would check the MMIO Lock box and I would set PL1 to 154W which is the same as PL2. 

 

PL1 set to the default 65W value causes power limit throttling. If a person cannot find or if power limit control is not available in the BIOS then ThrottleStop can be used to get maximum performance out of an 11400F. 

 

14 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Your clocks are in line with the multi core boost speeds they list

The TechPowerUp review confirms that when you increase the 65W power limit like they did, the 11400F runs faster. That is what @Dailo needs to do if he wants his 11400F to run games at 4200 MHz instead of 3600 MHz to 3800 MHz.