Ryzen 3600 doesn't clock down

[Ashleyyyy]

hiya, having a weird issue. i upgraded my pc today (went from a 4670K so very not familiar with anything this new) and i've noticed something strange. 

 

even when ideling the clock speed is really high. i have everything on auto in the bios, PBO off, balanced power plan. 

is this just normal on Ryzen 3000? again very unfamiliar. 

[RONOTHAN##]

Just now, Ashleyyyy said:

is this just normal on Ryzen 3000?

Yes and no. They will idle, but its a weak idle and even moving the mouse can cause the chip to go to full idle. The other issue is that Task Manager doesn't report clock speeds correctly on Ryzen with PBO enabled, you want to use either HWInfo or Ryzen Master in order to read clock speeds. 

[Ashleyyyy]

11 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Yes and no. They will idle, but its a weak idle and even moving the mouse can cause the chip to go to full idle. The other issue is that Task Manager doesn't report clock speeds correctly on Ryzen with PBO enabled, you want to use either HWInfo or Ryzen Master in order to read clock speeds. 

lowest i see in hwmonitor is 2.8

edit: PBO is disabled

[RONOTHAN##]

1 minute ago, Ashleyyyy said:

lowest i see in hwmonitor is 2.8

HWMonitor doesn't work properly on modern hardware, especially Ryzen. Use HWInfo instead. 

[Ashleyyyy]

5 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

HWMonitor doesn't work properly on modern hardware, especially Ryzen. Use HWInfo instead. 

 

am i looking at the right thing? 

[RONOTHAN##]

Just now, Ashleyyyy said:

 

am i looking at the right thing? 

Yeah, that's correct. The Effective Clock is what the cores are actually doing. 

[Ashleyyyy]

Just now, RONOTHAN## said:

Yeah, that's correct. The Effective Clock is what the cores are actually doing. 

so if i understand the 3.3ghz number here can be completely ignored, and effective clock is what i should look at which is a lot lower? 

[RONOTHAN##]

2 minutes ago, Ashleyyyy said:

so if i understand the 3.3ghz number here can be completely ignored, and effective clock is what i should look at which is a lot lower? 

Correct, just look at the effective clock. 

[Ashleyyyy]

9 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Correct, just look at the effective clock. 

thanks!