CPU Speeds on Steam

[Jamdude]

So I was being a bit nosey and looking at the hardware surveys on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey)  and saw that only 0.39% of users have their CPU clock speed at 3.7GHz and over in June 2013.  Does this surprise anyone else?  Especially seeing that at least 14.3% of users are using GPUs with more than 2GB VRAM.

[fishymamba]

Not that many people overclock their CPUs. And all those pre done computers never have CPUs that have high clock speeds. 

[Humbug]

Intel doesn't offer a single CPU with a stock clockspeed that high; so maybe it's not surprising.

[Emperor_Piehead]

most Intel processors are clocked standard between 3.0ghz-3.5ghz so it's not a big surprise to me.

[berianmol]

Yeah i have 3570K at stock speeds, don't plan to overclock for as long as a year. 

[Maverik5124]

Not sure but I think steam just detects the stock cpu speed and not the overclocked (or current) speed. Intel does not have a single cpu over 3.7ghz. The only cpu fitting in this category would be the amd 8350 at 4ghz

[plutomok]

Not sure but I think steam just detects the stock cpu speed and not the overclocked (or current) speed. Intel does not have a single cpu over 3.7ghz. The only cpu fitting in this category would be the amd 8350 at 4ghz

I agree. I feel like whatever tool they are using to measure hardware specs is only looking at part numbers, for example: intel 3570k = 3.4ghz

[plutomok]

Also. It sounds like "3.7 ghz and over" is a subcategory that would be placed right after the 3.6 ghz speed because several AMD chips are available at that stock speed

[BlueBerrial]

Yeah i have 3570K at stock speeds, don't plan to overclock for as long as a year. 

you should

[berianmol]

you should

 

I will but not right away, i have to buy a decent cooler such as hyper evo 212 

and i am doing alright now with my configuration. 

[BlueBerrial]

I will but not right away, i have to buy a decent cooler such as hyper evo 212 

and i am doing alright now with my configuration. 

free performance gain even 4 - 4.2 ghz i could tell the difference (if you game). probably wouldn't have a problem with those speeds on stock cooler. 

[I'm Batman]

free performance gain even 4 - 4.2 ghz i could tell the difference (if you game). probably wouldn't have a problem with those speeds on stock cooler. 

NO... stock cooler sucks hard it cant reach thoce clock speeds. are you out of your mind ? :P