Need help with my laptop's CPU

[cferns1]

Hi!

 

So I was watching the WAN show on my laptop the other day with no other programs running and decided to look at my CPU Usage on Task Manager. I was surprised to see that the current frequency was higher than the max frequency. I have looked again today and it was doing it again. Same thing, was doing nothing other than watching YouTube. 

 

Specs of my laptop:

Core i5-5200U

12Gb RAM

No discrete GPU other than the integrated graphics

 

A picture is attached of the task manager taken on my tablet (sorry about the shitty quality)

Is this a problem? Should I be worried about it? Its under warranty as it's a new laptop so it should be fine if it needs fixing

 

Thanks!

Edited February 18, 2016 by cferns1
Name of processor spelling error

[FruitBasketSilex]

Use CPU-Z.

 

Task manager is more of a comedy than a tool, at least the performance statistics are.

[ITzJD803]

4 minutes ago, FruitBasketSilex said:

Use CPU-Z.

 

Task manager is more of a comedy than a tool, at least the performance statistics are.

Amen to that.

[Frosty]

That CPU has the ability to turbo up to 2.7Ghz depending on the load and thermals. 2.2Ghz is the base frequency. Like others have said, task manager isn't the most accurate thing in the world.

[cferns1]

8 minutes ago, FruitBasketSilex said:

Use CPU-Z.

 

Task manager is more of a comedy than a tool, at least the performance statistics are.

installed, checked it and still is the case

 

http://imgur.com/ZG12V18

 

 

[jjar35]

It just turbo boosted. It will do that when it is within heat and voltage restrictions. 

[cferns1]

Just now, jjar35 said:

It just turbo boosted. It will do that when it is within heat and voltage restrictions. 

 

9 minutes ago, Frosty said:

That CPU has the ability to turbo up to 2.7Ghz depending on the load and thermals. 2.2Ghz is the base frequency. Like others have said, task manager isn't the most accurate thing in the world.

Ah thanks I thought it was throttling or something silly like that!

 

Cheers!

[TheRandomness]

4 minutes ago, cferns1 said:

 

Ah thanks I thought it was throttling or something silly like that!

 

Cheers!

Throttling is the opposite, where the clocks go down when there's too much heat and such.

[cferns1]

12 hours ago, TheRandomness said:

Throttling is the opposite, where the clocks go down when there's too much heat and such.

oh, I thought it was when it was going too fast, thanks for telling me what it really is!!