CPU clock speed going down under load

[xArcticViperx]

Hello LTT forum! So I have an i5-4590 with a Cooler Master Hyper D92 paired with a 970 and the CPU is a clear bottleneck but whenever I play games or any task that used 70-100% CPU usage but my clock speed "locks" at 3.5ghz and it is supposed to go to 3.7ghz. The cooler is more than enough for a 4 core CPU and temps never reach more than 60c which is a good temp for the CPU to OC more...I think.

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[Moonzy]

4 minutes ago, xSandManx said:

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based on your CPU's spec sheet, the base clock is 3.3ghz and turbo is 3.7ghz

 

the 3.7ghz is for single core turbo speed, means when only one core is active, that core will go to 3.7ghz

as for AIDA64, it stresses all cores, so the turbo speed wont be as high as single core turbo

 

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[xArcticViperx]

On 8/9/2018 at 12:06 AM, Moonzy said:

based on your CPU's spec sheet, the base clock is 3.3ghz and turbo is 3.7ghz

 

the 3.7ghz is for single core turbo speed, means when only one core is active, that core will go to 3.7ghz

as for AIDA64, it stresses all cores, so the turbo speed wont be as high as single core turbo

 

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oh, wow they kinda get you there when buying it thinking it will turbo to that speed. Thanks for the info  

[nick name]

16 minutes ago, xSandManx said:

oh, wow they kinda get you there when buying it thinking it will turbo to that speed. Thanks for the info  

I don't know about your particular CPU, but some motherboards allow you to lock all cores to the highest turbo speed. Like a quasi overclock. You should look into that.

[Moonzy]

10 hours ago, nick name said:

I don't know about your particular CPU, but some motherboards allow you to lock all cores to the highest turbo speed. Like a quasi overclock. You should look into that.

AFAIK, that's only available for unlocked cpu on overclocking boards

and since u have those two, the clock speed on the box doesnt really matter

 

i doubt there's any motherboard or cpu combo that's locked and can do that, Intel would've been up to the motherboard's manufacturer's ass like how they forced everyone to patch their z170 board to prevent bclk OC on locked CPU

[SkilledRebuilds]

8 hours ago, Moonzy said:

AFAIK, that's only available for unlocked cpu on overclocking boards

and since u have those two, the clock speed on the box doesnt really matter

 

i doubt there's any motherboard or cpu combo that's locked and can do that, Intel would've been up to the motherboard's manufacturer's ass like how they forced everyone to patch their z170 board to prevent bclk OC on locked CPU

It was only available for a short time, and once the Intel Management Engine was updated, it was lost, even with UEFI earlier versions re-installed where it was available previously. Then I had to rely on BCLK.
But MCE was a thing on my 4690 at the very beginning

Carries its own dangers... multiple USB ports died within months.