Hello guys!
So I recently purchased a new motherboard, ram and processor to upgrade my gaming pc from a q6600 that was beginning to show its age. Unfortunately, I noticed little in the way of improvements and was beginning to debate OCing the new hardware when I noticed in CPU-Z and Core Temp that something was amiss.
First I am currently using Windows 7. My hardware is:
Intel i5 3570k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-116-502&Tpk=n82e16819116502
Asus P8Z77-VLK Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345
Gigabyte 460 GTX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125345
Going into CPU-Z I first noticed my RAM was running at a lower 667 mhz, rather then 800 as it should have been. I went into the bios and correctly set the profile for XMP but that still did not solve it. Manually setting the Memory frequency to DDR 1600 however did fix that problem.
Next I noticed that my core speed on the 3570k was only 1600 (bus being 100, multiplier 16). I did research and noticed that this is standard for when it is at idle and speedstep is enabled. However, even under stress it was not moving (I used prime95). I went into the bios and disabled speedstep, the various "c" options and made sure the power plan in windows was set to performance (min 100%, max 100%). Still no dice. I even went as far as to change the CPU multiplier in the bios to manually be 32, 34 but it always was showing 16 in both CPU-Z and Core temp.
So I am baffled and hoping that I missing something obvious or something completely over my head. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
EDIT: Picture of core temp and cpu-z running with prime 95: http://imgur.com/El1SiL8
So I recently purchased a new motherboard, ram and processor to upgrade my gaming pc from a q6600 that was beginning to show its age. Unfortunately, I noticed little in the way of improvements and was beginning to debate OCing the new hardware when I noticed in CPU-Z and Core Temp that something was amiss.
First I am currently using Windows 7. My hardware is:
Intel i5 3570k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-116-502&Tpk=n82e16819116502
Asus P8Z77-VLK Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345
Gigabyte 460 GTX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125345
Going into CPU-Z I first noticed my RAM was running at a lower 667 mhz, rather then 800 as it should have been. I went into the bios and correctly set the profile for XMP but that still did not solve it. Manually setting the Memory frequency to DDR 1600 however did fix that problem.
Next I noticed that my core speed on the 3570k was only 1600 (bus being 100, multiplier 16). I did research and noticed that this is standard for when it is at idle and speedstep is enabled. However, even under stress it was not moving (I used prime95). I went into the bios and disabled speedstep, the various "c" options and made sure the power plan in windows was set to performance (min 100%, max 100%). Still no dice. I even went as far as to change the CPU multiplier in the bios to manually be 32, 34 but it always was showing 16 in both CPU-Z and Core temp.
So I am baffled and hoping that I missing something obvious or something completely over my head. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
EDIT: Picture of core temp and cpu-z running with prime 95: http://imgur.com/El1SiL8
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