Having CPU problems

draconic36

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My cpu is an i5 3570k, the windows 8 taskbar is showing only 1.56 ghz utilization with a max speed of 3.4 ghz and 1% usage, when i game (cod ghosts for exmaple) it only goes up a bit in usage and the cpu only goes to 1.79ghz im worried that i cant reach 3.4ghz ever with this cpu? is it bad? or is it simply not being given a hard task to reach 3.4ghz?
 
Solution
Sounds like your motherboard is idling the cpu at a lower frequency. Go into the bios and disable any power saving options or idleing options

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thanks firo i had some stupid intel smart speedstep thing where it should "adjust" itself to what youre doing but that obviously wasnt working... sorry for repeat forgot to reply LOL