Low maximum frequency

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I have an i7 4790k not as of yet OC'ed. When idle resource monitor shows it as 20-28% maximum frequency. Is this normal?
 
Solution
is everything at stock settings, if so your mhz will go up and down to save power but when you use more cpu power the voltage and core clock will increase
That's going to depend on your OS and what background-type software you have running. We need more details before we can help you.
You can also open the Task Manager, sort by % CPU, and see what the top tasks are. You could be indexing, it could be antivirus software, it could be normal OS overhead, it could be malware busily sending Emails to people asking them to update their credit card information.