i5 4690k Running Above Clock Speed w/o overclock

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That's called Turbo Boost. Your CPU is designed to overclock itself slightly when somewhat loaded. It's working as intended -- Intel CPUs have been doing this for years.

Though it puzzles me that your CPU is running at 3.4GHz stock -- it's supposed to be 3.5GHz.
That's called Turbo Boost. Your CPU is designed to overclock itself slightly when somewhat loaded. It's working as intended -- Intel CPUs have been doing this for years.

Though it puzzles me that your CPU is running at 3.4GHz stock -- it's supposed to be 3.5GHz.
 
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