CPU Throttling at High Performance settings

achib528

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Hello,
New here and in need of help.
I've already scoured the net for this, but nothing works for me.

I'm using my laptop for audio production and i need it to be at maximum frequency all the time.
I've set it up for high performance, the minimum setting is at 100% but whenever it's idle it goes back to a low power state.
CPU-Z says that it's multiplier goes from 12-33x and that the buss is at 99.76mhz.
It's an i7 3610QM
When I stress test it, it only goes up to 31x multiplier but i guess that's normal for when all four cores are active, but when idling it's at 12x.
This is a problem because I use it for live audio and it seems to affect my ability to use lower latency settings on the audio interface.

In BIOS I have only a few options:
Dynamic switching or Low Power
If dynamic switching is on, I can turn turbo boost on or off, but if Low Power is on, then Turbo boost disappears.
I tried going to low power and that just keeps it at 12x, I've tried turning off turbo boost, and then it keeps it at 23x no matter what happens.
If Turbo and Dynamic are both on it fluctuates between 12x-31/33x depending on the load.

I tried ThrottleStop but it helps nothing.

Funny thing is that I remember just changing the Power options to high performance and setting the minimum to 100% and it never fell below 33x or 31x. This was months ago.
I'm at my wits end.

Please, Help!
 

X79

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Go into power options and manually configure high-performance. High performance, balanced and energy saving are just presets.

So try to make your own high-performance preset and I think you should be able to make it not go idle.
 

SyMix_KD

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I don't quite understand your point.
Why do you need it at a high clock speed when it's idle? If the CPU is at a low clock speed it means that no program is pushing it hard enough, so there would be no diference in high clock speed and low clock speed for programs that use little of the CPU.
Also what are the temperatures of your CPU after 10 minutes of full load?
 

achib528

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I work with live audio so I can't have the frequency jumping up and down. These are miliseconds we're talking about, and if the CPU needs to jump up at some point, it can't do it fast enough.

Does anyone know why I can't have it at constant speed. Is this the way this CPU is made?
I think that some months ago it did not throttle, but I can't be sure.
 

SyMix_KD

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I don't know if what you want to do is possible, maybe try to search in google, "how to keep cpu at a constant clock speed"
 

PreevBR

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Try checking your BIOS for C6 or any C-Related options and disable them..