New Ryzen 1600 PC performance issue

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Priyank Kumar

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I got my PC two days ago and have been testing it on The Witcher 3. I am getting consistent 60 FPS at high settings on 1080P however HWInfo is showing only 3 of the cores at 3300-3400 MHz speed while the other 3 are ~1599 MHz.

Is this normal or does this indicate a problem?

The CPU temps become constant around 66C during gaming.

My specs are:

Ryzen 5 1600 with stock cooler(not OC'd, I am not familiar with OCing and wanted to see if I can have games running at 60 FPS on high settings without it)

Asus Dual RX 580

MSI B350m Mortar

G. Skill Trident Z 16G(8GB x 2) 3000MHz set to XMP profile speed of 2666 MHz

Seasonic S12G 650W


Windows 10
 
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mjslakeridge
You may want to use AMD Overdrive to monitor the temps. With past AMD cpus, certain temp monitoring software did not give accurate results. Not sure if this is true with the new Ryzens or not. Overdrive shows Thermal Margin, which is the number of degrees you are away from thermal shutdown, so a higher thermal margin number is better.
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A lot of games are not using all the cores. Most, still, are using 2-4 cores in total. This and the fact "only" 1080p is why you are seeing this.

If your monitor/GPU can handle it kicking up to 1440p will tax your CPU a bit more. Still will not be 100% though.
 
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Priyank Kumar

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Yes it's a fresh install. I had it assembled by the technicians at the store where I bought the parts, they told me they had installed all the necessary drivers but they didn't specifically mention which ones.
 
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jenojaxx

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The automatic Scaling governors take care of the actual running frequency . If you want to test your cpu to see if it can achieve the clocks or not , download prime95 torture test , and give it a try . MIND THE TEMPERATURE of the cpu while the p95 is running . It usualy warms up the cpu more than any other application. (my i5 6600K rarely goes beyond 60°C in games , but in p95 hits 80-83°C).
 
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Priyank Kumar

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Should it show all 6 cores at max non OC frequency on HWMonitor when running the test? How long should I run it and should I monitor the temps with HWMonitor or something else?

 
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jenojaxx

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Yes , max non oc on all cores . Not long maybe 5 minutes , just to give you a piece of mind . Of course monitor it with the HWmonitor to see temps and frequency . And eventually stop the p95 test if your temps go past 75-80°C.

 
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Priyank Kumar

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Oh, thanks! I will try to do it very soon and post the results.

 
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You may want to use AMD Overdrive to monitor the temps. With past AMD cpus, certain temp monitoring software did not give accurate results. Not sure if this is true with the new Ryzens or not. Overdrive shows Thermal Margin, which is the number of degrees you are away from thermal shutdown, so a higher thermal margin number is better.
 
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jenojaxx

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Yes you are correct in the past i had to use core temp gt for my fx 6300 , apparently hwmonitor works with ryzen since HWMonitor 1.28 version .... sorry 1.31 .
 
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Install ryzen balanced power plan
 
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