Intel Core i5-4690k frequency really low

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hey,
as stated in topic - my CPU goes down to ~900-1500MHz even while gaming.

that problem started like two weeks ago - and I don't know the reason why.

My hardware is the following:

Motherboard: ASUS Z97-P
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690k [not overclocked]
Graphics Card: Gainward GTX 1060 6GB
RAM: 8GB Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

What I tried doing:

- Updated my BIOS -
- Intel Extreme Tuning Utility - https://i.gyazo.com/dd287189ffcebbe084a3e036b55f03d1.png
- switched off all power saving options in BIOS, even tried turning on the turbo modes, tried overclocking to 4.5GHz -
- resetted my BIOS to default options -
- turned on high performance option in Windows -
- Prime95 10-minute test -
^(https://i.gyazo.com/472556630bd6b315229677c49463170d.png)
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If that could be helpful; my PC is like 1 year old, I clean it frequently. Thermal Paste is changed each three months, but the temperatures ain't the problem.

Hope somebody knows the answer, as I have no idea what to do.


 
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It hit 100C after 6 minutes of Prime95 stress test. Without it its at like 50C max while playing games.
 
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There is a 30 second video of me in-game with a Prime95 Blend stress test running. Do you see anything? Or should I record another footage with more options in the MSIA?


https://youtu.be/7LuE7JrkhrQ
 
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Sizzling may be right.

I have nearly the exact same motherboard and a 4690K o/c to 4.5 Ghz with 1.27 Volts.
When I stress test my CPU, I run Afterburner, Kombustor, a heavy game like Just Cause 3, Photoshop with 10 huge files open, PTC Creo 3D engineering CAD and for the coup de gras OCCT CPU burn in all at the same time.
OCCT REALLY pounds your PC. And it has the same recording graphs like Afterburner with a little more detail. It's actually too detailed for me to understand all of it.

I never exceed 80C.
I am using a Themalright Macho rev B heatsink with a 140 mm fan.
It's a big CPU cooler that can be used passively, with no fan.

Changing for thermal paste that often is a myth. I just changed mine for the first time in 3 years and my temps are exactly the same. I don't know exactly what is wrong with your CPU.
My first guess and the cheapest guess is replace your heat sink with a 140mm big air or an 240mm AIO radiator.
Second, Sometimes CPU's are defective or just go bad. I had an AMD CPU that ran insanely hot until it fried. Got another of the same one and it worked perfectly and I have no idea why.

Good Luck.
 
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Thank you, yeah the temperatures were bad when I stressed it with that thing, but that's not the problem. The problem is my CPU runs at like 900-1900MHz frequency when it should run at like 3500MHz+ - and because of that I get very, very shit performance. And I dont know what to do.

 
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Will do that tommorow, as its a lil bit late there and I have to wake up at the early morning. But is that so, even if without the stress test my temperatures are pretty good?
 
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Just changed thermal paste. It doesn't hit 100 C after 10 minutes, but frequencies are still really bad.
 
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