FX-8350 running at 1396 MHz?

[InfinityDelta]

Hello all,
In the process of thinking about OCing my CPU, I installed CPU-Z, and much to my surprise, it reports the multiplier at x7.0 and the bus speed at ~200 MHz, giving me a core speed of ~1400, which is about 2600 lower than I expected.

Is this normal? Should I bump up the multiplier to x20 (What I think it should be) to get 4000Mhz? Am I just missing something? Thanks!

Edit:
Here's a screenshot of my CPU - Z.

 

[ilysaml]

That's because AMD "Cool n Quite" is enabled, it reduces core clock and voltage when the system is IDLE.

Try running any CPU intensive application, or just a game and you'll see the 4.0 GHz up.

 

[kenny3105]

it's a power save mode for the cpu if it not being used it will drop the multiplier to save power

 

[Guest]

im thinking of upgrading from a fx4100 to the same cpu as you... are you satisfied with your purchase?

 

[FinneousPJ]

Yeah it's working as intended. What you're missing is the power saving features To test your overclock run Prime95 or similar.

 

[papablista]

Yea that should be a 20x multiplier,

 

[InfinityDelta]

Thank you very much to all!
It appears that you were right, it was "Cool n' Quiet" taking effect.
2nd Question: Before OCing, I ran Prime95, and within 30 seconds I have a Rounding error. OCCT gives me an error within the same time frame. There is no overclock, just stock speeds at 4000MHz. Help? Did I mess something up?

Better Idea : Because this is unrelated, I'll start a new thread for it and try to close this one.

Thanks!

 

[InfinityDelta]

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