Overclocking: Task Manager Shows 5.3 GHz, but Overclock is 4.3 GHz
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Nah, don't pay any attention to it. You would outright crash if it was running that high.
Control panel > Power Options > Balanced.
Using performance mode maxes CPU speed.
No worries. I learned about this last month.Sorry if my questions are noob-ish.
zebarjadi.raouf
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Oh okay, I was just a little concerned..? Even after restarts it still shows that value, usually 1 GHz above my overclock, e.g. 5.4 GHz @ 4.4 GHz, 5.2 GHz @ 4.2 GHz, etc.
Also, my i5-4690k runs at max clock, even with dynamic clock and Intel Speed Step. Shouldn't it throttle down when there's low CPU usage? Sorry if my questions are noob-ish.
zebarjadi.raouf
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Nah, don't pay any attention to it. You would outright crash if it was running that high.
Control panel > Power Options > Balanced.
Using performance mode maxes CPU speed.
No worries. I learned about this last month.Sorry if my questions are noob-ish.
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recheck through BIOS, difference reading is common with seconds triggering app, but you'd notice the closest accurate # base on your own setup, if you use 8700k (4GHz base - 4.7GHz TB stock BIOS) and task manager shows 4.3GHz then your during that moment your CPU could be running at four active cores, 4.4GHz three cores and so on
zebarjadi.raouf
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Laptop, yeah. PC, not much. Your CPU will use it's max speed, not the max power usage. I just leave it in performance mode.
He said it shows 5.3Ghz. Not, 4.3GHz. That's outside the realm of turbo.
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