Intel turbo boost not maxed out.

[zdusr]

Hi

According to my CPU specs https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en ... tions.html my CPU should go up to 4.7 GHz. However if I run doom on 1 monitor and view task manager on other monitor it seems to stay around 4.2 to 4.3 GHz. When I look at CPU temp then it stays around 50C so it should be far from thermal throttling. Is there something I can do to make it use full 4.7 GHz as advertised? My FPS count sits around 20-30 with ProfanePromiseland.wad (40k monsters) so this turbo boost thing should have plenty of reason to try to push my CPU to 4.7 GHz but it doesn't. Any hints? I am currently not using any graphics intensive mods such as brutal doom or russian overkill so I don't think It's waiting behind my GPU (Intel UHD-630) to finish rendering.

[Rachael]

As far as I know (keep in mind that I have no idea how Turbo Boost actually works) - it should be unlocked as long as the operating system is giving the CPU the ability to run at full (100%) speed.

This is one reason why I lock my CPU's often at 99% speed, is to actually prevent Turbo Boost from actually working - because I want to keep the system cool at all times. I always keep a preset available to run at 100% speed if I actually do want/need it, like for an intense gaming session, but that's extremely rare, for me.

With Windows it is managed in the power management (start->run->powercfg.cpl) - using this you can use the "High Performance" preset to force the system to run at full throttle 100% of the time.

With Linux it is controlled by processor governor - and I do not know of what exact GUI power management tools are available here, but here is where a Google Search might turn up handy. This is the first result that came up, for me: https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/20 ... frequency/

You should be able to run the CPU safely well into the 70's and 80's without any issue, though - at 50 C you definitely are not utilizing your full core performance here.

[SanyaWaffles]

This is one reason why I lock my CPU's often at 99% speed, is to actually prevent Turbo Boost from actually working - because I want to keep the system cool at all times. I always keep a preset available to run at 100% speed if I actually do want/need it, like for an intense gaming session, but that's extremely rare, for me.

With Windows it is managed in the power management (start->run->powercfg.cpl) - using this you can use the "High Performance" preset to force the system to run at full throttle 100% of the time.

That's actually useful to know. My Ryzen constantly runs noisy and doesn't offer much performance benefit. Changing that has made it noticeably quieter.

[zdusr]

As far as I know (keep in mind that I have no idea how Turbo Boost actually works) - it should be unlocked as long as the operating system is giving the CPU the ability to run at full (100%) speed.

This is one reason why I lock my CPU's often at 99% speed, is to actually prevent Turbo Boost from actually working - because I want to keep the system cool at all times. I always keep a preset available to run at 100% speed if I actually do want/need it, like for an intense gaming session, but that's extremely rare, for me.

With Windows it is managed in the power management (start->run->powercfg.cpl) - using this you can use the "High Performance" preset to force the system to run at full throttle 100% of the time.

With Linux it is controlled by processor governor - and I do not know of what exact GUI power management tools are available here, but here is where a Google Search might turn up handy. This is the first result that came up, for me: https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/20 ... frequency/

You should be able to run the CPU safely well into the 70's and 80's without any issue, though - at 50 C you definitely are not utilizing your full core performance here.

Thanks for the info, I did not know that you can control this thing so easily. Thought I needed some intel proprietary software. Is this start->run->powercfg.cpl the only way you you manage this? If I go to Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state then it already shows 100% but CPU still maxes out around 4.3 GHz instead 4.7 GHz. I also changed my graphics settings to Maximum performance but it did not seem to have effect. But anyways I confirmed that this Maximum processor state works. I changed to to 30% and task manager actually showed 1.2 GHz so It's a clear proof that this indeed has effect. Was just wondering if I have to unlock something to get full turbo boost to advertised 4.7 GHz?

[drfrag]

For the latest intel cpus the stock intel heatsink usually is not good enough, you need something better.

[zdusr]

For the latest intel cpus the stock intel heatsink usually is not good enough, you need something better.

I already have something better. CPU temp doesnt get much above 50C which is well below thermal throttling temperature.


Update : I had to download Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility. It allowed me to go full 4.7Ghz and even 5.

Any ideas if running it 5 GHz will damage it? If the temperature did not go over 61 C then it means running 5GHz is also ok even if it goes beyond advertised turbo frequency (4.7 GHz)?

Update2 : Running it above 4.7 GHz seems to be unstable.