5.1 million throttle gaming setup
5.1 million throttle gaming setup
I recently found a solid offer and considered a 13500t and an ASRock B660 motherboard, but when gaming I struggle to exceed 30fps. The CPU stays at full load and doesn’t seem to be utilizing the cores efficiently. I’m unsure if the CPU is faulty or if there are any board settings I could adjust to improve performance.
System specifications and game list ready. Please verify BIOS settings.
Consider testing ThrottleStop 9.6 at the provided link. Enable the TPL button to see if it unlocks higher turbo limits. Note that a B660 board may restrict these adjustments.
Current usage is 118 watts; I adjusted the BIOS to a 150-watt cap.
I own a 3070ti with 32GB or DDR4 Corsair Vengeance RAM, using an ASRock B660M motherboard. I’m running Windows 11 and playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Fortnite. I’ve restored the BIOS to defaults and adjusted the load line voltage and wattage cap to 150W instead of the previous 92 peak DPDT.
Avoid using a 4.0 slot with a 3.0 GPU riser, as it caused the GPU to stay locked at 100% and triggered errors in Windows. I thought the CPU was the issue, but after adjusting the BIOS, clock speeds improved.
The ThrottleStop display indicates the long-term MSR PL1 turbo power cap is at 35 watts. The yellow lock symbol confirms the BIOS has fixed this value, preventing changes via ThrottleStop. Could you have adjusted this setting in the BIOS? Certain boards offer a way to modify the limit, though success isn’t guaranteed. At 35W, the CPU will automatically reduce performance to stay within the threshold during extended tests. Consumption may briefly exceed 35W before strict power limits activate. A balance between performance and efficiency. A T-series chipset typically has a 35W thermal design power rating. Some boards remain unlocked for higher limits, while others are locked to prevent easy bypass.
I know, is an old thread: I wanted to say that this 13500T CPU is fast and is a true gaming chip as it has same specs as a 13600 (that last one bear higher clocks). Boosting only to 92W and some PC maker locks it to a max PL2 boost of 80W. As PL1 is 35W I was wondering if having more active cores are really beneficial for gaming. I have done some graphs for Cinebench and tested some games as well, it already took me lots of time so I won't investigate more. - As having hyper threading lowers clocks, it isn't always best for responsiveness and cpu has plenty of cores anyway (all cores HT under DX12 is ok tho). - Under this small power constraint, 7 to 8 active cores can be best for gaming. 7 might be the sweet spot as it gives you a bit more frequency than 8... - Does disabling IGPU gives more wattage to CPU? What about disabling C-state, will it be more responsive ? So, 6p_cores & 1e_core unfortunately gives us poor L2 cache speeds compared to 2e_cores; not affecting Gaming nor Desktop usage under my experience... Also going for a higher clocked or higher core variant might be useless as we are 35W limited (13600T - 13700T - 13900T all probably won't perform better for gaming) Here is linked results