Check if the system runs smoothly when idle with the Ryzen 7500F on a ROG STRIX B650E-F board.
Check if the system runs smoothly when idle with the Ryzen 7500F on a ROG STRIX B650E-F board.
Observe, it doesn't match what you expect from the clocks. Contemporary CPUs adjust their timing much more rapidly than the "core clock" can follow. Actual performance operates in a different manner, showing more precise changes in core speed rather than a fixed rate. There are more detailed insights available if you're interested, but the key point remains—your system is functioning as intended and isn't locked at a static frequency like the screen suggests. In reality, 578Mhz appears to represent the peak core efficiency during that moment, while the surrounding data confirms only a minimal usage of 3.3%.
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7500F+ROG STRIX B650E-F
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RAM: 2X16GB Corsair Vengeance 6000MT/S CL 30. Motheboard is on latest BIOS ver 3287
Please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.
If you're on Windows 10/11 what power plan is it set to? I'm on a Ryzen 5 7600, with E.X.P.O at DDR5-6000MHz or DDR5-6000MT/s, my idle clocks are 3.75GHz, 0% CPU usage with 35 tabs open on Chrome.
Using HWInfo, what sort of temps do you see when idle and taxed? Ambient room temps?
Motherboard featured in the title includes Asus ROG Strix B650E-F GAMING WIFI. The CPU is an R5 7500f with a cooling XE 224 SE XTS unit. RAM consists of Corsair vengeance 2x16GB at 6000MHz CL30. Storage comprises an SSD Samsung SATA 860 EVO 256GB, a 1TB Lexar NM790 drive, a WD RED 4TB HDD, and a Seagate 2TB drive. The GPU is an EVGA XC ULTRA 2080TI. Power supply is an XPG Cyber core II Ve 650W unit. The monitor is AOC Q27G27XMN. The case is Cooltek Karmyde (note it's quite outdated). Operating system is Windows 11 with a power-saving plan, ambient temperature maintained at 20°C, CPU idle at 30°C, and load temperature reaching 78°C.
The idle temperatures look quite acceptable. It seems the system is functioning properly. Background processes will always keep the CPU active.
cooler ID cooling XE 224 SE XTS
https://www.idcooling.com/product/detail...SE-224-XTS
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Case: Cooltek Karmyde (it's quite old)
https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/Cooltek-Karmi...B005ZCTKYK
These temperatures are acceptable for that cooler and setup. If you changed the case to something with more intake, you might notice lower temperatures under load.
I don't understand why it can't lower the clock below 3000MHz—it's clearly in the CPU zone with a multiplier of 4-50.5, not 30-50.5. The issue isn't about temperature, but rather the CPU remains stuck at its maximum frequency.
The CPU is unlikely to be idling at 3000Mhz unless you've altered its settings manually. The rapid changes prevent most sensor readings from updating, keeping them fixed. This behavior has persisted across several generations of Intel and AMD processors, even with features like Cool N Quiet, Intel speedstep, or Intel Speedshift enabled. Check the monitoring tool you're using—preferably HWinfo instead of HWmonitor or similar. Install it, set it to "sensors only," and avoid viewing "Core clocks" data. Instead, adjust the options and observe "Effective core clocks." If those also display an excessively high idle speed, let me know so we can review possible manual configurations.
CPU-z, Coretemp, HWinfo all indicate 3000MHz as the lowest clock. Likely due to EXPO profile locking CPU idle frequency to IFCLK despite auto mode. Edit: Experiencing random crashes now, no changes made to settings.
can't upload images, so I'll have to write the readings (dang this forum cheap af).
at idle AVG active clock bounces between 2987 and 3700Mhz.
now for the fun part – the average effective clock drops to 0.36 x100.
i have no idea what that means, especially since the cpu has a 4x minimum multiplier.
while i was writing this, it crashed and I didn't post until i turned it off using the power button.
big shout out to Steve from HU for suggesting this motherboard.