How to increase your Lenovo Y700's CPU speed to 3.5 GHz.
How to increase your Lenovo Y700's CPU speed to 3.5 GHz.
I notice no choice in the BIOS or Turbo Boost settings—they label it as a gaming laptop with a 2.6 GHz CPU. On the Intel site, the CPU specs state it can be overclocked up to 3.5 GHz and some users claim even higher speeds. I wonder how that’s possible (Windows 10).
Specifications:
Brand: Lenovo
Type: Laptop
Use: Gaming
Model: Y700
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz (maximum turbo up to 3.50 GHz)
GPU: NVIDIA 960M (overclocked to max [135 MHz+] and memory to 303 MHz+)
Memory: DDR4 8 GB (7.86 GB available)
System: 64-bit OS with x64 processor
OS: Windows 10 Home
Storage: 884 GB HDD (27.6 GB free) and 24.9 GB SSD (2.94 GB free)
The 6700HQ has its limits and won't be able to be overclocked further. The highest speed it can reach is 3.5GHz per core, and under heavy use, you might see an additional gain of about 3.3GHz across all cores.