It shifts to 0.79 ghz starting at 3.29ghz under heavy load
It shifts to 0.79 ghz starting at 3.29ghz under heavy load
Typical motherboard issues often mean your VRMs are overheating, which can cause the motherboard to reduce power to the chip. You might try installing throttlestop in the background, giving the CPU a task to simulate the problem, and then review why it was throttled.
You can adjust your hard disks to slow down after a period of inactivity: Power plan settings – Advanced power settings – Hard disk spin down time in minutes. It’s strange that your CPU would increase to a certain speed, then drop back once the power is reduced. If it normally provides power, why would it lower it again just seconds after reaching a higher level? This doesn’t make sense. It could be thermal throttling, which seems like the most plausible explanation. There should be a thermal throttle setting within your BIOS (now known as UEFI) to modify, but my system doesn’t support this. There’s no temperature cap, only a warning feature. It appears the issue lies in the cooling system—speed increases rapidly, reaching 60–70°C before slowing down again. For testing, set the CPU fan to full speed and all other fans as well, then observe the time it takes for the CPU to downclock.