Observing unusual power and temperature trends in this task manager
Observing unusual power and temperature trends in this task manager
Hello guys, today i have a weird behavior going on with my CPU. I have initially noticed a high temperature at idle ( only firefox, steam, discord open ) having 60-77 degrees celsius I decide to repaste my processor i haven't done it ever since i have initially bought it a while ago. The temperatures stays the same though now i encounter another weird behavior related to task manager and power draw. ( If it helps, my windows is set to ultimate performance in the power settings changing it doesn't affect anything ) the first screenshot is from CPUID HWMonitor without task manager; notice how the processor is at 88W steadily and with core 0 through 4 at 4.5 MHz with steady 64-66 celsius ( It shoots to 77 if i don't touch the cursor at times! ) once i put on task manager; this happens at screenshot 2 Core 0 goes between 4.7 to 3.7 MHz and the rest steadily at 3.7 voltage drops to 27 watts fluctuating to max 40ish and temperatures are now between 30-45 celcius What can i do to better control this behavior in my favor? I wouldn't want my CPU to burn itself out in desktop doing nothing but actually fully utilize it's power in gaming Those high temps are starting to scare me since i need this chip to last for a while !
I don't know if the temps are totally fine, what I can tell you is that, 3,7Ghz when idle, because the CPU's base clock is according to AMD website 3,8Ghz, nothing weird there, as far as temperatures go, both screenshots don't show any high/concerning temps, what CPU cooler are you using anyway? if it's just stock cooler than obviously the CPU might get little warm, but as long as the temps are under 90°C, and as long as it's not some weird behaviour like temps being high for too long while doing nothing, then it's fine. Edited April 6, 2023 by podkall edit
It consumes high power because of the overclocked settings and better performance compared to a standard model.
It highlights the key issue where 88W is needed to maintain a 4500 MHZ turbo without any obvious reason on the desktop, leading to elevated temperatures.
It's interesting how my 5700X runs at 4.65GHz all the way up to 45W.
I don't understand the situation well. Could you give more details? That way I can offer better advice.
Adjust your EDC, TDC and PPT values in the BIOS to 150 and test it.