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Performed a stress test on CPU-Z, and my i7 6700k shows decreasing usage over time.

Performed a stress test on CPU-Z, and my i7 6700k shows decreasing usage over time.

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opticgunship
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11-25-2022, 07:27 PM
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When performing a CPU-Z stress test, my i7 6700k reaches 100% usage and I receive a score above 8500, but it keeps dropping from 100 to 90, then to 80 until it hits 40 and remains at that level. I also ran a Passmark test and received very low Prime scores of 20 and a physics score of 450. My Geekbench 4 result was 13900, while others get between 1600 and 17000 on stock speed. On AIDA64 I’m getting perfect benchmarks, and Cinebench scored 860. Can anyone assist me? Your help is very much appreciated.
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11-25-2022, 07:27 PM #1

When performing a CPU-Z stress test, my i7 6700k reaches 100% usage and I receive a score above 8500, but it keeps dropping from 100 to 90, then to 80 until it hits 40 and remains at that level. I also ran a Passmark test and received very low Prime scores of 20 and a physics score of 450. My Geekbench 4 result was 13900, while others get between 1600 and 17000 on stock speed. On AIDA64 I’m getting perfect benchmarks, and Cinebench scored 860. Can anyone assist me? Your help is very much appreciated.

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CaptKrazy
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11-25-2022, 08:46 PM
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Could the heat be leading to the CPU slowing down? How extended is this duration?
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CaptKrazy
11-25-2022, 08:46 PM #2

Could the heat be leading to the CPU slowing down? How extended is this duration?

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11-27-2022, 01:26 AM
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Could the heat be the reason the CPU is slowing down? How long has this been happening? Thanks for your response!
However, my temperatures stay under 60°C, and it occurs within about a minute.
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KuKa_02
11-27-2022, 01:26 AM #3

Could the heat be the reason the CPU is slowing down? How long has this been happening? Thanks for your response!
However, my temperatures stay under 60°C, and it occurs within about a minute.

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12-03-2022, 10:09 AM
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Jacob_106 :
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Could it be heat causing the CPU to throttle? Over how long a period of time is this?
Thanks for the reply!
But, my temps are always below 60c, and it happens within 1 minute.
Take a look thru BIOS and see if there are any settings that would cause that. I can't think of any other reason that would happen. Short of defective components, I mean.
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Alysss
12-03-2022, 10:09 AM #4

Jacob_106 :
clutchc :
Could it be heat causing the CPU to throttle? Over how long a period of time is this?
Thanks for the reply!
But, my temps are always below 60c, and it happens within 1 minute.
Take a look thru BIOS and see if there are any settings that would cause that. I can't think of any other reason that would happen. Short of defective components, I mean.

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12-09-2022, 02:29 PM
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Jacob_106 :
clutchc :
Could the heat be affecting the CPU performance? How long has this been happening?
Thanks for your response!
However, my temperatures stay under 60°C and it occurs within a minute.
Check the BIOS settings to see if any adjustments might be causing this. I don’t think there’s another explanation beyond faulty parts.
Reviewed the BIOS, but no features seem relevant. I can keep running Prime95 at full load without drops, and AIDA64 at 100% without issues.
A strange observation is that when I pause and restart the benchmark, utilization stays around 40-50%, not reaching 100%. But if I close CPU-Z and start a stress test, it hits 100% and then drops again.
I’m not sure what could be triggering this behavior.
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___Revilo___
12-09-2022, 02:29 PM #5

Jacob_106 :
clutchc :
Could the heat be affecting the CPU performance? How long has this been happening?
Thanks for your response!
However, my temperatures stay under 60°C and it occurs within a minute.
Check the BIOS settings to see if any adjustments might be causing this. I don’t think there’s another explanation beyond faulty parts.
Reviewed the BIOS, but no features seem relevant. I can keep running Prime95 at full load without drops, and AIDA64 at 100% without issues.
A strange observation is that when I pause and restart the benchmark, utilization stays around 40-50%, not reaching 100%. But if I close CPU-Z and start a stress test, it hits 100% and then drops again.
I’m not sure what could be triggering this behavior.

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12-16-2022, 02:59 AM
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It seems to be just CPU-Z, which should ease your concerns. I've used CPU-Z 1.77.0 with my Haswell i7 and everything worked fine. It could be a bug that hasn't been fixed yet for Skylake.
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Crafty_Box
12-16-2022, 02:59 AM #6

It seems to be just CPU-Z, which should ease your concerns. I've used CPU-Z 1.77.0 with my Haswell i7 and everything worked fine. It could be a bug that hasn't been fixed yet for Skylake.

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12-20-2022, 08:46 AM
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Even though it might be CPU-Z, no one has talked about this issue, so it probably isn't. :/
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Terrafin3015
12-20-2022, 08:46 AM #7

Even though it might be CPU-Z, no one has talked about this issue, so it probably isn't. :/

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