Processing load remains consistent at 0.79 GHz.
Processing load remains consistent at 0.79 GHz.
CPU performance remains at 0.79GHz. Problem began after overclocking the monitor. Applied ThrottleStop to disable BD PROCHOT, resolved temporarily. After reboots, PC freezes during Windows boot and restarts repeatedly. Idle temps stay below 50%, peak never exceeds 60%. Any advice would be valuable. Hardware details: Motherboard MSI H110M-ECO, CPU Core i5-6500, GPU ASRock Challenger RX 6600, PSU Corsair TX650, RAM 2x 8GB 2133MHz DDR4.
No, you haven't adjusted those settings to their highest values.
Review your Windows Power Management adjustments (is it set to maximum power save instead of maximum performance?). The 800Mhz clock speed appears when a BSOD occurs, though mine stems from unstable USB devices or memory settings and under-voltage issues. After that, the system sometimes activates maximum power saving upon reboot—behavior varies across systems but is not hardware-related.
Sorry, the setting isn't available there but the power plan is configured for high performance.
You're considering thermal throttling caused by a hot component. Those temperatures are unusually high for the CPU's clock speed. It seems the original paste is likely just an insulating layer now. Are you checking the temperatures through any specific software? It's possible the CPU is already throttling at around 71°C, as mentioned in the ARK link. You might want to reapply the paste and use tools like HWMon to monitor performance—your current settings show about 3.3GHz across all cores.
The 71C Tcase temperature isn't connected to the throttling temperature. The Core i5-6500 will start throttling if any cores hit 100°C. Any reduction before that point isn't thermal throttling. BD PROCHOT throttling is seldom tied to temperature.