The CPU isn't fully boosting because the test might not be providing enough load or stability for optimal performance.
The CPU isn't fully boosting because the test might not be providing enough load or stability for optimal performance.
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Observe how the description consistently mentions "up to." You won't receive any extra boost clock; you're just given the base clock under load. Yes, if every core is utilized—like in a niche test such as Cinebench—that still doesn’t raise all cores to their maximum frequency. Probably not even with LN2 unless the frequencies are precisely synchronized.
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