Your overclock won't work because of a hardware limitation or incorrect settings.
Your overclock won't work because of a hardware limitation or incorrect settings.
Your system is likely defaulting to a unified frequency because the overclocking command isn't properly applied per core. Check your BIOS settings or try adjusting the frequency per core individually.
Yes, but the name might vary based on the manufacturer. MCE refers to Multicore Enhancement on MSI/ASUS boards, possibly called Turbo Enhancement Enhanced Turbo, etc. Your performance can sometimes surpass a few cores even under light loads (like 1-2% across multiple apps). Are you certain it never reaches 5.0 at idle? Waiting five minutes for Windows to truly enter idle mode?