After 40 min of working CPU stuck at 0.39 Ghz speed

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After 3 day ago added 4 gb more ram and changed Hdd with Sdd, today after 40min of runing pc start runing very slow when I open task menager i see my cpy worked only 17% installed burn in test software to see, all other component in testing goes to 100%, cpu its has so much lag. What to do??

specs
Dell inspiron 15 3567
ram 8 gb ( 2x 4gb )
ssd uv 400 kingston 240gb
cpu intel i3 6006U 2.00GHz
 

Pat Flynn

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Check your CPU temps, it could be throttling to prevent overheating. Use a tool like HWMonitor, just make sure you launch it as 'Admin' or you won't see all the the temps. For that CPU, if it's higher than 95 degrees it will begin to throttle. At 100 degrees, it'll probably be stuck at the speed you've stated, but at 105 it will shutdown (all temps in celcius).
If the temps are high all the time, my guess is that the CPU cooler was bumped during the install of the ram/ssd. This could have caused the thermal paste to separate or crack- a lot of OEM laptops use very cheap thermal paste that hardens and doesn't maintain any kind of moisture. When it dries then cracks, it loses nearly all thermal conductivity. If this is the case, you'll need to take your notebook apart again and clean both the CPU and the heatsink (with isopropyl alcohol- recommend 70% or higher), then apply a fresh layer of thermal paste. I'd recommend something decent like the Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut, Arctic Cooling MX-3, or Noctua NT-H1. These will last a very long time without drying up (5+ years).
 


Did it happen after a Windows 10 update?
Windows might be putting the CPU in its low power state, to save power. It does that by throttling apps and background processes.
Windows 10 it supposed to detect when it supposed to throttle, but I have seen that it may be buggy.
Plenty of times it does not work, so you can check on 'Task Manager' which app are marked for Power Throttling.
Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open 'Task Manager' then click the 'Details' tab.
Right-click the headings and click 'Select Columns' the select the 'Power Throttling' column.
Click 'OK' to save your changes.
Now you see a 'Power Throttling' column. It has information about each process’s power throttling state.