Core i5-6200U only using 10W

[Microsoft Windows 8]

Hi,

I'm having an extremely irritating issue where the i5-6200U only uses 10W when stressing. It is rated for 15W. My old i5-4210U, and used to always run at 15W during stress testing.

There is no option to configure cTDP in my Acer's BIOS. Is there a way to squeeze more performance?
I know I'm not getting the performance I should, because people on Passmark get a score of 4200 on the 6200U, whist I only get 3700. (Higher is better)


I'm using ThrottleStop to force it at 2.6GHz 4 cores active, and 2.76GHz when 2 cores active. Yet it still gives me 10W.

My laptop's cooling is adequate for higher power consumption, with temperatures never going above 65C

If you had a i5-6200U, what was your power consumption? Is acer deliberately using cTDP down?

My laptop's config:

Acer Aspire F5-572G-595M
i5-6200U
GeForce 920M
8GB DDR3 L (1.35v) RAM
Samsung 850 Pro 500GB

 

[Karsten75]

There has been articles on Onandtech that outlined issues with manufacturers running afoul of TDP issues on low-power notebooks. I don't recall the exact problem, but the long and short of it was that some builds couldn't get to maximum potential due to throttling or issues with TDP.

 

[Microsoft Windows 8]

There has been articles on Onandtech that outlined issues with manufacturers running afoul of TDP issues on low-power notebooks. I don't recall the exact problem, but the long and short of it was that some builds couldn't get to maximum potential due to throttling or issues with TDP.

Aah. This WAS my suspicion. To be honest, if my 15.6 inch notebook was equipped with a dedicated GPU, SURELY raising the TDP 5 watts more can't hurt!

Maybe this is because Skylake is so efficient, it has no need for 15 watts? I don't believe that. I'll search, and I'll update