CPU EDC at 99% on Ryzen 5 2600

[alexee2015]

Hello, I just bought a ryzen 5 2600 every thing went fine, XMP worked well but Ryzen Master says that EDC(CPU) is at around 99% all the time, I have no idea what it means but I dont think it should be like that. Any ideas how to solve it? I mention that I have not done any OC to the CPU.
Thanks.

 

[CountMike]

It's percentage of power limit. Use AMD Ryzen balanced plan in windows and set minimum processor state to 5%. That should keep usage pretty low until needed.

 

[alexee2015]

It's percentage of power limit. Use AMD Ryzen balanced plan in windows and set minimum processor state to 5%. That should keep usage pretty low until needed.

It worked, now it's at 27% but only on idle, as soon as I do something more demanding like playing a game it gets back to 99%, is it normal?

 

[CountMike]

Yes it's normal for processor to use more power on demand.

 

[alexee2015]

Yes it's normal for processor to use more power on demand.

So I should not worry about it getting to 100%? There is nothing that can be damaged? Thanks for your answers

 

[CountMike]

With some BIOS versions it's adjustable but if you lower it, it may never reach full turbo speeds.

 

[alexee2015]

With some BIOS versions it's adjustable but if you lower it, it may never reach full turbo speeds.

Sorry for asking again, but I should not worry about it getting to 100% while gaming right?

 

[CountMike]

Right, don't worry. Supposed to do that.

 

[alexee2015]

Right, don't worry. Supposed to do that.

Thanks for helping.

 

[Elin12345]

It's percentage of power limit. Use AMD Ryzen balanced plan in windows and set minimum processor state to 5%. That should keep usage pretty low until needed.

It worked, now it's at 27% but only on idle, as soon as I do something more demanding like playing a game it gets back to 99%, is it normal?

it didnt work for me

 

[Siliproksi]

CountMike, I did the same, and now I am getting throughout 80 to 95 EDC when on idle, doing nothing. Why is it so high? And I also get fps drop on trivial games sometimes, like League of Legends. Whilst I can play some of the top games (most requiring) with 100+ fps sometimes, it is weird. And I do doubt it is my graphics card as it is 2080 RTX. The processor is AMD Ryzen 7 2700x. I would appreciate any help.