Question CPU is way higher ghz even at high temps

[phantomXD]

So this problem or benefit idk happened when i got a new motherboard my old motherboard had broken pins and it didn't boot old motherboard was an Asrock B75 Pro-3m and the new motherboard is GIGABYTE GA-H61M-DS2 DVI and the problem/benefit is that it said it was 3.20 ghz base clock speed on the asrock motherboard in task manager and on the old mb the cpu's ghz was running at 3.14-3.40 ghz yet right as i switched to the new gigabyte mb it said 3.70-3.90 ghz and for the base clock speed on task manager it said that the base clock speed of the cpu was 3.60 here are the pics https://ibb.co/Fb7bntq is this normal and if not how do i fix it.

 

[rgd1101]

full system spec?

 

[phantomXD]

full system spec?

I5 3470 R7 370 120 GB SSD 500 GB HDD

 

[phantomXD]

full system spec?

https://ibb.co/g4m7s8b / https://ibb.co/cL8QH2b

 

[rgd1101]

cpu us supported on that motherboard. I wouldn't worry about task manager.

 

[uWebb429]

@phantomXD
Use HWINFO.

Here are the specs for a 3470.

https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i5/Intel-Core i5-3470.html

Some 3rd Gen CPUs support limited overclocking. You usually need a motherboard with a Z series chipset to use that feature. Perhaps your new board is able to take advantage of that and your old board could not.

The Task Manager is not a good source of info for older CPUs so ignore what it shows.

Post some ThrottleStop screenshots if you need help understanding your CPU and motherboard. The TRL window should show your turbo ratios and if limited overclocking is available. Make sure the C States are enabled in the BIOS to take full advantage of Intel Turbo Boost.

 

[phantomXD]

@phantomXD
Use HWINFO.

Here are the specs for a 3470.

https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i5/Intel-Core i5-3470.html

Some 3rd Gen CPUs support limited overclocking. You usually need a motherboard with a Z series chipset to use that feature. Perhaps your new board is able to take advantage of that and your old board could not.

The Task Manager is not a good source of info for older CPUs so ignore what it shows.

Post some ThrottleStop screenshots if you need help understanding your CPU and motherboard. The TRL window should show your turbo ratios and if limited overclocking is available. Make sure the C States are enabled in the BIOS to take full advantage of Intel Turbo Boost.

here some pics HWMONITOR & TSTOP pics: https://ibb.co/zfRPnxr / https://ibb.co/Cvy9r8z BIOS pics: https://ibb.co/sJcc1rJ / https://ibb.co/9t78W0D I think this might be a windows problem due HWM and BIOS saying completely different ghz than task manager: https://ibb.co/mXNpKCF

 

[rgd1101]

could stop looking at task manger or try a fresh os install

 

[uWebb429]

here some pics HWMONITOR & TSTOP

I recommend HWiNFO, not HWMonitor. ThrottleStop shows the most accurate look at what speed your CPU is running at and you covered up that information in the screenshot you posted.

ThrottleStop correctly shows that your CPU supports +4 bins of overclocking (+400 MHz) but the turbo ratios appear to be locked to their default values of 36, 36, 35, 34. As far as I know, the chipset on the motherboard you are using does not support overclocking so the Task Manager is wrong. Your CPU is not running at 3800 MHz. Microsoft did not put too much effort into programming the Task Manager so it reports Intel's older CPUs correctly. Do not use it to report MHz because it is wrong.

Run a ThrottleStop TS Bench test and set it to 1 Thread. Post a screenshot of the main ThrottleStop window while this test is in progress. If you have the C states enabled in the BIOS and you do not have too much stuff running in the background, you should see a multiplier very close to the 36.00 maximum. Windows background tasks are always randomly waking up additional cores when you are running any stress test which will instantly lower the maximum multiplier. You will typically see an average multiplier in the 35.50 to 36.00 range during a 1 Thread TS Bench test.

When TS Bench testing, exit HWiNFO, exit HWMonitor and exit the Task Manager. All of these monitoring apps spend too much time waking up cores to sample them which can interfere with the CPU using the maximum 36 multiplier.