Question CPU usage goes too high and starts lagging after turning on XMP

[neonnazmul]

PC Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 3500X (OCed to 4.2Ghz@1.375V in Override mode)
Motherboard: MSI B450M Pro VDH MAX
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2*8GB) 3200MHz
GPU: Gigabyte RTX 2060 6GB OC
PSU: Corsair CV650 650W 80+ Bronze
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake UX200
*OS Installed on a 120GB SATA SSD
*Other Files on HDD
*Gaming on Samsung PM91A 512GB NVMe SSD

Whenever I turn on XMP profile CPU usage become insane (80-100%) and start to lag everything. Games FPS goes to 30 from 70. Discord uses 80% of CPU while launching. It was not like that before. I have been using this CPU OCed for more than 2 years (Did I kill my CPU ) and everything was running perfectly. CPU was performing better than default setting and even temps were better (Never crossed 70).

But recently installed Windows 11 and after 2 days CPU starts to show these symptoms. Flashed latest BIOS and went back to old ones but the result was same. Went back to windows 10 but...
The only solution I found myself was turning off the XMP and everything running well. But there's some (sometimes more) performance penalty when RAMs are running at 2133Mhz instead of 3200MHz.

WHAT SHOULD I DO?

 

[kerberos_20]

what is your temperature with XMP?
and check your CPU clock (each core) while it shows high cpu utilisation

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

Take off the OC and test again.

120gb is quite small for a Windows drive. It could be contributing if it's nearly full.

Did you clear CMOS after each of the bios upgrades/downgrades?

 

[neonnazmul]

what is your temperature with XMP?
and check your CPU clock (each core) while it shows high cpu utilisation

I don't know how but to test your queries just tuned on the XMP and it's working perfectly 😱. No lag or high usage. XMP was off for about 4 consecutive days though.
Now Temps with XMP is 68 and CPU Clock from core 0 to 5 is 4136MHz minimum & 4271MHz maximum.
Do i need to be careful about anything in the future to prevent it? What possibly went wrong before?

 

[neonnazmul]

Hey there,

Take off the OC and test again.

120gb is quite small for a Windows drive. It could be contributing if it's nearly full.

Did you clear CMOS after each of the bios upgrades/downgrades?

Turned on XMP again after 4days and it seems like it is fixed somehow.

I took off the OC and tested and result was same.
yes...I cleared the CMOS every time after flashing BIOS.
I just installed OS and some necessary apps on 120GB SATA drive for gaming nothing else which used around 40-45% storage, rest is always free.

BTW, what went wrong actually? and what fixed it? Any Idea? I actually did not do anything special. Just turned of the XMP.
any suggestions to prevent that in future?

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Turned on XMP again after 4days and it seems like it is fixed somehow.

I took off the OC and tested and result was same.
yes...I cleared the CMOS every time after flashing BIOS.
I just installed OS and some necessary apps on 120GB SATA drive for gaming nothing else which used around 40-45% storage, rest is always free.

BTW, what went wrong actually? and what fixed it? Any Idea? I actually did not do anything special. Just turned of the XMP.
any suggestions to prevent that in future?

Hmmm. Not sure. I guess something could have been lost and found, with all the bios updates. But, if it's now fixed, then at least you have an idea of where to look.

Good luck! Could also just be an anomaly. Stranger things have happened. If we can help with anything else, let us know.