FX 6300 underclocks itself when @100% usage

[sethjunior]

Hi guys, so lately I had some performance issues with my games, like sudden FPS drops, so I did some tests and noticed that my FX 6300 underclocks itself under 100% load to 1.5GHZ for some reason. Is 69ºC a bad temperature for it?

Screenshots:
IDLE http://i.imgur.com/N6TnqG3.jpg
UNDER LOAD http://i.imgur.com/ZnxUL0u.jpg

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Anything over 62C is bad it can throttle and shut down.

 

[unreal9400]

http://products.amd.com/en-us/search/CPU/AMD-FX-Series/AMD-FX-6-Core-Black-Edition/FX-6300/136
According to AMD it has a max temperature of 70.50° C
Definitely thermal throttling there.
Clean off the old thermal paste and apply new thermal paste.
https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-AS5-3-5G-Thermal-Paste/dp/B000OGX5AM

 

[InvalidError]

69C is the maximum package temperature, your CPU is downclocking to prevent its temperature from going any higher. You may have a problem with your CPU heatsink installation.

 

[synphul]

It sounds like you're thermal throttling, the cpu temps are getting too high and the cpu is downclocking itself to lower temps. Amd overdrive might give you a more accurate temperature reading than hwmonitor, amd cpu's can be difficult for programs to read properly. 65c is about the temp where it begins to throttle.

What cooler are you using? You may need to upgrade to a better cooler.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

What are your specs.

 

[sethjunior]

I'm using the stock cooler. It's running most of the time @ 3500RPM.
Specs:
FX6300 @3.5 [no over]
750Ti
8GB RAM
ASRock N68 S3 FX
500W

Since it's max temperature is 70.5, then maybe I should buy a better cooler? I though the stock one was enough if I would not overclock it.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The board is a poor match for the FX chip it only has a dismal 3+1 power phase.

A board upgrade that has a better power and thermal design would help.

 

[sethjunior]

For now underclocking it to 3.0 GHZ works just well, 39~45ºC while playing. I'll try cleaning the cooler and applying new thermal paste, if it doesn't work, I'm going to buy a new cooler. I don't plan on buying another motherboard because the fx6300 is getting outdated and maybe I will get a new processor soon.

For now I think that's all information I needed, thanks guys