[SOLVED] Help "overclocking" 11400f

[kapul4]

Greetings, finally decided it's time to switch from FX8320 to Intel(not a fanboy of any company but a worthy note is that last time I was on Intel CPU was in 2007 on Pentium D) because of the provided value their new CPU's have, especially 11400F. So instead of buying a Ryzen 5 5600x, I instead got 16gb DDR4 3200 CL16 ram, Asus Prime H510M-A mobo and the mentioned CPU for less price than what R5 5600x retails here for. Since I also saw that Arctic Liquid Freezer II 120 AIO is on sale for less than $50, decided to get that one also from nearby shop to complete the build and not deal with noisy Intel cooler but also wanted to have thermal headroom. After installing everything system fired up with no issue so decided to first tweak stuff in the bios related to CPU. It has stock clock of 2.6 but can boost to 4.4 according to intel. Tried Asus's auto settings for peformance increase but instead of increase, I got 1.8ghz under load, with CPU boosting randomly to 4.4 ghz when not under load. To cut the story short, I managed to fix that by randomly changing settings in the bios. Best result I currently have is with CPU running non stop at 4.2ghz even at idle, but not reaching 4.4ghz even during single core load. What do I need to change in the bios for normal power use under light load and max tdp and power use when under load? Google wasn't helpful so I am posting here. Tnx in advance. Edit:Forgot to note that Aida and Asus Ez Tweak report 114w during Cinebench R23, score was 10300 I think.

 

[uWebb429]

Enable the C states in the BIOS to reduce light load power consumption. This is all you need to do.

Switch to the Windows Balanced power plan if you like seeing a slow CPU. This is not important or necessary if the C states are enabled but old habits are hard to break.

Many monitoring apps do not report the 1 active core multiplier accurately. Ignore this or use ThrottleStop to see what your CPU is really doing.

Run the built in TS Bench - 1 Thread test. Many Windows background apps tend to keep more than 1 core active so the maximum multiplier is only used for very short bursts measured in milliseconds, not seconds.

 

[kapul4]

Ok will do ty, do you know is it possible to unlock BCLK overclocking? I have memory, even can change voltages on the cpu but not the multiplier ofc cuz its not K series, even thou if it's K, this chipset doesn't have it enabled. Any custom bioses that can enable at least BCLK? I see it listed in the advanced settings but it's not selectable.