How do you turbo boost i7 4790k in Asus z97

[Tom Tan]

with Cooler Master 212 Evo.
How do you turn in on and how do you check it?

 

[de5_Roy]

1. Ran the Extreme Intel utility stress test, the Max Temp is 74 and low Temp is 41....is turbo okay?
2. Is single Core Turbo bring less dmg or all core are the same?
3. Is it okay that frequency always stay above 4.0? Even When I don't do anything? does it reduce cpu's life even faster?

factory set turbo settings do not damage the cpu. you only risk unpredictable behavior if you push the cpu beyond it's factory settings.

when at idle, the cpu will underclock itself. 4.0 Ghz is the base clcokrate, means whenever you do anything, the cpu will run at that clockrate.

what is your room temperature?

 

[Tom Tan]

1. Ran the Extreme Intel utility stress test, the Max Temp is 74 and low Temp is 41....is turbo okay?
2. Is single Core Turbo bring less dmg or all core are the same?
3. Is it okay that frequency always stay above 4.0? Even When I don't do anything? does it reduce cpu's life even faster?

Yeah, that sounds fine. The way it's set up now with one or two cores at 4.4 and the other two running lower will be less damage. And it is fine if it always stays at 4 if you aren't doing anything but it will be better if you set it balanced so that it rests, while you aren't doing anything. Less voltage flowing through the chip and such.

With Balance Power Option, Only my PC is on Heavy duty the Cpu then will raise all cores to 4.4 right？ While doing nothing, these cores will stay at 1.0 or 3.0 Ghz right?
How do you set 2 have 4.4x and another 2 have 4.0?

 

[Tom Tan]

1. Ran the Extreme Intel utility stress test, the Max Temp is 74 and low Temp is 41....is turbo okay?
2. Is single Core Turbo bring less dmg or all core are the same?
3. Is it okay that frequency always stay above 4.0? Even When I don't do anything? does it reduce cpu's life even faster?

factory set turbo settings do not damage the cpu. you only risk unpredictable behavior if you push the cpu beyond it's factory settings.

when at idle, the cpu will underclock itself. 4.0 Ghz is the base clcokrate, means whenever you do anything, the cpu will run at that clockrate.

what is your room temperature?

But first my Power Option should not be High Performance right？ because minimum frequency with that option is 4.0...just like what I said, It stays around 4.0 even When at idle. So I should change back to Balanced Option to increase cpu life right?
My room temperature is fine...With 212 Evo+Artic Silver 5
do you recommend spread the Thermal paste all over the CPU first then cover it with fan or just put the pea size of it at the center and put the cover on and let the heat spread it?

 

[de5_Roy]

But first my Power Option should not be High Performance right？ because minimum frequency with that option is 4.0...just like what I said, It stays around 4.0 even When at idle. So I should change back to Balanced Option to increase cpu life right?
My room temperature is fine...With 212 Evo+Artic Silver 5
do you recommend spread the Thermal paste all over the CPU first then cover it with fan or just put the pea size of it at the center and put the cover on and let the heat spread it?

i can't understand what you're talking about. the cpu will underclock at idle unless you have speedstep disabled.
fine.. isn't a number. your posted image showed idle temp of 41c. that is high.
running the cpu at 4 GHz won't damage it unless you feed it with excessive voltage, or don't cool it well.

 

[Tom Tan]

Wait a second....I just tried load optimal default...that software still saying I enabled Turbo and I enabled back the Multicore enhancement...but that software still having all cores in 44x.....What's wrong!

 

[Tom Tan]

But first my Power Option should not be High Performance right？ because minimum frequency with that option is 4.0...just like what I said, It stays around 4.0 even When at idle. So I should change back to Balanced Option to increase cpu life right?
My room temperature is fine...With 212 Evo+Artic Silver 5
do you recommend spread the Thermal paste all over the CPU first then cover it with fan or just put the pea size of it at the center and put the cover on and let the heat spread it?

i can't understand what you're talking about. the cpu will underclock at idle unless you have speedstep disabled.
fine.. isn't a number. your posted image showed idle temp of 41c. that is high.
running the cpu at 4 GHz won't damage it unless you feed it with excessive voltage, or don't cool it well.

What if the voltage is fine and the voltage is either adaptive or auto? After I set it back to Optimal Default....the ghz is still staying at 4.0....Even I set my power option to balance with minimum 5% cpu

 

[de5_Roy]

Wait a second....I just tried load optimal default...that software still saying I enabled Turbo and I enabled back the Multicore enhancement...but that software still having all cores in 44x.....What's wrong!

like i said 3-4 times already, "load optimal" will re-enable MCE. because that's asus' default optimal setting.

nothing's wrong, you just described how MCE acts.

What if the voltage is fine and the voltage is either adaptive or auto? After I set it back to Optimal Default....the ghz is still staying at 4.0....Even I set my power option to balance with minimum 5% cpu

check if EIST is disabled. from the power plan settings set minimum cpu to 1%.
check what else "load optimal" changed.