I've recently upgraded to an i5-3570K and an ASRock Z77 Extreme4 mobo (Windows 7 64bit), other system specs in my signature. I have it clocked at 4.0GHz with a simple CPU ratio change (BCLK untouched at 100).
My conundrum is as follows. I am using both CPU-Z v1.60 and RealTemp v3.70 for monitoring purposes, however I am getting drastically different readouts in terms of core speed. As I am typing this CPU-Z reports my speed is at about 1.617GHz with very minor fluctuations while RealTemp ranges from 3GHz to 3.6GHz. When under load both programs report speeds of 4GHz.
If I had to pick I would trust CPU-Z over RealTemp, but why the drastic difference between the two and which one is correct? Any help would be very much appreciated.
My conundrum is as follows. I am using both CPU-Z v1.60 and RealTemp v3.70 for monitoring purposes, however I am getting drastically different readouts in terms of core speed. As I am typing this CPU-Z reports my speed is at about 1.617GHz with very minor fluctuations while RealTemp ranges from 3GHz to 3.6GHz. When under load both programs report speeds of 4GHz.
If I had to pick I would trust CPU-Z over RealTemp, but why the drastic difference between the two and which one is correct? Any help would be very much appreciated.