i5-6500 doesnt go above 3300 Mhz

[viadmir]

Hello,

I have an i5-6500 paired with a Gigabyte micro ATX GA-110M-A motherboard and an EVGA Supernova G2 650W power supply.

The problem is that the clock speed does not go above 3300 MHz even though the turbo boost is supposed to be 3.6 Ghz.

I went into the BIOS settings and changed the setting for Intel Turbo Boost from 'Auto' to 'Enabled". Even that did not have an effect.

I used Prime95 to test my cpu, but even under the most 'tortorous' conditions, it stays at 3300 Mhz with 100 % CPU utilization.

In the BIOS however, where it shows real time CPU frequency, I do see the processor going to 3600 Mhz occasionally (it constantly fluctuates but it does hit 3600 Mhz for a few seconds).

Is there any solution for this? I am running windows 8.1 64-bit.

 

[Suztera]

It only boost to 3.6ghz when using one core. With four cores, it will boost up to 3.3ghz.
http://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/support/processors/000005647.html

 

[viadmir]

Oh I see. Okay. Is there any way I can test my single, double, and triple core performance to make sure that the processor reaches the benchmarks that are given in the link you posted?

 

[Rogue Leader]

The best way to determine your processor is running correctly is to run Intel's own diagnostic tool:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool

I run this on every Intel build I do to make sure everything functions correctly.

 

[Suztera]

Oh I see. Okay. Is there any way I can test my single, double, and triple core performance to make sure that the processor reaches the benchmarks that are given in the link you posted?

Your i5 6500 looks to be fine if it boosting to 3.3Ghz during your stress test for all cores.

 

[viadmir]

The best way to determine your processor is running correctly is to run Intel's own diagnostic tool:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool

I run this on every Intel build I do to make sure everything functions correctly.

How do I use this exactly? I downloaded the .zip version from the website, but I do not see any executable for it in any of the folders :/

 

[viadmir]

Oh I see. Okay. Is there any way I can test my single, double, and triple core performance to make sure that the processor reaches the benchmarks that are given in the link you posted?

Your i5 6500 looks to be fine if it boosting to 3.3Ghz during your stress test for all cores.

Thank you.

 

[Rogue Leader]

The best way to determine your processor is running correctly is to run Intel's own diagnostic tool:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool

I run this on every Intel build I do to make sure everything functions correctly.

How do I use this exactly? I downloaded the .zip version from the website, but I do not see any executable for it in any of the folders :/

Why wouldn't you download the exe version? Just download that and run it, it will install then go.

I never used the zip version so I do not know