i5 7600 4.0GHZ?

[fexonise]

May someone explain "Boost clock" ?
The base clock for this CPU is 3.5GHZ, and the MAX turbo clock is 4.0GHZ. Whenever I look at my CPU clocks, it is always on 4GHZ constant even when I have NOTHING open. Should I be worried about this? Aren't turbo frequencies only there when it NEEDS to push itself harder?

Thank you.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

No, it doesn't work like that.

CPU clock frequency remains constant regardless of how hard the processor is working.

 

[sizzling]

Completely disagree, the CPU speed should adjust dependent on workload, its a power saving feature. The Boost frequency also depends on how many cores are being used, the boost speed will be higher in single threaded situations.

Is your BIOS up to date?

 

[boju]

Check your Windows performance plan, being on full performance will cause your cpu to run at maximum.

 

[nemesis1300]

I too disagree with Phillip. That used be the case about 12 years ago.
I suspect you have set up your BIOS in such way that the turbo is on all the time.

 

[boju]

I too disagree with Phillip. That used be the case about 12 years ago.
I suspect you have set up your BIOS in such way that the turbo is on all the time.

There's an option to Sync all cores when the cpu uses turbo but not to force. Overclocking non k versions to force turbo is becoming harder. Only way i know of besides a bios hack is through Window's power management.

 

[13thmonkey]

Sorry, also have to disagree, that 4.0Ghz should probably only be hit on a single core heavy workload. At idle it should be at 1.6 (or similar) it may only be down there for fractions of a second. At a multi core workload it will hit maybe 3.7/3.8.

 

[boju]

Wondering myself is turbo frequency adjusted accordingly to a degree or is it full bore when any work load big or small is detected?