i7 3770 not running at base clock speed

[alex17hao1]

I7 3770
ga z77m d3h
8gb ddr3
gtx 970 4gb
Cougar sl500

Not knowledgable about pc techs or what not. I got this system for about 3 days now. But when i checked open hardware to check temps i find that the i7 is only running at 2700mhz on all cores. Not that im complaining it still workd great and i havent gotten any issues while playing games on it. Temps at stress are about 56-57 on cpuz. I got this straight from a friend and i havent fiddled with anything on the bios or anything. Just wondering why its set to 2700mhz when i know that this i7 base clock is 3400mhz if im not mistaken. Cant get a hold of my friend just yet cause apparently there's no reception where he's hiking now.

Update: checked the heatsink. It is seated right. Still running at 2700mhz. Any ideas?

 

[Barty1884]

What power plan do you have enabled in Windows? Could be a power conservation method - try enabling "high performance" power plan and see what happens.

 

[Dunlop0078]

It runs at 2700mhz under full load? Clocks will drop at idle and lower loads to save power, that is normal. If it runs at 2700mhz under full load, that is not normal.

 

[alex17hao1]

power plan is set to high performance. Still running at 2700mhz. I did the bench/stress both single core/muti core on cpuz. Cpu utilization goes to 100% but at open hardware it still shows 2700mhz. I got this system unit from a friend for dirt cheap so im not really complaining. Just wondering if this cpu is botched or perhaps i need to do something on bios? Ill try to read some more about bios settings and see what i find. If all else fails would you guys consider this i7 botched or failing?