the frequency on my i7 4790k is dropping below 4.0ghz yesterday but restoring bios setting to stock and disabling optimize modes on my motherboard! When i first put everything together the cpu seem to be running at 4.0ghz also this just happen yesterday after i applied new thermal paste to the cpu and h100i could tightening of the screws to tight cause frequency damage to the cpu ? any answers or solutions would be appreciated ! also should i just leave it as is everything does seem to run fine and frequency does go up when i play bf4 and metro last light or is it just motherboard or power saving program ? lowering the clock speeds because im just running a program or two or is the 4970k always suppose to be 4.0ghz ?
my system specs
: cpu i7-4790k
: motherboard asus rogz97 hero
: gpu evga gtx 780 3gb
: ram 16gb corsair vengeance
: wd green 1tb hdd
: san disk 120gb ssd
: corsair h100i
: case corsair air540
my system specs
: cpu i7-4790k
: motherboard asus rogz97 hero
: gpu evga gtx 780 3gb
: ram 16gb corsair vengeance
: wd green 1tb hdd
: san disk 120gb ssd
: corsair h100i
: case corsair air540