i7 8700 turbo boosting?

[duoslyyt]

I have a i7 8700 and a ASROCK Z370M PRO4 mobo can/should i turbo boost?Idk if task manager is reliable but when i look at my i7 8700 ghz its around 3.38ghz to 4.18ghz and its utilazation is 29% to 41%(right now i have fortnite,chrome and discord running)
I believe i have sufficient cooling for turbo boosting since i have my cpu being water cooling

 

[TechyInAZ]

Run a stress test that stresses the WHOLE CPU and tell me what clock speed your CPU is running at.

 

[duoslyyt]

uhm still a newb at this pc thing how do you do a stress test?

 

[k1114]

It's on by default. 3.2ghz is the base speed so it is turboing when it's going above. Task manager isn't always correct of the actual speed. You can use cpuz but it'll probably still show the same that it's going above. Btw water cooling does not mean better cooling. The smaller ones are worse and louder.

 

[TechyInAZ]

duo, use CPU-Zs built in stress tester.

 

[duoslyyt]

well its not that small and for the few days i been using it i dont really hear anything

 

[k1114]

Even a worse stock cooler is able to handle turbo. It's on by default and they won't give a cooler that couldn't handle their own cpu at default settings.

 

[duoslyyt]

i think it is when i did my streess test i get 35000 average when doing 12 threads process

 

[TechyInAZ]

i think it is when i did my streess test i get 35000 average when doing 12 threads process

Were you in the 4.3ghz area when stress testing? Either way, I wouldn't worry too much about it. I'd update your motherboards BIOS though in case that might help.

 

[mdd1963]

Even a worse stock cooler is able to handle turbo. It's on by default and they won't give a cooler that couldn't handle their own cpu at default settings.

Except possibly for the -5-8400 , which is rumored to start throttling pretty quickly with it's factory cooler..

 

[TechyInAZ]

Same with 8700: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-8700-cpu-review,5638.html

 

[k1114]

Foot in mouth. They didn't even use the copper cored one. Genius intel.