[SOLVED] Intel i5 8600k underperforming.

[Desida]

Had this build for about one and a half years now and been dealing with frame stutters and whatnot. Thought it was the GPU and ended up replacing my 5 year-old 970 to see what would change (It was the only thing worth keeping from my last PC, and was bottlenecked to hell.)

So now with a 2060, thing were slightly better. I noticed though, particularly with high AI or particle counts that I was still getting a lot of drops to performance - not to mention with no games open my CPU was running about an average of 40% load. I ended up downloading cpuid to check out what was up and to run a benchmark, turns out my CPU is running a much lower score compared to the average score of the same processor.

At this point I'm lost: No idea as to what could be causing this and unsure what kind of problem even. Idle temps, details and benchmark score attached. Thanks for any kind of insights!

https://imgur.com/a/hrumN6S

View: https://imgur.com/a/hrumN6S

 

[rgd1101]

full system spec? include make and model of the psu
did you do a fresh os install for this build 1 1/2 years ago?

 

[Desida]

full system spec? include make and model of the psu
did you do a fresh os install for this build 1 1/2 years ago?

Running a Gigabyte B360 AORUS GAMING 3 WIFI-CF for the mobo
Intel i5-8600k (obv.)
Nvidia RTX 2060
2x8 DDR4 (corsair I believe, can't seem to find it.)
Win10 Education (fresh install sometime after the build.)
700 Watt Thermaltake ToughPower GX1 Power Supply PN PS-TPD-0700NNFAGA-1 for the PSU

Hopefully that's enough to go off, thanks for the reply so far!

 

[Snyp3r]

Yeah, that's really weird. From a quick google your CPU is running at 4.1ghz, but it should only be reading 3.6GHz Base frequency, or 4.3GHz boost clock - 4.1 doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

I had a look over my own clocks and found it was right at what intel stated. I'm not sure why yours would be running any differently. Hopefully someone can chime in with something?

 

[rgd1101]

run userbenchmark.com and post the result link here.

 

[faalin]

Yeah, that's really weird. From a quick google your CPU is running at 4.1ghz, but it should only be reading 3.6GHz Base frequency, or 4.3GHz boost clock - 4.1 doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

I had a look over my own clocks and found it was right at what intel stated. I'm not sure why yours would be running any differently. Hopefully someone can chime in with something?

the 8600k will do a single core 4.3GHz boost, 2-4 core 4.2Ghz, and 5 or more 4.1Ghz so depending on how many cores are used it will change the boost speed.

If you computer is idle and the CPU is at 40% load i would open task manager and see what is running that is taking up so much resources.

 

[Zerk2012]

Also to add to above you need to post the temp under load not idle it could be as simple as to many background programs and /or thermal throttling.

 

[Desida]

run userbenchmark.com and post the result link here.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29596377

I have no idea at this point, been running malware scans etc. This is out of my know-how.

Also to add to above you need to post the temp under load not idle it could be as simple as to many background programs and /or thermal throttling.

the 8600k will do a single core 4.3GHz boost, 2-4 core 4.2Ghz, and 5 or more 4.1Ghz so depending on how many cores are used it will change the boost speed.

If you computer is idle and the CPU is at 40% load i would open task manager and see what is running that is taking up so much resources.

https://imgur.com/a/6OlpkK7

View: https://imgur.com/a/6OlpkK7


Load temps (MW2019 in game) and average background, Firefox kills it somewhat but you don't wana know what Chrome does to me.

Sorry for the rushed responses all, going out camping from today. Hopefully this is enough for someone to catch onto what's happening while I'm away for two days. Thanks a bunch for everyone's help so far!

 

[rgd1101]

ram not runnning at 3000, turn the xmp memory profile on in bios

 

[AngelJin]

I have the same processor and in stock settings it runs like urs 4.1 and some cores will go to 4.2 . If i go to Bios and set multi core enhancement enabled or on for some motherboards (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/what-is-multicore-enhancement.1686946/ ) it start running all cores at 4.3 Ghz and

https://imgur.com/a/cuCztra

View: https://imgur.com/a/cuCztra
I hope that will give u some insight for the clock speed. Now for performance tests if u have low scores thats probably cause other programs in the backround use ur cpu even hwinfo can impact scores in cpu-z. In the second creenshot WMi provider hot uses to much cpu after i restart it goes down to first screenshot

https://imgur.com/a/iK5lMkD

View: https://imgur.com/a/iK5lMkD
. As for google chrome i disable some extensions and it drop cpu and memory usage. Also as ppl mentioned u need to run Xmp profile on ur ram here how u can check ur ram with cpu-z.

https://imgur.com/a/9eVI4F0

View: https://imgur.com/a/9eVI4F0
In my motherboard u populate first the 2nd and the 4th slot (Asrock Z370 extreme4). I hope my post help u mate

P.s. my screenshots are kinda messed !!!

 

[gamenadez]

That normal due to Windows 10 Update bogus..

MS + Intel are partner in crime..
So you need to go back to old windows 10 version and disabled windows 10 update. Or find a Windows 10 iso that has all bloatware removed like window update..

They do that so you can buy new CPU/Mobo.

Go Install Windows 7 and you wont have that problem.