Intel i7 6700K CPU SPEED

[Eugene_s]

Hi, I would like to find out where in Windows 10 is a setting to keep my cpu at default (base) clock @4.00Ghz?
I saw a video somewhere on youtube of a guy showing how to set the cpu to stop fluctuating its speed.

Any ideas where the settings are? And or maybe it becomes hidden after certain settings taking place or..?

I would appreciate your answer and your spent time

Thanks

 

[greens]

Uh, hm.

Your Base Clock, or BCLK, is static. You can change it on some motherboards for some CPUs, but it does not fluctuate.

There is something called a multiplier, this will go up and down depending on the load of your PC.
You could in theory set the multiplier to a static number as well, but this would cause your computer to go full bore, all the time. It isn't that your CPU is being throttled - its that it isn't being used.

Imagine if you kept your accelerator floored 24/7, and just red lined your car around town. Sure you'd get there - but not any faster than if you'd driven correctly, and with significantly more heat and wear and tear on the engine.

There is absolutely no reason to try to make your multiplier static. It will only cause detriment.

Is there a reason you're wanting to do this? Maybe you have some other problem?

 

[greens]

To clarify a little bit. My Base Clock for my 6700k is 103. My maximum multiplier is 45. 103x45=4635. which makes perfect sense and my CPU clocks in at 4.635GHz.

My multiplier will drop down when my PC is idle, but the instant i need the power it bumps up to 45. The base clock never changes (unless you manually change it). This is 100% correct and intended.

 

[TJ Hooker]

If you don't want the CPU to reduce frequency when idling, go to Windows power settings and change it to High Performance. If you don't want it going above that frequency, disable turbo boost in BIOS.

I don't know why you'd want to do either of those things though.

 

[greens]

That isn't how Windows Power Settings work.

Windows power settings (ACPI) doesn't work like that at all. Power savings modes will limit the top end of the PC, for sure - but it doesn't hold it there. And vice versa - putting your PC into High Performance doesn't keep it pegged at the max multiplier all day - it only ALLOWS the max multiplier to be reached.

 

[TJ Hooker]

That isn't how Windows Power Settings work.

Windows power settings (ACPI) doesn't work like that at all. Power savings modes will limit the top end of the PC, for sure - but it doesn't hold it there. And vice versa - putting your PC into High Performance doesn't keep it pegged at the max multiplier all day - it only ALLOWS the max multiplier to be reached.

That is exactly how it works. You can use power settings to control the maximum and minimum processor states. Setting to high performance sets the minimum to 100%, keeping your CPU running full speed. I'm sitting in front of a computer with a 6700k right now, and it works exactly as I stated it did.

http://imgur.com/a/gWqg8

 

[greens]

Lol. Set it to max, high performance. Then use a real tool like HWmonitor or CPUz to monitor you processor state. Your multiplier will not be sitting at 42. If it did then your temps would be high 24/7. Down vote me all you want, but high performance does not force a static multiplier.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Lol. Set it to max, high performance. Then use a real tool like HWmonitor or CPUz to monitor you processor state. Your multiplier will not be sitting at 42. If it did then your temps would be high 24/7. Down vote me all you want, but high performance does not force a static multiplier.

I used HWiNFO64 to view my clock speed. Was idling at 800 MHz, changed to high performance, shot up to 4.5 GHz (my overclock) and stayed there. Set it back to Balanced, and clock speed dropped back down.

 

[greens]

wtf you're right. mind blown.
it still says 8-45 but it never does drop down while in the High performance preset.

 

[Eugene_s]

If you don't want the CPU to reduce frequency when idling, go to Windows power settings and change it to High Performance. If you don't want it going above that frequency, disable turbo boost in BIOS.

I don't know why you'd want to do either of those things though.

Thanks for replying!

It's just that I think, when for instance I'm running a few light apps in the background, and maybe an adobe after effect rendering something.. (could be a different scenario) I don't like the fact, that sometimes when I'm dragging any of the windows across the display and it lags / slow-motes like badly. I believe it's the cpu incapability with coping with the process, or increasing its speed fast enough to smooth out the process. It's a bit hard to explain. But eventually I will record it, and will post it on here for everybody to see.

Thanks

 

[TJ Hooker]

@Eugene_s
Hmm, I suppose that's possible. I agree that logging some data on what your clock speed is doing when you notice this lagging would be a good idea, and hopefully indicate if that's the source of your problem.