Hello everyone. I'm running a ryzen 3 1200 currently running at 3.7 GHz overclocked. I was wondering that if I OC my CPU, it should stay 3.7 constant, right? (I'm not sure.) However, it doesn't ever reach 3.7 GHz EVER (And when I mean ever, I mean EVER), but rather 3.5-3.6 GHz when I'm running gaming applications (such as Fortnite). I also ran a userbenchmark test, which is right here https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/14860681
I'm not sure as to why my CPU never reaches whatever the desired overclock or boost clock is. I did this a while back with normal stock settings ( https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11260051) and my CPU was supposed to boost up to 3.4 GHz but only maintained a 3.05 GHz average, lower than the stock 3.1 GHZ (??????)
My temperatures are usually higher than normal (48-50 when browsing the internet and doing normal stuff, 40-45 idle and around 60-68 when gaming, 80 max prime 95 small fft)
Anyone have any ideas? I also remember that my two friends and I tried to take out my CPU cooler to clean it thoroughly and put it back and reapply thermal paste. It took quite the hassle trying to match all 4 springs of the fan to the motherboard (since one of the springs were defective and wouldn't budge or go in at all.) We managed to put 3 springs out of the four in since one just wouldn't go in physically (It was impossible, trying to twist the spring in would result in the spring coming right back out. Motherboard and spring defectiveness) This probably resulted in an uneven distribution of thermal paste and pressure on the CPU, but I don't want to go back and open it and check it because I have a feeling that the CPU fan wouldn't even go back in at all.
Here is a picture of my CPU in task manager just casually sitting in 3.61 GHz while playing fortnite in the background. ( https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/497610885532221445/547835533678739458/unknown.png )
I'm not sure as to why my CPU never reaches whatever the desired overclock or boost clock is. I did this a while back with normal stock settings ( https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11260051) and my CPU was supposed to boost up to 3.4 GHz but only maintained a 3.05 GHz average, lower than the stock 3.1 GHZ (??????)
My temperatures are usually higher than normal (48-50 when browsing the internet and doing normal stuff, 40-45 idle and around 60-68 when gaming, 80 max prime 95 small fft)
Anyone have any ideas? I also remember that my two friends and I tried to take out my CPU cooler to clean it thoroughly and put it back and reapply thermal paste. It took quite the hassle trying to match all 4 springs of the fan to the motherboard (since one of the springs were defective and wouldn't budge or go in at all.) We managed to put 3 springs out of the four in since one just wouldn't go in physically (It was impossible, trying to twist the spring in would result in the spring coming right back out. Motherboard and spring defectiveness) This probably resulted in an uneven distribution of thermal paste and pressure on the CPU, but I don't want to go back and open it and check it because I have a feeling that the CPU fan wouldn't even go back in at all.
Here is a picture of my CPU in task manager just casually sitting in 3.61 GHz while playing fortnite in the background. ( https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/497610885532221445/547835533678739458/unknown.png )
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