Locked cpu under clocked

[Saadman Sajid]

Hello people!!
I just figured out something strange! !!!!!!!
My core i3 4150 @3.5 ghz cpu never performs more than 3.46 ghz.....im using thermaltake litepower 550watt and a cpu cooler..i cant remember the model number....but that cooles the cpu well...never reaches 70c....so no problem of thermal throttling and low power...then why this is happening?
I have tried changing motherboard...psu and resetting the bios...but no luck!!!
Why this is happening and what is the solution?? :/
Thanks in advance!

 

[Dunlop0078]

That cpu has no turbo boost so 3.46 sounds right. Are you worried about the 40mhz? Thats nothing, its certainly not throttling. What are you using to measure core clocks?

 

[Saadman Sajid]

That cpu has no turbo boost so 3.46 sounds right. Are you worried about the 40mhz? Thats nothing, its certainly not throttling. What are you using to measure core clocks?

Task manager and bios

 

[LilDog1291]

Like Dunlop says, its nothing to worry about. The 40MHz you're not seeing (if it really is only at 3.46 and it isn't a misread by whatever is giving you this number) is 1.2% out of the whole in terms of clock speed. so if you were getting 60FPS in a game, a 1.2% bump would be an additional .72 frames per second.

 

[SkyNetRising]

why this is happening?

Host CLK setting on your motherboard is 99mhz instead of 100mhz.
That will give CPU clock 3.46ghz instead of 3.5ghz.

Go to BIOS and see if you can change this setting.