Question My processor does not reach 3.90mhz, what should I do? i5 4690k

[Lucaas_GTI]

Hello, can someone help me, I have an i5 4690k and an h97 gaming 3 and the processor does not reach 3.90mhz, the maximum it reaches is 3.70, I would like to know how I have to make it work at 3.90mhz

 

[zqirt]

Are you trying to overclock?

if you're trying to over clock download intel extreme tuning utility
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/17881/intel-extreme-tuning-utility-intel-xtu.html

 

[Lucaas_GTI]

Are you trying to overclock?

if you're trying to over clock download intel extreme tuning utility
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/17881/intel-extreme-tuning-utility-intel-xtu.html

I tried to overclock but they told me that on h97 boards you can't just z97 and I want to know if it's true and if I could overclock over 4.0 mhz.

 

[zqirt]

On intel it says your motherboard supports the turbo boost of 3.90

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/82010/intel-h97-chipset/compatible.html
look under the compatibility and the chip set supports it.
i would go over intel's overclocking of 3.90Ghz

 

[uWebb429]

processor does not reach 3.90 GHz

That is the maximum speed when a single core is active. As more cores become active, the maximum CPU speed decreases.

the maximum it reaches is 3.70 GHz

That sounds like the correct speed when all 4 cores are active during a stress test. You need a Z series motherboard if you want to run all cores at 3.90 GHz or faster.

Edit - The C States need to be enabled in the BIOS if you want your CPU to use the higher multipliers when it is lightly loaded.

 

[DSzymborski]

Some more information is necessary, really. When you say it's boosting only to 3.7 GHz instead of 3.9 GHz, how many cores is that? It's a really big difference; it that's all cores, it's likely performing as needed to, but if it's only getting to 3.7 GHz on a single-core test, then something isn't going exactly as planned.

Though in any case, note that we're not talking huge performance differences here. If you're suffering performance limitations at 3.7 GHz, you probably will at 3.9 GHz here; the age of the parts is far more crucial than 200 MHz one way or the other.

 

[Lucaas_GTI]

I'm about to open msi afterburner and see how many cores hit 3.90 and I'm going to set the bios to see if I can run it at 3.90 or higher.

 

[Lucaas_GTI]

On intel it says your motherboard supports the turbo boost of 3.90

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/82010/intel-h97-chipset/compatible.html
look under the compatibility and the chip set supports it.
i would go over intel's overclocking of 3.90Ghz

How do I do it? Are there risks?