Not overclocked FX-6300 working at 4+ GHz?

[Ariez_1]

Hello, I have recently I built my first PC and when I was checking temperatures, coolers speed, etc. Noticed that my CPU was running at more than 4GHz, and I haven't ever overclocked it. I don't know if it's really at 4+ GHz or it's just a display error in some way.
I tried to reduce this number to 2.9 GHz just to test with the program in the screenshot, nothing happened, so I tried again to change it from the BIOS to 2.9 GHz (random number) and nothing happened either.

Here's a screenshot: http://prntscr.com/barr8p

Additionally, this may not have any relation to that issue but my PC randomly freezes or restart while gaming. I've taken my computer to a engineer and we couldn't spot the problem. Some of the things I did were: cleaning and installing all components drivers, running multiple RAM check programs, submit CPU and GPU to stress test, trying to plug my HDD to another SATA, and probably some more stuff.
It only happens when playing games like The Witcher 3 or Dark Souls III, but with i.e League of Legends never happened. Curiously, while running a CPU stress test and 2 demanding test for the GPU, it reached relative high temperatures but nothing else happened.

Screenshot: http://prntscr.com/barx7k

My specs are:
CPU: AMD FX-6300 Black Edition
GPU: MSI R9 380 GAMING 2G
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1866MHZ (Only using 1x4GB by now because the other was faulty)
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0
HDD: 1 TB SEAGATE SATA III BARRACUDA 64MB BUFFER
PSU: Evga 600w 80plus Bronze
Case: Thermaltake V4 Black Edition
SO: Windows 10 (not activated yet)

That's all, sorry for the long post, and my english that I know it's not good.
If you need any more info about anything, please ask me.

 

[aquielisunari]

It has a turbo feature. When there is a fairly big load on the computer it will automatically turbobost to 4.1GHz.

I am not sure of the AMD equivalent but Intel has another feature called speedstep which does the opposite. When the CPU isn't being taxed then it will reduce the clocks significantly. That level varies depending on the CPU.

I remember doing a RAM test a while back. At one point in the test while I was playing Batman AC and had other programs running I was using 4258MB of RAM. it is possible the RAM is the issue. You are also not operating the computer the way it was designed to be so the RAM is running at half speed. Lets say you have PC 1600MHz RAM. Each RAM module runs at half speed. I think you have a dual channel board. This means you need to have 2 or 4 RAM modules installed to have an effective speed of 1600MHz.

Having Heaven 4.0, Prime and Kombuster running does qualify as a big load.

Those temps are expected.


SOrry for the odd order. You did say your computer would crash when gaming. I am suggesting your computer is crashing due to the single channel setup and low amount of RAM.


There is a setting in your motherboard's command center or in your BIOS that allows your computer to throttle back the CPU. This option may be disabled which would explain why it is consistently staying at its top boost speed. Mine is called speedstep. This is a setting issue. SOrry I can't pinpoint which setting. There is also the Windows based settings. When you go to Power Options and click on change plan settings you will see change advanced power settings. CLick that and navigate down to Processor Power management and finally to Minimum Processor State. I keep mine @ 0%.

 

[Ariez_1]

It has a turbo feature. When there is a fairly big load on the computer it will automatically turbobost to 4.1GHz.

I am not sure of the AMD equivalent but Intel has another feature called speedstep which does the opposite. When the CPU isn't being taxed then it will reduce the clocks significantly. That level varies depending on the CPU.

Thank for your answer, however, I was literally doing nothing, not even the web browser was open when I took the screenshot.

 

[dangus]

that cpu boosts to 4.1ghz. about the same exact speed your screenshot displays.

 

[Ariez_1]

It has a turbo feature. When there is a fairly big load on the computer it will automatically turbobost to 4.1GHz.

I am not sure of the AMD equivalent but Intel has another feature called speedstep which does the opposite. When the CPU isn't being taxed then it will reduce the clocks significantly. That level varies depending on the CPU.

I remember doing a RAM test a while back. At one point in the test while I was playing Batman AC and had other programs running I was using 4258MB of RAM. it is possible the RAM is the issue. You are also not operating the computer the way it was designed to be so the RAM is running at half speed. Lets say you have PC 1600MHz RAM. Each RAM module runs at half speed. I think you have a dual channel board. This means you need to have 2 or 4 RAM modules installed to have an effective speed of 1600MHz.

Having Heaven 4.0, Prime and Kombuster running does qualify as a big load.

Those temps are expected.


SOrry for the odd order. You did say your computer would crash when gaming. I am suggesting your computer is crashing due to the single channel setup and low amount of RAM.


There is a setting in your motherboard's command center or in your BIOS that allows your computer to throttle back the CPU. This option may be disabled which would explain why it is consistently staying at its top boost speed. Mine is called speedstep. This is a setting issue. SOrry I can't pinpoint which setting. There is also the Windows based settings. When you go to Power Options and click on change plan settings you will see change advanced power settings. CLick that and navigate down to Processor Power management and finally to Minimum Processor State. I keep mine @ 0%.

Oh, I see, next monday the enineer will be getting new RAMs to test with my computer. I hope it solves de problem.
Thank you very much for your answer.

that cpu boosts to 4.1ghz. about the same exact speed your screenshot displays.

Thank for the info.

 

[aquielisunari]

It has a turbo feature. When there is a fairly big load on the computer it will automatically turbobost to 4.1GHz.

I am not sure of the AMD equivalent but Intel has another feature called speedstep which does the opposite. When the CPU isn't being taxed then it will reduce the clocks significantly. That level varies depending on the CPU.

I remember doing a RAM test a while back. At one point in the test while I was playing Batman AC and had other programs running I was using 4258MB of RAM. it is possible the RAM is the issue. You are also not operating the computer the way it was designed to be so the RAM is running at half speed. Lets say you have PC 1600MHz RAM. Each RAM module runs at half speed. I think you have a dual channel board. This means you need to have 2 or 4 RAM modules installed to have an effective speed of 1600MHz.

Having Heaven 4.0, Prime and Kombuster running does qualify as a big load.

Those temps are expected.


SOrry for the odd order. You did say your computer would crash when gaming. I am suggesting your computer is crashing due to the single channel setup and low amount of RAM.


There is a setting in your motherboard's command center or in your BIOS that allows your computer to throttle back the CPU. This option may be disabled which would explain why it is consistently staying at its top boost speed. Mine is called speedstep. This is a setting issue. SOrry I can't pinpoint which setting. There is also the Windows based settings. When you go to Power Options and click on change plan settings you will see change advanced power settings. CLick that and navigate down to Processor Power management and finally to Minimum Processor State. I keep mine @ 0%.

Oh, I see, next monday the enineer will be getting new RAMs to test with my computer. I hope it solves de problem.
Thank you very much for your answer.

that cpu boosts to 4.1ghz. about the same exact speed your screenshot displays.

Thank for the info.

Your welcome. I hope you get those issues resolved.