Question Ryzen 2700x High Spiking Idle Temperatures.

[heslipsean]

Hi, I've had the 2700x for about 3 months now and I'm little confused with the idle temperatures. The temperature seems to start at around 45-50C, which is already pretty high for an idle temp, but then spikes continuously up to 60C. The temperature will then drop back down just below 50 then spike up to 60 again immediately, this happens on about a 15 second cycle. I'll link my MSI Afterburner file below so you can see what I'm talking about. Also, the temperatures do not even increase that much under load, the CPU stays at the 55-65 mark when playing games, never goes any higher.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=19IDrEF-pyZSU_wh9NOREVth1tA3_b05E

My BIOS is at stock settings other than my DOCP for RAM. However, when I use the "EZ Tuning" feature to automatically overclock the CPU, this problem goes away. I believe this has something to do with the built in precision clock boost feature. Using the EZ tuning gives me much nicer idle temperatures, but limits my clock speed and voltage significantly in comparison to the stock settings.
The motherboard is the ASUS X470 Prime Pro

Its probably worth mentioning that my games aren't running great either, CS:GO, Rocket League and the Division 2 all run at a very high FPS but stutter very frequently, which is quite off putting for me.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Specs:
ASUS Prime X470 Pro mobo
ASUS Strix RTX 2060 GPU
Ryzen 7 2700x with stock cooler.
Corsair TX650m PSU
2xSSD 1xHDD
16GB DDR4 3000mhz RAM
Corsair Carbide 400C

 

[Texas_NightOwl]

Why do people keep thinking a better fan will make a difference when the temperature spike lasts less than a second? I doubt even a better heat sink will absorb that much heat (which is likely in 1 core and less than 1/12 of the surface area of the chip) in less than a second.

 

[Flayed]

What are your other options? RMA the cpu?

 

[Texas_NightOwl]

What are your other options? RMA the cpu?

Looks like the spikes are normal. It is the way the motherboard fan control software responds that seems to be the issue. Amazon gave me an RMA for the Gigabyte X570 Master, so I am going to give the MSI MEG ACE a try as they advertise that they smooth out the spikes. Yet to be seen if that includes the 15 C spikes the 3900x give at idle. Besides, the Gigabyte board has 32% 1-star and 14% 2-star ratings on Amazon.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Amazon reviews are really not to be valued.

 

[Texas_NightOwl]

Amazon reviews are really not to be valued.

How about NewEgg, 22% 1- & 2-Egg for Gigabyte vs 7% for MSI?

 

[crazyangel00]

OP, I have the exact same CPU and motherboard. This method fixed the problem for me:

1. Update to the latest Asus BIOS
2. Go to BIOS and disable the "Precision boost overdrive", set "precision boost overdrive scalar" to 1x, set "Max CPU Boost Clock Override" to 0MHz, and set all fans to silent mode

Hope this help!

 

[Texas_NightOwl]

1. Go to BIOS and disable the "Precision boost overdrive", set "precision boost overdrive scalar" to 1x, set "Max CPU Boost Clock Override" to 0MHz, and set all fans to silent mode

In other words cripple your chip to its base clock. If you going to do that why not just buy an Intel, it will be faster. Also, you can create a Power Plan where you set Advance Settings to 99% on Processor Power Management ==> Maximum Processor State. Then you can enable or disable PBO in seconds by typing Windows key the po (for Power Plan), then chosing that plan.