Question Ryzen 5 1500x can't hit 3.9 GHz

[hi616]

I can't seem to hit 3.9 Ghz, I've tried 1.425v but it's still unstable and don't want to push the voltage any higher. Am I doing something wrong here, or just bad luck in the silicon lottery?

Specs
Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4
RAM: 16gb 3000MHz

 

[R_1]

what is your cooler?
I was unable to get to 4.0 with the stock cooler. I got a Gammaxx 400 and am running at 4.0 at 1.3375V while still cooler than the stock cooler at stock speeds. it may be the temps.
ASRock b450m pro4-f
1500x
patriot viper 4 3000

 

[hi616]

I'm running the stock cooler, and I've monitored the temps while running a stress test, the highest it's gotten is around 80c before crashing, so I don't think it's the temps.

 

[R_1]

Ryzen 1500x Temperatures - Low or High?!

I built a pc with these parts: CPU: 1500x (Stock Cooler) GPU: Gtx 1060 6GB 2 case fans at 1000-1200rpm I get around 35-45 celsius while using chrome and having some applications running on the background and 60-70 celsius while gaming. I used prime95 to stress the cpu and got around 75-80...

forums.tomshardware.com

those are high temps. I keep mine under 70 at all costs, and the new cooler allowed the overclock and under 68 when working on cinebench r20.

 

[hi616]

They are, but I don't think it's high enough for it to shut off automatically.