Idle temps with the stock cooler varies from 37-45 and all HWinfo and CAM both say it's running at 4.2ghz despite the stock being 3.6GHz. Am I missing something?
Look at core clocks in HWInfo, using a line graph for each core clock or multiplier.When I'm on the Ryzen Balanced Power Plan, all cores stay around 4200mhz in Ryzen master compared to with the balanced power plan, they drop to 2200 when idle. Is that better?
So there's a difference between base clock and stock clock speed? I always thought the base clock would mean that that's the clock speed out of the box?Sounds about right...
3.6Ghz is the BASE clock. Under extremely heavy loads as the processor heats up it might reduce clocks to 3.6Ghz to keep the processor safe.
yes...but no The base clock is stock. Ryzen's clocks are constantly changing as it tries to actually put idle cores to sleep, effectively turning the clocks to zero, to be energy efficient. When something comes along it then boosts the clock to as high as it's rated boost clock (4.2Ghz for your processor) to try and get the process finished and go back to sleep and conserve energy. If the process isn't quickly finished it will then lower the clocks bit by bit as the core heats up. It's a different boost strategy than Intel uses.So there's a difference between base clock and stock clock speed? I always thought the base clock would mean that that's the clock speed out of the box?
Right, I never knew that. Thanks for informing me. Under about 60-65% load right now and clock has gone down to 4GHz at 59°C so I guess that makes sense.yes...but no The base clock is stock. Ryzen's clocks are constantly changing as it tries to actually put idle cores to sleep, effectively turning the clocks to zero, to be energy efficient. When something comes along it then boosts the clock to as high as it's rated boost clock to try and get the process finished and go back to sleep and conserve energy. If the process isn't quickly finished it will then lower the clocks bit by bit as the core heats up. It's a different boost strategy than Intel uses.
Idle temps with the stock cooler varies from 37-45 and all HWinfo and CAM both say it's running at 4.2ghz despite the stock being 3.6GHz. Am I missing something?
The lowest I've seen them go to when I just have Ryzen master open is 2125mhz.Try running Ryzen Master in Advanced View and watching the clocks...they should be dropping down all the way to "sleep" when your PC is at idle.
It does this on a per-core basis: putting as many as possible to sleep and boosting one at a time to max clocks (based on processor thermal headroom and motherboard power margin) to process one of the many little processes Windows frequently throws out to be run. Looking at an aggregate readout you'll always see the highest clock of the one core that happens to be 'boosting'.The lowest I've seen them go to when I just have Ryzen master open is 2125mhz.
Yea about 50% of each core is in C6 and C1 when idle, varying with about 5-12% going into C0. So that seems fine.It does this on a per-core basis: putting as many as possible to sleep and boosting one at a time to max clocks (based on processor thermal headroom and motherboard power margin) to process one of the many little processes Windows frequently throws out to be run. Looking at an aggregate readout you'll always see the highest clock of the one core that happens to be 'boosting'.
Try using HWInfo64 and set the polling period to ~500mS. Then watch one of the metrics in the sensor screens called "C6 residency". It will indicate the percent of time a core is in various C states: C0 is full processing, C1 is a partial sleep and C6 is 'deep' sleep with most all core functions completely shut down. Watch this when you think the system is idle (it's never really idle) and when the system is doing something you know to be using the CPU.
The lowest I've seen them go to when I just have Ryzen master open is 2125mhz.
I'm just using the balanced power plan. I'll switch to the Ryzen balanced power plan now. Thanks.What Windows power plan are you running ? I would recommend the AMD Ryzen balanced power plan as the best option between performance and temps.
You can also create some line graphs of the C6 residency for each core and see how the different cores are being put into deep sleep through time. That's really interesting.Yea about 50% of each core is in C6 and C1 when idle, varying with about 5-12% going into C0. So that seems fine.
When I'm on the Ryzen Balanced Power Plan, all cores stay around 4200mhz in Ryzen master compared to with the balanced power plan, they drop to 2200 when idle. Is that better?I'm just using the balanced power plan. I'll switch to the Ryzen balanced power plan now. Thanks.
Look at core clocks in HWInfo, using a line graph for each core clock or multiplier.When I'm on the Ryzen Balanced Power Plan, all cores stay around 4200mhz in Ryzen master compared to with the balanced power plan, they drop to 2200 when idle. Is that better?
Yep I've updated to the latest chipset driver. Thanks for the help from both of you, everything is fine after all.Have you updated your AMD chipset drivers recently ? If not go here: https://www.amd.com/en/support
and download the latest chipset driver for your board...it will update your system to the latest power plan making sure your getting the best settings AMD created for your specific motherboard.