Question Ryzen 5 3600 cores at 4080 all the time, even at idle.

[abitofthisandabitof]

Hi. I have a Ryzen 5 3600 processor with a Scythe Fuma 2 mounted on top.

The issue I am experiencing, is that all six cores of the processor are clocking at around 4080 MHz at idle.

Things I have tried, but to no avail:

Setting Power Plan to Balanced, to High Performance, to Ultimate Performance, to AMD Ryzen Balanced and to AMD Ryzen High Performance.
Restoring BIOS settings to its defaults.
Multiple Windows 10 Education resets, using "Reset your PC" within Windows Recovery.

The constant clock speeds of 4050, 4075, 4080 and 4100 (generally somewhere between 4065 and 4085) are confirmed by Ryzen Master, CPU-Z and HWInfo64.

PC specs:

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
GPU: Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 XT
Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX
RAM: Crucial Ballistix LT 3200MHz C16, 2x8GB

Screenshot of Ryzen Master using Imgur:

https://imgur.com/a/sVvABsi

View: https://imgur.com/a/sVvABsi


Screenshot of Task Manager Performance CPU section:

https://imgur.com/a/JUufXdf

View: https://imgur.com/a/JUufXdf


Screenshot of Resource Monitor CPU section:

https://imgur.com/a/p30QrbE

View: https://imgur.com/a/p30QrbE


I have already run Malwarebytes. It scanned 200.000+ files, but no vulnerabilities or malware was found.

 

[dorsai]

"The issue I am experiencing, is that all six cores of the processor are clocking at around 4080 MHz at idle "

You're CPU is not at idle...something is running. Look in task manager under the performance tab and see whats using your CPU. You may have a bitcoin malware running or something similar...even your virus software doing a full scan wont peg all of the CPU cores like yours are.

 

[abitofthisandabitof]

"The issue I am experiencing, is that all six cores of the processor are clocking at around 4080 MHz at idle "

You're CPU is not at idle...something is running. Look in task manager under the performance tab and see whats using your CPU. You may have a bitcoin malware running or something similar...even your virus software doing a full scan wont peg all of the CPU cores like yours are.

Thank you for responding dorsai. What can I do to 100% remove this malware?

In task manager under the Performance tab, I just see graphs.

 

[abitofthisandabitof]

https://imgur.com/a/ljHpX6s

View: https://imgur.com/a/ljHpX6s

 

[dorsai]

Check the Processes tab...if you click on the column header labeled CPU it will sort everything running by task.

 

[abitofthisandabitof]

https://imgur.com/nfi8fNe

View: https://imgur.com/nfi8fNe

 

[dorsai]

Why so many Chrome windows ?

Something is driving the cpu frequency up...even though "system idle process" is a normal Windows function it should not be causing the frequency to run so high. SIP should be allowing Windows to drop the frequency down and dropping the voltage as well. Did you change any settings in the Windows power plan ?

 

[abitofthisandabitof]

Most of those chrome processes are not windows/tabs, but extensions. For example ublock origin, imagus, momentum, lastpass, json formatter etc. Regarding Chrome, this issue has been occuring even directly after a Windows install, when chrome wasn't downloaded yet and Edge was the default browser.

I did not change any settings in the Windows power plan, no. I have ran all the available options, but without success. I am currently running the Balanced (recommended) power plan with a minimum processor state of 5% and a maximum processor state of 100%.

Is there any way I can guarantee a reset of all of my PC settings? I have restored BIOS default settings and I have Reset Windows on this machine, is there anything extra I can do so all malware, viruses, files and data are reset to the absolute beginning/standard they should be?

 

[Unolocogringo]

Download and run MalwareBytes.
The free version is the best at virus/trojan/malware detection. It will remove or quarantine most malware.
If you can afford it get the premium paid version which stops most malware before it is installed.
Make sure you check the boxes for root kits and PUPs /PUMs and also scan within archives.
also place and scan the USB drives you use in the computer to make sure they are not hiding there.

 

[mdd1963]

Has anyone hard perhaps manually entered 40X multiplier in BIOS, disabling normal Balanced mode where clocks auto-adjust? (Or is WIndows set to Performance, which might try to run max clocks, maybe?)

 

[abitofthisandabitof]

@dorsai @Unolocogringo @mdd1963

Thank you all! The issue was fixed by deleting the current Windows and throwing a different Windows on the PC through a bootable USB. Resetting Windows through its own "Reset your PC" was not enough.