Hey everyone,
My spec:
-MSI Z390gaming pro carbon ac
-i7 8700k @5.3 ghz 1.4 vcore delidded
-msi gaming xtrio 2080 ti
-4x8gb gskill trident Z royal 3600 mhz cl 17
-samsung 970 evo plus 500gb
-evga g2 850w power supply
-corsairs h150i (360mm with 6x120mm noctua push/pull) with thermal grizzly kryonaut
So MSI released a new BIOS recently and I decided to flash my BIOS yesterday. I've flashed BIOS numerous times and know what I'm doing.
Everything was working perfectly fine after the BIOS update.
However, as I was scrolling through Task Manager, I noticed there was only 11 threads showing up.
I checked CPU-Z and it shows 6 CORES 11 THREADS !
I checked HWmonitor and it shows all 6 cores running @5.3 ghz, but only 11 THREADS too
I did msconfig --> boot --> Advanced Option and saw only 1 to 11 in the drop down list.
I have NEVER seen anything like this before! 8700k with 6 cores but only 11 threads?
I am 100% sure that my 8700k with 6 CORES 12 THREADS was showing up correctly in cpu-Z and hwmonitor and task manager just a few days before!
Did the BIOS update somehow screwed me up?
Is this just a problem with the system misreading the # of CPU threads?
OR, is a thread on my CPU actually BROKEN/DEAD???
I am very lost now. PLEASE help me. I appreciate any input!
Thank you very much guys!!!
My spec:
-MSI Z390gaming pro carbon ac
-i7 8700k @5.3 ghz 1.4 vcore delidded
-msi gaming xtrio 2080 ti
-4x8gb gskill trident Z royal 3600 mhz cl 17
-samsung 970 evo plus 500gb
-evga g2 850w power supply
-corsairs h150i (360mm with 6x120mm noctua push/pull) with thermal grizzly kryonaut
So MSI released a new BIOS recently and I decided to flash my BIOS yesterday. I've flashed BIOS numerous times and know what I'm doing.
Everything was working perfectly fine after the BIOS update.
However, as I was scrolling through Task Manager, I noticed there was only 11 threads showing up.
I checked CPU-Z and it shows 6 CORES 11 THREADS !
I checked HWmonitor and it shows all 6 cores running @5.3 ghz, but only 11 THREADS too
I did msconfig --> boot --> Advanced Option and saw only 1 to 11 in the drop down list.
I have NEVER seen anything like this before! 8700k with 6 cores but only 11 threads?
I am 100% sure that my 8700k with 6 CORES 12 THREADS was showing up correctly in cpu-Z and hwmonitor and task manager just a few days before!
Did the BIOS update somehow screwed me up?
Is this just a problem with the system misreading the # of CPU threads?
OR, is a thread on my CPU actually BROKEN/DEAD???
I am very lost now. PLEASE help me. I appreciate any input!
Thank you very much guys!!!
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