Question Why is my cpu overclock working in bios but not on task manager, AIDA, or Cinebench.

[Corthanlon]

Im trying to overclock a ryzen 3 1200. to 3.8ghz.

 

[TJ Hooker]

What motherboard?

Post a screenshot of CPU-Z while a benchmark like Cinebench is running.

 

[Corthanlon]

sorry it took so long. https://imageshack.us/i/pnx4G31Zp

 

[Corthanlon]

and mother board is an msi a320m pro-vd plus (ms-7b38)

 

[TJ Hooker]

A320 motherboards don't support CPU overclocking.

 

[Corthanlon]

wow thank you. would you recommend me buying a new motherboard or cpu.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Is the CPU not performing adequately?

 

[Corthanlon]

it is running lower than base clock always and im trying to play fallout 4 on ultra and im 98% sure my cpu is holding me back

 

[TJ Hooker]

It's running at the base clock in the image you posted (within margin of error, the base clock will fluctuate a tiny bit around 100 MHz, which is normal).

If you think you have a CPU bottleneck, a couple things you could check are:

-Look at max CPU usage while gaming on any individual core. If it's close to 100%, probably a bottleneck.
-Try lowering resolution. If FPS doesn't increase significantly, probably a CPU bottleneck.

How much RAM do you have, and what speed?

 

[Corthanlon]

well i have 8g ram,ryzen 3 1200 cpu, and gtx 1050ti. i get lik 38-60fps on fallout 4. and my wife has about the same exact computer with a better cpu and hers runs from 60-90fps.