Questions tagged [cpu-speed]
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Noisy CPU Fan in Linux Mint
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with Windows 8.1. The CPU fan is quiet when I use Windows. I installed Linux Mint with Cinnamon on another partition, but the fan is noisy all the time when I use Linux ...
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Utilizing the full power of my workstation
I am not a gamer. Used to be, 10+ years ago. My workstation is strictly for business:
Quickbooks
Excel
Access
General Business
QuickBooks is tied to a synchronization engine that is synchronizing, ...
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can i reduce even more the cpu clock for power saving?
I am using fedora 34 with gnome and the cpufreq extension to control the execution speed of the cpu of a computer.
I have configured it to run in power saving mode, thus when doing nothing the cpu ...
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Dell E7440 CPU frequency does not rise above 1GHz
I had notice a strange problem on my Dell Latitude E7440. Sometimes the CPU frequency never goes above 1.0 GHz (even when running some cpu intensive program, such as MATLAB), and the computer runs ...
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How do I underclock my Macbook AIR?
When my MacBook gets below 1% battery life I believe the CPU slows down. The battery indicator states I have 10 minutes left but those are the longest 10 minutes in the laptop cycle. Is there a way to ...
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How to adjust Turbo Boost Ratios on Mac?
My ratios are set to 0035 on my 2012 13" Macbook Air.
In its specs it says that it can be boosted up to 2.8 Ghz. With my current ratios only 2.3Ghz is possible.
Basically I'm wondering how I can ...
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Dynamic/Static CPU Frequency Scaling
I need to manipulate frequency of each core in my Intel i7 processor. There is a way to do it in Debian with the Linux kernel cpufreq subsystem. It is described in their wiki.
However, I want to do ...
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Set CPU frequency in Windows 10 no longer works
I used to set max CPU frequency by enabling this option:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d00\75b0ae3f-bce0-45a7-8c89-...
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Why are some of my CPU cores running only at a fraction of their factory frequency and some even above?
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and I have an Intel Core i7-4930K CPU @ 3.40 GHz nominal frequency. Please have a look at this CPUID HWMonitor output:
Cores #1, #3, #4 are running at only ...
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intel_pstate locks CPU to 400 MHz for Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 on CoreOS
Hardware:
4 Intel HNS2600TPR in one chassis on 2 power cords,
Each with 1 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz,
128 GB RAM.
[root@sigma02 Linux_X64]# dmidecode
# dmidecode 3.2
Getting SMBIOS ...
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How to avoid FPS drop on games after the laptop battery dies?
I am having an FPS drop when I play games (e.g., League of Legends).
When I bought my Laptop PC (DELL INSPIRON N5110) I didn't experience the FPS Drop, it was around 60 FPS and stable. It started when ...
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CPU speed running at 0.46GHz instead of maximum speed 2.2 GHz
My Lenovo laptop with an Intel i5 processor runs almost all the time at a very low speed (0.46 GHz) instead of maximum speed (2.2 GHz). I read related posts here and changed the power management ...
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Calculate clock cycles multi-core CPU + include Turbo Boost
How do you calculate the clock cycles a cpu can deliver (include Turbo Boost)?
I need to replace a server CPU by a new CPU (with lesser cores, due to license costs). So I want to be sure the new CPU ...
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My CPU frequency stays the same all the time, why?
My CPU(FX9590) clock speed stays at 1.37 GHz all the time even while gaming, but my maximum frequency is able to reach 4.72 GHz at most.
I tried to change the clock speed through AI Suite II(I am ...
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How better is a desktop processor than a mobile processor?
Inspired by this question and its answer: What's the difference between mobile and desktop processors?
The question and the answer are great to have some insight on the subject. But I'd like to ...
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Overriding "The speed of processor 0 in group 0 is being limited by system firmware"
My Thinkpad automatically locks the CPU frequency to ~1,5Ghz while the adapter is plugged in without a battery, as described in this article.
I don't care whether the adapter can support it or not (...
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Percentage cpu use for a particular job decreases over time in Windows 7
I have a multi-core workstation running Windows 7. When I submit a job to run on 12 cores, things go fine, but after some time the percent of the cpu the job occupies decreases from ~30% to 3% even ...
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How do base and turbo frequencies affect core utilization in multi-core CPUs?
I'm trying to understand the relationship between base and turbo frequencies in multi-core CPUs, specifically regarding core utilization. My CPU has a base frequency of 2.1 GHz and a turbo frequency ...
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CPU clock speed goes down when I enable my integrated graphics GPU
I know that there are many reasons and fixes for those reasons for what is happening to my laptop; an old one too from 2013.
Everytime: I enable my integrated graphics my CPU clock speed fluctuates ...
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CPU speed drops to 0.61/0.79GHz and remains there whenever I unplug the charger
My laptop is a dell latitude e6520
Windows 10 Pro 21H2
Intel Core i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz processor
and a 12 GB RAM.
I recently changed it's motherboard and whenever the laptop's charger is unplugged, ...
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Intel SpeedStep not working in i3-380M
I have laptop Lenovo B560 instel i3-380M with Intel SpeedStep, however i am not getting full speed of CPU reported in CPU-Z when CPU is under 100% load.
Windows 7 x64
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Guess it was battery issue (...
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CPU clocks locking at max speed on Windows 10 even when it's not under load
I have an Asus X510UR Laptop running a dual boot setup with Windows 10 (build 19042) and Ubuntu 20.04. Whenever I boot Windows and login, my CPU (an Intel i7 8550U) clock locks at max speed, temps ...
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CPU Speed below base speed and stuck at 0.79ghz
I have a computer with these specs.
One day my old RAM stop working so I replaced it with another RAM which is exactly same.
But after that I realize my games has so much of FPS drops
then I check my ...
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Why is my laptop’s CPU not running at base speed and underclocking itself?
I noticed my laptop performance dropping so I checked the CPU cores speed and found out it is underclocking as you can see also when I put the CPU on stress it is not changing not even going to 100%.
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ThrottleStop dosen't save SpeedShift SST Limits
ThrottleStop dosen't save SpeedShift SST Limits in profile 1,2,3,4. I have to select a profile and everytime have to adjust speedshift limits manually opening TS. Is there a workarround for this ?
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"1.0 GHz with turbo boost up to 3.6 GHz" -- acceptable processor clock speed?
I have been using a laptop with 2.3 GHz processor clock speed so far, which has been sufficient for my needs (which peak at some intensive programming, e.g. ML).
I'm looking for a new one right now, ...
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Reducing CPU load/speed in FreeDOS
I have recently installed FreeDOS on my old laptop, but the CPU is too fast for when I want to play games. Is there an option for me to reduce the CPU speed, so I can play retro games at normal speed?
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CPU running to slow
My laptop's (a Dell Studio XPS) CPU appears to be being throttled. It's an Intel Core Duo P8600 2.4hGhz running windows 10.
Perf mon is reporting its speed as 1.58Ghz rather than 2.4Ghz
The temp is ...
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Task Manager never reports CPU usage above 51%, even when running CPU benchmark tools that should max out the CPU
My laptop (HP envy 15 x360 ar052na) never seems to be able to use more than 51% CPU usage, according to Task Manager. I've tried adjusting power plan settings but nothing seems to work. Even CPU ...
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Weird turbo boost multipliers on Intel Core i7-8700
I've recently bought myself a new Intel Core i7-8700 and after installing it I noticed that it wasn't turbo boosting to the advertised ammount (4.6GHz) even when only one core was being used and the ...
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8vCPU vs Octacore process?
Is 8vCPU same as Octa core processor ? For example at Amazon Servers I see 8 vCPU against c4.2xlarge. Is it a quad core
processor ?
So is one virtual CPU is equivalent to 1 core?
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CPU Clock not precise?
I have an AMD FX-6300 CPU, non-overclocked.
I have all power saving features such as C1E turned off in the BIOS. I have also disabled turbo-boost.
At stock settings, this CPU should run at 3500Mhz(3....
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Concerning Dual Processor Motherboards
I've read about dual processor mother boards, but some things don't seem to make themselves clear. I have a few questions:
Is a computer with two 1GHz single-core CPUs just as fast as a computer with ...
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Difference in performance between ARM and "traditional" CPU on Raspberry PI example
I'm not sure if my question fits here, but I will give it a try since it does not seem to fit any other StackExcnhange.
New day ARM processors are slower (if you look at MHz - 500MHz in RPi case). ...
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Why does my app run much faster on my laptop than my VPS?
I have a web application with a Ruby backend that does some stuff that is a bit computationally intensive. I develop and test the app on my rMBP with a 2.7GHz i7. I have the app deployed to a Linode ...
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How to compute the total speed
I am hiring a VPS (Perfetto4) from Mochahost with 2 cores of 2,27GHz. The promissed speed is 2,7GHz total. The multiplier is 11. How do I calculate the total speed of CPU? Is 2 cores of 2,27GHz ...
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Starting any process and suspending it lowers CPU from ~50% to ~5% in Vista, Why?
While doing a little housekeeping on a Windows Vista installation, I discovered that suspending any winlogon.exe subprocess would lower the CPU usage from the normally observed 50% usage down to ...
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CPUMON mhz reading weird
I am using this cpu usage monitor: http://www.den4b.com/?x=products&product=cpumon. They give a cpu speed monitor (im assuming to monitor speedstep). However when the computer is idle it seems to ...
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AMD Opteron 248 H264
Would an AMD Opteron 248 CPU machine handle slightly faster than real time H264 encoding, using something like Sorenson Squeeze 8?
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"svhost(netsvc)" is using about 40-80% CPU when the system starts
My CPU usage is constantly at 40% (maximum 95%) most of the time when I start my PC. It continues to work at this rate for about 15-25 minutes.
I checked the performance monitor and found out that ...
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Computer slows down when plugged in
Recently, whenever I plug in my laptop, the CPU slows down severely. Also, it isn't charging, as it says "plugged in, not charging". The CPU drops from 2200 Mhz, to 500 Mhz. I've changed the advanced ...
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CPU running at low speed
I'm using Dell Inspiron 15R N5110, which has Intel Core I7 2630QM. I recently installed Windows 7 SP1, uninstalling Windows 10. I ran Windows Experience Index and CPU-Z:
and my CPU rating is ...
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