Questions tagged [clockspeed]
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CPU Clockspeed on i5 1135 does not go beyond 400 MHz [duplicate]
My new laptop is stuck at 0.39 ghz. I have no thermal problem - my CPU temperature is 50c.
I have updated to windows 11 pro and the BIOS is up to date - the problem doesn't go. I noticed that on ...
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How does multi-core Intel Turbo Boost work? [duplicate]
I have a Linux laptop with Intel i5-8250u on it, and the Intel CPU support Intel Turbo Boost. With some reaserch it looks like you can acually Turbo Boost all the cores at the same time, but you can't ...
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AMD Ryzen 7 3750H running below base speed
I noticed that my laptop was getting very sloppy when it was not plugged in. So I dug up the metrics and found that my CPU was running at 1.38GHz, which well below it's base speed of 2.30GHz.
And the ...
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Why does adding CPU cores make programs run faster?
Intel currently offers a 5.5GHz CPU, which represents the number of instructions the CPU can execute over time.
If a CPU has more than one core, it can execute more than one process at a time.
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So my CPU is running at ~14 Ghz
I've just noticed as I was checking the CPU temperatures on my MSI GF65 laptop using the latest Core Temp 1.17.1 and it's giving this obviously erroneous reading of the CPU clock speed.
I believe this ...
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DRAM (main memory) frequency is not fixed?
I have a question regarding the DRAM (main memory) frequency.
DDR4-2666 DIMM frequency that is used by my machine is configured to be 2666 MHz (I checked with lshw -short -C memory command). As the ...
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Does upgrading RAM with different Speed, affect the pc or affect all the RAM?
I have 4gb RAM in my system. I went to shop for upgrade. They told he has different number like "2666" but in my system RAM its number is different. So we need to wait to get exact number ...
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Relationship between CPU and Memory Clock Speeds
If I have a CPU with a maximum clock speed of say 2GHz, and I have a choice of memory which runs at say 2400MHz or 3200MHz, will getting the 3200MHz memory produce better performance, and how?
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Why is the CPU on my HP suddenly under clocked and seemingly cannot go higher?
My laptop base speed is 2.19 sometimes my FPS drop to 1.89 GHz but it be stuck on 2.19 GHz and and it use to overheat a lot which made my PC slower so I had to use a cooling pad and now it's stuck on ...
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Does the commonly called "CPU frequency" reference the max or min value?
Below is the output of cpuinfo, its max frequency is 1785 MHz and min 300 MHz. That is a huge gap between them, and it is confusing
What would be considered as the commonly referred to CPU frequency? ...
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Two same processor having different base clock but same turbo boost needs same cooling solution or different?
Suppose a processor (ex 11th gen 1135g7 with Intel speedstep tech) have configurable up and down frequency. If in one laptop base clock is 1.4Ghz (due to configurable tdp down) with [email protected] and ...
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CPU stuck at base clock after BIOS update
After a BIOS update, Task Manager is reporting that my CPU clock speed is always at base clock (2.59GHz), even under stress, but the graph doesn't report this:
Is this normal? Should I be worried? Is ...
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CPU looks overclocked even though its in a laptop with base settings
I am running a resource-hungry program on my laptop and when I looked at the CPU clock speeds I saw this:
The clock speed is almost half a GHz above base! I have a Dell Inspiron 13 5000 series with ...
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My laptop's cpu runs at more than 150% maximum frequency [duplicate]
I recently noticed that my CPU is running at higher than it's base clock speed.
Processor : Intel i5-8300H (2.30 GHz)
I used to get many Blue Screen (BSoD) errors when I play games like FIFA or even ...
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Why is the base clock in task manager lower than the titled clock speed?
Task Manager recognizes that my CPU is a 3.1 Ghz model, but also tells me that the base clock is 3.0 Ghz.
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Asus Rog GL702ZC shuts down on GPU memory clock stress
My laptop has the following specifications:
RX 580
Ryzen 1600
8GB RAM
SSD + HDD
A week ago I gave my laptop to a local service to have it cleaned up and some new thermal ...
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What is the purpose of laptop OEM RAM clock speed being faster than CPU maximum?
There are already a few questions about people looking to upgrade their RAM to something faster than the CPU or motherboard supports (e.g., this or this), and it seems that the RAM will always be ...
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CPU works louder when I am plugging my laptop in
I noticed that my CPU works louder when I am plugging my laptop in.
I am using an HWMonitor Version 1.40.0 Driver version 148 to check my status of CPU.
I am worried that my laptop can be damaged ...
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Windows 10 1809 - Clock Speed Stuck at 0.40 Ghz
lately my laptop clockspeed is stuck at 0.40 ghz that turned me lagging so bad , i dont know why but it only happen sometimes , like when im booting up my pc it 3ghz-2ghz until about 10 minutes and it ...
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Does spread spectrum clocking degrade a CPU's performance and cause it to operate at higher temperatures?
Does spread spectrum clocking cause a CPU to operate at higher temperatures? If so, why?
Spread spectrum clocking minutely varies a CPU's clock speed to spread out RFI to meet FCC and EU guidelines.
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The Silicon Lottery
While reading about overclocking processors and GPU I came across the term 'silicon lottery'. On trying to find out its meaning I was able to understand that it is related to being able to overclock ...
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Lenovo Ideapad 530S - Heavy throttling making CPU stuck at 1.58GHz clock speed - Any solutions?
I'm using a Lenovo Ideapad 530S, which has i5 8250U CPU and MX150 GPU.
Whenever I play a game such as Forza Horizon 3, the CPU clock starts with 3.38GHz, which is the maximum clock speed possible. ...
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Wrong memory speed with Supermicro X11SAE
I have a PC with a Supermicro X11SAE, one Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CRC memory module and a Xeon E3-1230 v5 CPU.
According to the datasheet, the memory module should run at 1200 MHz (DDR4-2400). CPU-Z (...
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why motherboard wires started to work as antennas in higher clock rates, these wires
i read this article about CPU
part of article say :
As the processor clock signal became very high, one problem showed up. The motherboard where the processor is installed could not work using the ...
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How does BCLK work in regards to "overclocking" non K Intel CPU's
I have an Intel i7 8700 with a Base Clock Rate of 3.2Ghz.
I'm researching options for OC'ing non K CPU's and came across BCLK or base clock rate a lot. I know its related to multiplying/increasing ...
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What about installing 2 Memory module pairs of same size but different clock-speed?
I know there are questions about installing RAM memory modules of different sizes, but I have now a different situation I didn't have before, and I can't find any information about it.
My motherboard ...
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Cpu Type vs Cpu clock [closed]
I have 2 laptops and 1 is older cpu but higher clock rate and another one is more modern cpu but lower clock
so which one would generally have a better performance?
first laptop: Celeron 2.16 Ghz ...
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Overheating with h100i v2
I'm overclocking the i5-8600k at 4.8ghz 1.37v,
the voltage seems high to what I'm seeing online but its the lowest I can get without Prime95 failing.
Anyway, with the h100iv2 set to performance I'm ...
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Random GPU frequency clock spikes cause FPS drops / lag / stuttering
after testing some games (PUBG, Rocket League, GTA V, Rust, Total War Warhammer, Ark) I noticed that I get random GPU frequency core spikes from 1920Mhz to 1520Mhz, this result in stuttering and lag. ...
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Threads (versus cores) and rated CPU clock speed, what is the effect?
If my CPU is rated at 2GHz, and has 4 cores supporting 8 threads, are all 8 threads running at the rated clock speed? Or are they running at 1GHz each since there are twice as many threads as cores?
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Dual-channel Mismatching RAM Capacity [duplicate]
I recently bought a new gaming laptop that comes with a single Ripjaws 16Gb stick. I've heard that having dual channel memory can actually boost your performance by about 7% or higher.
I'm thinking ...
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What is meant by, "saving clock cycles could make a substantial difference in execution time"?
The following text is discussing the historical development of UNIX:
The next important milestone was the rewriting of UNIX in the
programming language C. This was an unheard-of strategy at the ...
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Motherboard with FSB faster than RAM support?
now I'm struggling to understand how and why is it possible to have a motherboard with higher clock speed for FSB (800/1066/1333 MHz) and supporting only a DDR2 architecture with a maximum of (800 Mhz)...
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Asus Republic of Gamers 0.75 Ghz speed
I am having troubles with this laptop it runs very slow at 0.75 Ghz.
Windows 10 64bit with all drivers updated.
The power plan of Windows already been set to 100% for both minimum and maximum ...
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What are highest clock frequencies for consumer CPU achieved with extreme cooling? [closed]
I just read how the new AMD 7th-gen SoCs can be stably overclocked to 4.8 GHz and was reminded of the 5GHz project, which got a Pentium 4 to a 5225 MHz frequency - more than a decade ago.
Since then ...
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GPU clocks fixed at minimum
I have an Asus Nvidia Geforce GTX 550TI In my system. For some reason, a short time after booting up my PC it's clock rates will drop to their minimums
regardless of the load on the card.
For ...
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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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What is "Maximum Frequency", why is it above 100% most of the time, and why is it so high when it should basically be idle?
Image of CPU according to WRM and Task Manager:
The above image is what WRM reports my Max Frequency to be of my CPU.
Why is it so high, and also why is the Speed on task manager higher than the 3....
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Is RAM speed relevant for copy tasks in Excel?
I am often working with Excel and notice that when I copy and paste large amounts of data from one spreadsheet to the other (especially after the data is filtered), this operation is executed very ...
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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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How do I make a virtual machine with non-standard speed of time (timescale)?
I think it should be technically possible, but I don't know of any ways to do this in already existing software.
What I mean — the "hardware" clock in the VM should be able to run at ...
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Why do we need a CPU clock [closed]
I'm very confused regarding the working of a cpu clock.The following questions arise in my mind-What is the need of a clock in a cpu ? What does synchronization mean in context of working of a cpu ?
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How does physical distance between processor and memory/cache affect data transfer speeds
The L1 cache is situated inside the cpu to speed up the process of data access but since electrical signals travel at the speed of light(almost constant) which is blazingly fast then how does distance ...
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Windows 10 task manager CPU clock speed exceeds displayed maximum clock speed?
So in the windows task manager, in the performance tab, there's data concerning current clock speed and beside it is stated "maximum speed".
Maximum speed is stated 2.00 GHz, which is correct as per ...
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How are clock rate measured and what does it mean?
After some Wiki researches about clock rate, I find two question:
What does a cycle mean?
How does a cycle affect the processing speed?
Sorry for being a noob.... But really hope someone can answer ...
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What's the right choice to run a cooler Cpu (quiter laptop)?
Assuming that on the same laptop with an intel "i-series" processor I could have exactly the same workload, in order to achieve the lowest cpu temperatures it would be better:
Higher CPU clock speed, ...
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How can I choose the right memory Mhz size in the light of the motherboard's and CPU's MHz? [closed]
I'm planning to build a PC:
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC DDR3 2400Mhz(OC) motherboard
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4967#ov
Intel Core i7-4790K Processor DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at ...
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What factors other than clock speed influence the performance of a CPU? [duplicate]
Having seen various people test powerful emulators on their computers, I have come to surprise hearing about how one CPU can have triple the clock speed but still have worse single-threaded ...
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Are Intel Processors' GHz really matter? [duplicate]
It has been confusing me for a long time.
Say, an Intel 4th Gen dual-core i5-4200U which clocks at 1.6 GHz and up to 2.6 GHz and an Intel 4th Gen dual-core i3-4160 which clocks at 3.6 GHz.
As I see ...
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Why is the i7-5960x only 3.0Ghz, while the i7-5930k is 3.5Ghz?
Why is the i7-5960x only 3.0Ghz, while the i7-5930k is 3.5Ghz? I was really looking forward to the 8-core intel i7, until I saw the stock clock speed was lower than it's 6-core counter part. Is there ...
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