what should i do

[ƒ NasH ƒ]

I have an i5 14400f and it never reaches higher amounts of GHz.

As you can see in the print, it does not exceed 4ghz.

By stressing the CPU, it goes up to a maximum of 3.9 GHz

Why is that? can I do something?


NOTE: something is activated in the bios, my processor never works at the base frequency, it always works at 3.9 to 4.1 ghz

NOTE 2: I would like to see my processor running around 4.5 to 4.7 GHz in games to get more performance out of it.

[Snow]

In games, your CPU should show a bit lower than 4.1GHz. There is no problem here, 4.5-4.7GHz are only possible for short periods for single-threaded load.

[C1REX]

Originally posted by ƒ NasH ƒ:

NOTE: something is activated in the bios, my processor never works at the base frequency, it always works at 3.9 to 4.1 ghz

Make sure you have boost clocks activated (Turbo Boost Technology) and you stress test with single core benchmarks.


https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000032427/processors/intel-core-processors.html

[Guydodge]

you can try locking all cores in bios to 4.3 to 4.7ghz see what happens
even though its a non k i believe cores can still be locked
and also try setting in windows power management to best performance
good luck

[ˢᵈˣ FatCat]

It will reached the boost clock if it have 2 condition: Temp, and Power/watt
Maybe put your 4+4 or more if still wont reach higher, i dont do any setting for my R5 5600x and it reaches 4.5ghz

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

C-States 6, 7, and 8 are hardcore CPU throttlers - look for those in BIOS - it also tells you in Task Manager (kinda) - never use State Load-line Level 5 because I like the middle ground and hate/despise CPU down-throttlers but that boost clock is not going to stick unless you turn off C-States but now you are consuming way too much power even in idle and thus degradating the component(s) faster than normal - boost only kicks in when needed and then you have the Power Profiles/Plans which also run the CPU throttlers if not using High Performance Mode and AMD Specialized Power Profiles are junk (for AMD Ryzen users).

[A&A]

Turbo boost depending on the amount of cores used, so the workload:
1 core - 4.4GHz
6 cores - 4.2GHz

Something is wrong here. It could be the temperature, it could be the electricity delivered to the CPU, or something else.

I assume you want to OC it because 4.5GHz is only possible to reach if you increase the reference clock and that's only for a single core (which is pointless). All cores can reach 4.3 GHz, so talking about 4.4-4.7 GHz in modern games is impossible.

So what I would do. Reset the BIOS to factory settings and enable the XMP and ReBAR + 4G Decoding if it is not enabled by default.

And C states / cores parking is perfectly fine to use even if the max is C8.