My inteli5-3570k

[Lloydsword]

Hey guys i'm not sure my Processor is running correctly, i know little of these things and hoping someone could shed some light on the situation ..

the problems are the core speed only at 1500 and voltage at only .84 is this normal? thanx (heres the info)

CPU-Z

Binaries
CPU-Z version 1.63.0

Processors
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 4

APICs
Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 2
-- Core 2
-- Thread 0 4
-- Core 3
-- Thread 0 6

Timers
ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
HPET timer 14.318 MHz
Perf timer 3.313 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz


Processors Information
Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 4 (max 8)
Number of threads 4 (max 16)
Name Intel Core i5 3570K
Codename Ivy Bridge
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 1155 LGA (0x1)
CPUID 6.A.9
Extended CPUID 6.3A
Core Stepping E1
Technology 22 nm
TDP Limit 77 Watts
Core Speed 1596.3 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 16.0 x 99.8 MHz
Stock frequency 3400 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x, AES, AVX
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 4 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 6 MBytes, 12-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes


Turbo Mode supported, enabled
Max non-turbo ratio 34x
Max turbo ratio 38x
Max efficiency ratio 16x
Min Power 60 Watts
O/C bins unlimited
Ratio 1 core 38x
Ratio 2 cores 38x
Ratio 3 cores 37x
Ratio 4 cores 36x
TSC 3392.3 MHz
APERF 2095.2 MHz
MPERF 3392.4 MHz

 

[ob1]

Have you tried giving it a load? The newer CPU's throttle to 1.6 GHz when they are mostly idle, and then ramp up to like 3.4 GHz when under load.

 

[Dreamerbydesign]

Power saving features are turned on... your cpu is fine

 

[Lloydsword]

ah ok thanx! only reason i got concerned is that i ran 3dmark 11 and it only showed 1500mhz speed but i ran far cry 3 and got 3.6mhz ... weird

 

[Suprfire]

said feature:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpeedStep

 

[Lloydsword]

thanx!

 

[Lloydsword]

next question is it worth overclocking?

 

[Shadohh]

next question is it worth overclocking?

It looks like you have a K model, so you can, but you need a aftermarket cpu cooler.

Tell us about what you are using now. If you are using the one that came with the cpu, that is not good enough.

budget people go with hyper 212+

You also have AIO options such has corsair h60/h80/h100i or Kuhler 620/920

A good place to start is 1.2 volts and 4.4ghz, then you can tweak it depending on your needs. I would read up on some guides before you go touching that.

You will also need to monitor temps with a program like realtemp and stress test it with a program like prime95

 

[Lloydsword]

ya i have a corsair h40 i believe. so it is water cooled and it runs around 35*c idol

 

[Lloydsword]

53*C while playing far cry 3 was my max