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2 cores stuck at low clock frequency?
Hey,
I recently got a new "budget gaming PC" as a gift for my birthday, however, have noticed some issues with it. I'm testing to see if this PC is faulty.
Specs:
AMD Athlon 860K @ 3.7GHz (4 CPUs)
8GB 1600MHz RAM
1tb 7200RPM hard drive
Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2gb (MSI
OS: Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit SP1
Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A68HM-HD2
According to Speccy and some other programs: two of my cores are stuck at 1.7GHz (Cores 2 and 3) whereas core 0 and 1 are at their normal clock speed (3.7GHz). These cores don't rise above 1.7GHz even if I throw stuff at them via task manager "set affinity" feature.
I've disabled as many power saving options in BIOs as I possibly can and have made sure I'm on high performance power plan. Still no luck.
I'd like to add: When I check frequencies in BIOs, they're all at 3.7GHz.
Minimum/maximum processor state options from the power plan options have vanished, too.