i5-7500 running past base speed constantly

[Ben_Davis]

I recently noticed my i5-7500 runs at a speed of 3.6ghz when only using about 15% or 25%, i’m not sure why this is, my cpu has a base speed of 3.4ghz and a max turbo of 3.8ghz. (I also have enhanced intel speed step enabled and intel turbo boost) My question is should it be running this way, should i be worried or doesn’t it matter and i can just leave it?

[jmarket]

Is this CPU overclocked at all?

[Ben_Davis]

Everything in the overclocking settings is set to auto so I’d assume not?

[Evan_Omo]

Hi Ben. Your CPU could also be turbo boosting to a faster frequency while its under a light load. What is the frequency when the computer is idle for the CPU? If you go into your computers BIOS what does the frequency of the CPU show as?

[Ben_Davis]

Hey evan, sorry i kinda forgot about this but the bios says the default thing its set to is 3400mhz with a ring ration of 3500mhz and as for idle speed the lowest ive seen it go is about 3.56ghz at about 7% usage.

[phillpower2]

Excuse the interjection folks

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[veeg]

Any updates for us?

[Ben_Davis]

Sorry i keep forgetting about this thread >.< anyway, if you guys are still willing to help me (which i understand if you’re not) heres the cpu z pic

[veeg]

Ok..thanks for the update.

@Evan Omo @gus

[Evan_Omo]

If your CPU is not being overclocked, you can try resetting the BIOS settings back to default values and see if that resolves the issue. If that doesn’t work, then I honestly wouldn’t worry about it if you CPU is running fine.

[Ben_Davis]

Alright then, thanks for your help

[Evan_Omo]

You are welcome.