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?
Solved i5-7500 running past base speed constantly
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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?
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