Adaptive/Offset on Asus Z690 Hero

[mpoffo]

I just built a new PC using a 12900K and the Asus Z690 Maximus Hero. I notice that the CPU is pegged at max clocks, even at the desktop. On my Rampage XI extreme I set an adaptive offset so the Processor would only clock up when needed. I want to make sure I adjust the correct option. Can someone point me to the correct setting. Things look a bit different to my on the z690 bios.

Also Power settings have the minimum power processing state at 5% and the max at 100%.

[mpoffo]

I tried adjusting this setting with a .005 Positive offset using the adaptive function. It did not seem to change anything.




I am obviously doing something wrong. Lol.

[mpoffo]

Any thoughts on this? Maybe I am worrying about nothing. My concern is with the processor clocked up the temps would increase. Overall temps are fairly good at idle even it running at 4.9 or 5.0 Ghz.

I have played around and nothing I have done so far changes anything. Lots of other options I don't want to mess around with unless I understand them better.

Again I appreciate any thoughts or guidance here.

[Dezzmos]

I have the same cpu+board combo and it downclocks like expected. Are you sure that you have your power plan set to balanced? Save your current bios profile, load optimized defaults and check again. If still pegged at max clocks there has to be something running in background keeping it like that.

[mpoffo]

Dezzmos wrote:
I have the same cpu+board combo and it downclocks like expected. Are you sure that you have your power plan set to balanced? Save your current bios profile, load optimized defaults and check again. If still pegged at max clocks there has to be something running in background keeping it like that.

Dezzmos, Thank You! I had adjusted the power plan to balanced but I did it from the edit power plan screen and it was not "sticking". The performance plan was still the active plan. I thought it was fixed but it was not. I had even checked it several times, lol. When I used the search function in Windows it had brought up the edit power plan page instead of the select power plan page. I had to go into a different screen to select the balanced plan. I would like to blame Windows 11 on this but it was probably me. 🙂