C1E active means the CPU is slowed down at temperatures above around 75 degrees Celsius. Therefore, with C1E active, temperatures in stress tests are lower, but so are the scores.
What score do you expect in the CPU_Z stress test?
What score do you expect in the CPU_Z stress test?
Have the scores ever been higher than they are now?
Due to the different hardware in PCs, you rarely achieve the same scores as other users.
If you're having problems with the core clock speeds, as in the link you posted earlier, it could also be due to the current Intel microcode that is causing your i9 to no longer run as fast as it used to.
What clock speeds do your cores have?
According to Intel, the 14900K has the following clock speeds:
Maximum Turbo Clock Speed
6 GHz
Clock Speeds with Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
6 GHz
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency ‡
5.8 GHz
Performance Core Maximum Turbo Clock Speed
5.6 GHz
Efficient Core Maximum Turbo Clock Speed
4.4 GHz
Performance Core Base Clock Speed
3.2 GHz
Efficient Core Base Clock Speed
2.4 GHz
The 6 GHz is NOT all-core, but limited to individual cores. Which cores can clock at what speed should be found in the UEFI under "AITweaker/Thermal Velocity Boost."
However, these clock speeds are only available in boost mode, etc.
If the corresponding "High Performance" power plan delivers a lower clock speed than the "Balanced Power Plan," it's Windows' fault, not Asus's and its UEFI.
In addition, Intel's microcode, which is stored in the UEFI and which Asus doesn't change, may also be responsible for the CPUs not achieving their previous performance levels, because 13th and 14th generation Intel CPUs have the problem of premature degradation and aging, which the microcode was intended to prevent. However, this means that the CPUs may then deliver less performance than advertised.
Stress tests are only meant to test hardware performance for errors, rather than to compare scores.
As long as you don't have any issues with your hardware, such bench tools are irrelevant, unless you're determined to always achieve the highest score to be the best.
I used to do bench tests quite often, but I didn't get much use out of them, as such full loads are almost never needed in everyday PC use, unless you're constantly running a PC at full load for encoding, CAD, etc.
I've stopped doing that, as my little 13700K reaches the clock speeds specified by Intel when it's supposed to.
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