5ghz 8700k overclock reports in CPU-Z as 4.2?

[wockawocka]

Hi all,

I've a problem that I don't know how to address. I've an 8700k say inside a Maximus Hero X and I followed the overclocking guides specifically for this combo to go to 5Ghz and when I look at CPU-Z and my task manager I'm running at 4.2Ghz.

I've tried different multipliers above x42 and there's no difference, it's also delidded. and I've tried to avoid looking dumb by searching for the same problem but I can't see it.

I'm on the latest bios too.

Help!

[wockawocka]

Nate152 wrote:
One thing you can check is the advanced settings in the power options.

Open the windows power options then click "change advanced power settings", click processor power management, check the Maximum and Minimum processor state.

In manual/high performance mode both are set to 100%.

I literally came her to post that I'd fixed it and I saw the above as the fix was similar. I just reset all the power plans to default. I don't know what was affecting them as all the cpu use allowances were the same (5-100%) - But now I have a 5ghz rig. So something else must of been in place :s

Thanks for all the help!

[Nate152]

Well, you found the problem and it is something with windows, good to see you're at 5.0GHz. 🙂