Turbo Mode 6500/Ranger VIII

[acrane76]

I recently built my son a computer using the ranger VIII board and a I5 6500. Is there a way to enable turbo on all 4 cores? He has adequate cooling so it shouldn't be a problem running at the 3.6 ghz frequency. The MB is running the latest bios update.

[Chino]

ASUS MultiCore Enhancement is the option that you're looking for.

[acrane76]

Chino wrote:
ASUS MultiCore Enhancement is the option that you're looking for.

That option is currently set to auto. The only option I see for this is auto or disabled. I've also enabled the XMP profile as well.

[Chino]

That's correct. It should be on Auto.

Download Cinebench R15 and run the benchmark. While running the benchmark have something like CPU-Z or HWMonitor up to verify the each core's frequency.

[acrane76]

Chino wrote:
That's correct. It should be on Auto.

Download Cinebench R15 and run the benchmark. While running the benchmark have something like CPU-Z or HWMonitor up to verify the each core's frequency.

I've run prim95/rog realbench and both will show 3.3ghz when all 4 cores are active. My expectation is based on my own build (hero VII + 4690k). When I had it running at stock, it would apply the max turbo to all 4 active cores (3.9ghz). Not sure if having a unlocked chip vs locked chip makes a difference.

[Chino]

Have you verified this reading with any of the programs that I mentioned in my previous post?

[acrane76]

Chino wrote:
Have you verified this reading with any of the programs that I mentioned in my previous post?

I haven't use Cinebench R15, but when I was running prime95/rog realbench I did use hwmonitor and cpu-z to monitor the frequency.

[Chino]

Can you upload a screenshot of HWMonitor or CPU-Z while your stress testing program is running?

[acrane76]

Chino wrote:
Can you upload a screenshot of HWMonitor or CPU-Z while your stress testing program is running?

I'll upload a screenshot when I get home. Although I tested it last night, and when all 4 cores are 100% it shows 3300. I thought the multi core enhancement would allow max turbo on all cores when 100% active. Maybe I just need to wait for a bios update or maybe it isn't feasible with this chip.