11/3/2022 0 Comments Cinebench not showing overclock![]() ![]() I'm not an enthusiast, just a filmmaker who wants my computer to work so I can get back to making films. I've been using AMD CPUs for 20 years (on all 4 of my builds since high school) but I'm pretty sure my next build will be Intel-based. does AMD only do boost on all cores now- no boost for single-thread? I'm so tired of looking at CPUs and dealing with computer problems. I don't need any more than 3.6Ghz for multi-core, but also don't want to have to disable the boost on single-core performance, as that was important to me (I use a lot of single-threaded applications in my workflow). I also don't feel it should be necessary to buy an extra cooler (especially an expensive one) to get the default, advertised performance at safe temps in a reasonably well-ventilated case, etc. I don't feel I got what I was promised with this CPU and I'm hoping they're planning a fix? with the kind of work I do, I really just wanted what was advertised- a 3.6 Ghz, 6-core CPU that will boost up to 4.2Ghz on a couple of cores for single-threaded and other applications that can only use 2 cores, etc. That's why I'm on AMD forums. I know this cooler is crappy as coolers go, but I wasn't planning on doing any overclocking at all (don't want to, don't need to). I learned a little more about the problem since posting this- it turns out the CPU is still trying to OC to 4.2Ghz on all cores, but it's immediately throttling back to 3.85Ghz as temps soar. Sorry for this super-long post, I'm just really frustrated that I'm not having any luck solving this problem. I'm open to buying an aftermarket cooler, but it seems strange that I should need one to get safe temps when I'm not planning on overclocking. I've seen a few people saying high temps are normal using benchmarking software, but 93-95 seems pretty crazy for Cinebench, and what Cinebench does is similar to what I'll be doing with the machine. The CPU also never seems to really throttle at 95C. That makes me question whether something could be wrong with the temperature sensor, even. in its short life (1 week) it has never crashed or even slowed down while doing other things during a Prime95 test that was keeping my CPU at 95C. speed of this cooler?) has been completely stable. What's interesting is that this machine, even while running on an old bios that made the CPU cooler run slower than it should've (and I'm not 100% sure it's running as fast as it should be now- is 2000 RPM really the max. So, while I'm sure the CPU will run cooler in games, if it runs THIS HOT during a marathon rendering session, that could still cause damage (could it not?) I only mention the intended use because I know most people who use these CPUs use them for gaming, and that is not my intended purpose for this build. ![]() This is troubling because I intend to at least occasionally use this computer to render CG films created in Maya (and likely rendered in Arnold), though I'm sure the Cinebench test still uses more CPU-intensive rendering tasks than I will probably ever throw at this machine with my films. When I run it immediately again, it reaches 95C. When I run Cinebench R20 once, the CPU reaches 93C. I'm using the stock, Wraith Stealth cooler, and I checked to make sure all screws are even, there's no "play" between cooler and board, and screws are tightened down till the springs make a popping noise (which I think indicates they can't be tightened any more?). I'm using an IC Graphite Cooling Pad instead of thermal paste, and from what I've seen in reviews, that might or might not increase my temps by 1-3C, but it shouldn't be more than that. My case opens easily so I can test "open bench" and I'm still getting mostly the same results open or closed, so I don't think case cooling is the issue. My idle temps were high when it was OC on all cores, but since changing that setting have been 35-45C. I've had to disable PBO to get it to stop overclocking to 4.2Ghz on all cores, so that's something abnormal, at least. I have an ASRock B450M Steel Legend motherboard with the latest bios on that board (2.5). I've seen that a lot of people are having issues with overheating with Zen 2, and I've tried a lot of the suggestions, but I wanted to add what's unique about my particular problems to see if maybe there's something I'm doing wrong. ![]()
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